Militant Incidents in Egypt (Jul.-Sep. 2020)

by | Oct 26, 2020 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

52 fatalities

49 injuries

Total incidents

Sinai Peninsula
(share of incidents)

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Jul. 04, 2020 – Terrorists attacked the house of a tribal defense militia commander’s brother in Abu Tawila, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one volunteer. The brother and two other volunteers were hurt in the incident. The incident was claimed by the DaIWS. [MM & STU]
  2. Jul. 04, 2020 – Six soldiers sustained injuries when a military vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb explosion in the village of Sakadra, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  3. Jul. 04, 2020 – Gunmen shot and killed a local community leader outside his home in the village of Goura, in the North Sinai governorate. The assailants subsequently shot and killed two civilians as they rushed to the site. [AaJ, MM & SFHR]
  4. Jul. 06, 2020 – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of tribal defense militiamen in the village of Abu Tawila, in the North Sinai governorate. A band of gunmen subsequently stormed the site. Three volunteers were killed and two others were wounded in the incident. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the incident. [AaJ, MM & STU]
  5. Jul. 06, 2020 – A civilian whose family members served in a tribal defense militia was abducted and later beheaded by DaIWS militants in Abu Tawila, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM & SFHR]
  6. Jul. 16, 2020 – An assailant attacked and injured two policemen with a sword at a media production center in the city of Sadis min-Oktubar, in the Giza governorate. Officers later shot and killed the man. [AaJ]
  7. Jul. 17, 2020 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Security forces suffered unspecified casualties in the attack. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the incident. [AaJ & AVSI]
  8. Jul. 21, 2020 – Two suicide terrorists detonated their car bombs at a military base in Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. Bands of hundreds DaIWS militants subsequently stormed and took over the facility as well as the nearby villages of Aqtiya, Janain, Marih, Rabiya and Qatiya. At least ten soldiers were killed and four colleagues were wounded in the fighting. One person was killed and three others were injured among the villagers during the attacks. Eighteen of the assailants were eliminated in the clashes. [AaJ, Ahr, DNE, ITIC, MY & SFHR]
  9. Jul. 21, 2020 – A youth center was set on fire by members of the DaIWS in the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  10. Jul. 22, 2020 – DaIWS terrorists bombed and destroyed the mausoleum of a Sufi tribal leader in the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  11. Jul. 23, 2020 – Cadres of the DaIWS snatched an off-duty soldier from his car and later executed him near Qatiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ, MM, MY & SS]
  12. Jul. 24, 2020 – A defense volunteer was killed in clashes between DaIWS fighters and a tribal militia conducting operations near Moqata, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  13. Jul. 24, 2020 – A government employee was snatched from his vehicle by DaIWS militants at a roadblock near Qatiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The hostage later died as he was unable to take his medicines during captivity. [SFHR]
  14. Jul. 24, 2020* – Five civilians were wounded when their vehicles were hit in two separate roadside bomb blasts in the villages of Marih and Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  15. Jul. 25, 2020 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by near Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate, inflicting unspecified casualties among those aboard. The incident was blamed on the DaIWS. [SS]
  16. Jul. 25, 2020 – DAIWS fighters fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a passing military vehicle in the Rabiya area of the North Sinai governorate. Several soldiers were hurt in the attack. [SS]
  17. Jul. 26, 2020 – Two civilians and a child were wounded when a bomb exploded in the village of Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  18. Jul. 26, 2020 – A civilian was killed and another one was wounded when their car was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the village of Marih, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  19. Jul. 27, 2020 – DaIWS militants clashed with the Egyptian army during a round of gun battles near the villages of Aqtiya, Janain, Marih, Rabiya and Qatiya, in the North Sinai governorate. At least one soldier was killed in the clashes. [AaJ & SS]
  20. Jul. 28, 2020 – Five officers were wounded when a police vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb explosion in the Midan area of the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  21. Jul. 28, 2020 – Eight civilians sustained injuries in a landmine explosion south of Marih, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  22. Aug. 08, 2020 – Militants belonging to the DaIWS abducted a civilian whom they accused of cooperating with the Egyptian army from his home in Janain, in the governorate of North Sinai. [SFHR]
  23. Aug. 09, 2020 – An Egyptian military surveillance drone was shot down by DaIWS fighters over the village of Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [AVSI & MM]
  24. Aug. 09, 2020 – A soldier was killed in a non-specified attack by DaIWS terrorists in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  25. Aug. 10, 2020 – A civilian was shot and killed by cadres of the DaIWS in one of the occupied villages in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  26. Aug. 13, 2020 – Four civilians who worked for the Egyptian army were executed by DaIWS militants in Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The victims had been captured by terrorists during the takeover of an army base in the area weeks earlier. [AaJ & SS]
  27. Aug. 15, 2020 – A soldier was killed in a non-specified attack by DaIWS militants west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  28. Aug. 15, 2020 – A worker was killed when a bomb went off near a group of laborers working on an army project near Kharouba, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & SS]
  29. Aug. 17, 2020 – DaIWS fighters clashed with Egyptian troops conducting operations during gun battles near the village of Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [AaJ]
  30. Aug. 18, 2020 – Fighters of the DaIWS clashed with Egyptian security forces and allied tribal defense militias during a series of gun battles in the Maghara area of the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [AaJ & SS]
  31. Aug. 19, 2020 – One soldier and a member of a tribal defense militia were killed in clashes between DaIWS fighters and security forces in the villages of Arash and Wafaq, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  32. Aug. 28, 2020 – A suicide terrorist detonated an explosives-laden car near a military unit in the village of Qatiya, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [AaJ & SFHR]
  33. Aug. 29, 2020 – An army tank was struck in a bomb explosion during military operations in the village of Sakadra, in the North Sinai governorate. Unspecified casualties were reported among the security forces. [AaJ]
  34. Sep. 02, 2020 – A soldier was killed and another one was wounded when suspected DaIWS gunmen shot them west of Bir al-Abd, in the governorate of North Sinai. [AaJ]
  35. Sep. 04, 2020 – Suspected DaIWS militants attacked an army checkpoint south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. One soldier was killed in the incident. [SS]
  36. Sep. 05, 2020 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by west of Rafah, in the governorate of North Sinai, killing two soldiers and injuring three colleagues. [AaJ]
  37. Sep. 09, 2020 – Seven soldiers were killed when a military vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion near the village of Marih, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ, MM & SS]
  38. Sep. 12, 2020 – A soldier sustained injuries in a bomb blast that targeted an army unit in Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  39. Sep. 23, 2020 – A band of militants ambushed an Egyptian military unit near Mount Halal, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two soldiers and injuring five colleagues. The DaIWS was blamed for the attack. [AaJ & SS]
  40. Sep. 23, 2020 – Two guards and a policeman were killed in a shootout with imprisoned terrorists who tried to escape from a maximum-security prison in the Tora suburb of Qahira. Three members of the ASAK and another Islamist militant were killed in the incident. [EG24 & Reut]
  41. Sep. 26, 2020 – Two soldiers were killed when their military vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb explosion on a highway near Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  42. Sep. 30, 2020 – DaIWS militants attacked Egyptian troops conducting operations west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Unspecified casualties were reported among the security forces. [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)