Egyptian soldiers stand guard outside smuggling tunnels beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip February 19, 2013.
Egyptian Military Presses Attacks on Sinai Militants -- Voice of America
Egyptian authorities say government troops, backed by gunships and tanks, swept through villages in the northern Sinai peninsula Monday, seizing weapons on the third day of an operation targeting Islamist militants.
The military on Saturday launched what it calls its biggest operation against Sinai terrorists in years. Officials later said about 20 militants had so far been killed in the operation near the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
This recent Sinai surge in militant activity corresponds to the security vacuum left after former president Hosni Mubarak was driven from power in 2011.
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