source: AP; New Arab; Facebook; Rassd
actor1: Islamic State (Egypt)
actor2: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
location: Sheikh Zuwayid
notes: On 8 December 2019, Islamic State militants carried out a series of attacks on military and police checkpoints and other security targets in Shaykh Zuwayd (Shaykh Zuwayd, North Sinai) and Sheikh Zuweiyid (Shaykh Zuwayd, North Sinai), and eyewitnesses heard dozens of explosions. In Shaykh Zuwayd, (North Sinai), one police and two others were injured, while one militants was killed and an unknown number of militants were injured. A total of 4 soldiers were killed in these attacks, meaning that three fatalities are assigned to Sheikh Zuweiyid.