source: Twitter; Facebook
actor1: Islamic State (Egypt)
actor2: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
location: Rafah
notes: On 25 December 2020, the Islamic State, armed with machine guns, engaged in armed clashes with the Egyptian military forces while the Egyptian military forces were setting up explosives to demolish homes in Bala, west of Rafah (Rafah, North Sinai). One soldier was killed, while fatalities or injuries sustained by the Islamic State were not reported. Islamic State militants also targeted a bulldozer belonging to the Egyptian military forces with an IED in Bala, damaging the bulldozer.