October 2014 Sinai attacks
2014 terrorist incident in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
On 24 October 2014, militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis ISIL launched two attacks on Egyptian Armed Forces positions in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 33 security personnel in one of the deadliest assaults on the Egyptian military in decades.
The first attack in Sheikh Zuweid near Karm Al-Qawades checkpoint killed at least 30 soldiers, while the second one (which took place three hours later near Al-Arish) killed three soldiers. The incidents prompted Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to call for a security meeting, during which a three-month state of emergency and curfew were announced. In addition, the Rafah border crossing with Gaza was closed, a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt was initiated, a Hamas delegation was refused entry into Egypt, and peace talks between Israel and Gaza were postponed.
Attacks
At approximately 2 p.m. on 24 October 2014, a car bomb targeting two armored vehicles exploded at a heavily guarded military checkpoint in the al-Kharouba area northwest of Al-Arish near the Gaza Strip, killing at least 18 soldiers. The high death toll was due to the vehicles being loaded with ammunition and heavy weaponry. When more officers were deployed to the bomb site, gunmen rushed in, some of them on vehicles, and launched an attack using rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weaponry, killing at least ten soldiers.
Several hours later, militants opened fire at a checkpoint in Al-Arish, killing three additional members of the Egyptian security forces.
Responsibility
On 14 November, militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which pledged to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as its Wilayat Sinai published a video claiming responsibility and showing the execution of the attack.
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