Armored vehicles and troops - backed
by Apache helicopters - had attacked the militants in towns along the border
with the Gaza Strip, the operation is said to be the biggest of its kind in
recent years in Sinai.
A military official, who spoke
anonymously, told the Associated Press that the army would "clean"
the areas in Sinai where Islamic militants operated, this included the towns of
Rafah and Sheikh Zuweyid, as well as nearby villages, he said.
A witness told the news agency he
had seen a column of tanks, trucks carrying infantry, rocket launchers and
other military vehicles. Smoke was also seen rising from the area.
source bbc
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