source: New Arab
actor1: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
actor2: Islamic State (Egypt)
location: Rafah
notes: On 27 April 2020, Egyptian military forces fired artillery targeting potential Islamic State militants west of Rafah (Rafah, North Sinai) after the Islamic State detonated an IED targeting a minesweeper and killing and injuring Egyptian soldiers. The military forces fired artillery in anticipation of a secondary attack during the process of recovering the soldiers' bodies.