Militant Incidents in Egypt (Oct.-Dec. 2019)

by | Jan 25, 2020 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

43 fatalities

42 injuries

Total incidents

Sinai Peninsula
(share of incidents)

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Oct. 04, 2019 – Gunmen belonging to the DaIWS attacked a security checkpoint south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing five soldiers and injuring several others. [AaJ]
  2. Oct. 08, 2019 – A suicide bomber blew himself up as an army patrol passed by in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. Four soldiers and three bystanders were killed in the attack. [ITIC]
  3. Oct. 12, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Two soldiers were hurt in the blast. [AaJ & ITIC]
  4. Oct. 12, 2019 – Seven soldiers were killed and ten colleagues were wounded when their vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion south of Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & ITIC]
  5. Oct. 23, 2019 – A soldier was killed when gunmen fired at an army checkpoint south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [ITIC]
  6. Oct. 23, 2019 – Three soldiers were injured when gunmen shot them along a highway in the Rummana area of the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  7. Oct. 29, 2019 – Eight passengers were abducted by suspected DaIWS militants from a bus near Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & ITIC]
  8. Oct. 29, 2019 – Gunmen belonging to the DaIWS attacked a military checkpoint south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two soldiers and injuring four others. [AaJ]
  9. Nov. 09, 2019 – Three soldiers were killed and several colleagues were seriously injured when a military armored vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast in Rafah, in the governorate of North Sinai. The incident was blamed on the DaIWS. [AaJ]
  10. Nov. 11, 2019 – Gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in the village of Kafr al-Hasafa, in the Qalyubiya governorate. Three police officers were killed in the incident. [EI & MY, Y7]
  11. Nov. 11, 2019 – A civilian was killed and another one was seriously injured when their car was struck in a roadside bomb explosion east of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  12. Nov. 17, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing four soldiers and injuring three others. [AaJ]
  13. Nov. 17, 2019 – Three members of a Coptic Christian family were stabbed and injured by a suspected Islamist outside their home at an undisclosed location in the Minya governorate. [ICC]
  14. Nov. 19, 2019 – Two soldiers were killed and five colleagues were injured when DaIWS gunmen attacked an army unit near the village of Abu Tawila, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  15. Nov. 20, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army tank passed by east of Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [ITIC]
  16. Nov. 21, 2019 – Terrorists abducted and later executed two civilians who cooperated with the army near Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [ITIC]
  17. Nov. 24, 2019 – Gunmen believed to belong to the DaIWS shot and killed a soldier in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  18. Dec. 04, 2019 – A security checkpoint was hit in a suicide bomb explosion in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. Security forces suffered unspecified casualties in the attack. [AaJ]
  19. Dec. 04, 2019 – A band of DaIWS gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [AaJ]
  20. Dec. 05, 2019 – Six soldiers were wounded when their armored vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [ITIC]
  21. Dec. 08, 2019 – A group of DaIWS militants attacked a military base in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, killing a border police officer. [AaJ & ITIC]
  22. Dec. 08, 2019 – Groups of DaIWS fighters attacked several military checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. Three soldiers were killed in the incidents. [AaJ & ITIC]
  23. Dec. 10, 2019 – DaIWS fighters detonated a bomb near an army unit in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, inflicting unspecified casualties among the troops. [AaJ]
  24. Dec. 20, 2019 – A group of DaIWS gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. The security forces suffered unspecified casualties in the attack. [AaJ]
  25. Dec. 21, 2019 – DaIWS fighters launched mortar rounds at an army checkpoint in Mahdiya, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [ITIC]
  26. Dec. 25, 2019 – Three civilians were shot and injured by militants in the village of Qabir Omar, in the North Sinai governorate. Another man was abducted by the assailants. The hostage was later executed by the terrorists. [AaJ & MM]
  27. Dec. 26, 2019 – Two civilians were abducted by suspected DaIWS militants south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [ITIC]
  28. Dec. 27, 2019 – Bands of DaIWS fighters clashed with Egyptian troops during a round of gun battles in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  29. Dec. 30, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military foot patrol passed by west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Gunmen subsequently fired at the troops. Two soldiers were killed and several others were injured in the attack. The incident was blamed on the DaIWS. [AaJ & ITIC]
  30. Dec. 30, 2019 – Two civilians were wounded in a bomb explosion in Sheikh Zuweid, in the governorate of North Sinai. No further information was available. [AaJ]​

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AM: Aswat Masriya (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), Bal: Balad (Egypt), Baw: Bawaba (Egypt), BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (Britain), CA: Cerus Intel Archives (Belgium), CNN: Cable News Network (America), CP: Cairo Post (Egypt), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), EDR: Egypt Defense Review (International), EI: Egypt Independent (Egypt), EOHR: Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (Egypt), Esh: Esshad (Egypt), HRW: Human Rights Watch (America), IKC: Ibn Khaldoun Center (Egypt), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), MM: Mada Masr (Egypt), MS: MENA Stream, MY: Masry al-Youm (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain), Sho: Shorouk (Egypt), SHR: Sinai Human Rigths (Egypt), SIS: State Information Service (Egypt), SN: Sinai News (Egypt), ToI: Times of Israel (Israel), TNN: Tahrir News Network (Egypt), Y7: Youm 7 (Egypt), Wat: Watan (Egypt)