Militant Incidents in Egypt (Oct.-Dec. 2020)

by | Jan 31, 2021 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

44 fatalities

38 injuries

Total incidents

Sinai Peninsula
(share of incidents)

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Oct. 04, 2020 – A soldier was wounded in an unspecified bomb explosion in Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  2. Oct. 04, 2020 – Two soldiers were killed and several others were injured when a band of DaIWS gunmen attacked an army unit near Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  3. Oct. 05, 2020 – Suspected DaIWS militants detonated a roadside bomb as an army vehicle in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing a soldier and injuring three colleagues. [AaJ]
  4. Oct. 07, 2020 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by south of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. There were reports of casualties among the soldiers. [SS]
  5. Oct. 10, 2020 – Two women were killed and another civilian was injured when a bomb planted in their home exploded during cleaning in the village of Qatiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The device had been installed by DaIWS terrorists. [AaJ, MM & SS]
  6. Oct. 10, 2020 – Two members of a family were killed when a bomb went off inside their home in Janain, in the North Sinai governorate. DaIWS militants had planted the device during the occupation of the village. [AaJ, MM, SFHR & SS]
  7. Oct. 11, 2020 – Five civilians were killed and another one was injured when their car was struck in a bomb explosion in the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ, MM, SFHR & SS]
  8. Oct. 12, 2020 – Militants belonging to the DaIWS fought with Egyptian troops during a gun battle on the outskirts of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  9. Oct. 13, 2020 – A group of gunmen opened fire at a police unit at an undisclosed location in the North Sinai governorate. Two of the militants were eliminated in the ensuing gun battle. [Ahr]
  10. Oct. 14, 2020 – A villager was killed and two others were wounded in a bomb explosion at their farm in Marih, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & SS]
  11. Oct. 14, 2020 – One soldier was killed and four colleagues were wounded when a military patrol was hit in a roadside bomb explosion in the village of Marih, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ, MM & SS]
  12. Oct. 20, 2020 – A child was wounded when a bomb exploded as she was playing outside her house in the village of Rabiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  13. Oct. 21, 2020 – A child was killed in a booby trap explosion in the village of Qatiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The device had been installed by DaIWS militants. [MM]
  14. Oct. 22, 2020 – A fourteen-year-old boy was killed in a landmine explosion at a palm plantation in the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The device had been planted by operatives of the DaIWS. [AaJ, SFHR & SS]
  15. Oct. 24, 2020 – Five women from the same family were killed and four other relatives were wounded when two booby traps exploded at a house in the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The mine had been laid by members of the DaIWS. [AaJ, MM, SFH & SS]
  16. Oct. 26, 2020 – Terrorists abducted and later executed a fisherman whom they accused of providing food for the Egyptian army in the Rafah area, in the North Sinai governorate. The incident was claimed by the DaIWS. [MM, SFHR & SS]
  17. Oct. 29, 2020 – A civilian who delivered food to the army was abducted by members of the DaIWS in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  18. Oct. 31, 2020 – DaIWS militants shot and killed a civilian who cooperated with the army outside his farm in the village of Galbana, in the Ismailiya governorate. [AaJ, MM & SFHR]
  19. Oct. 31, 2020 – Five civilians were wounded when a bomb exploded near their home in the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The device had been planted by DaIWS members. [AaJ & SFHR]
  20. Nov. 01, 2020 – Suspected DaIWS fighters attacked an army unit near Kharouba, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two soldiers and injuring several others. [AaJ]
  21. Nov. 03, 2020 – Two soldiers were killed when an Egyptian military vehicle was attacked by militants near Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ]
  22. Nov. 04, 2020 – A roadside bomb went off as an army minesweeper passed by in the Rafah area of the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [AaJ]
  23. Nov. 04, 2020 – Militants set off a roadside bomb as a military bulldozer passed by south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. The army allegedly suffered casualties in the action. [SS]
  24. Nov. 08, 2020 – A Coptic Christian jeweler was kidnapped by suspected DaIWS militants from Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM, SFHR & SS]
  25. Nov. 09, 2020 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by near the village of Aqtiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The army reportedly suffered casualties in the incident. The incident was claimed by the DaIWS. [SS]
  26. Nov. 12, 2020 – A surveyor was shot to death by gunmen at the airport of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The attack was blamed on the DaIWS. [AaJ & SFHR]
  27. Nov. 16, 2020 – Cadres of the DaIWS shot and destroyed surveillance equipment at a military checkpoint near Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AVSI]
  28. Nov. 18, 2020 – A youth was seriously injured in a bomb explosion in the village of Marih, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  29. Nov. 19, 2020 – A band of DaIWS militants ambushed a vehicle of a local tribal defense militia near the village of Barth, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [MM]
  30. Nov. 19, 2020 – A segment of a gas pipeline was damaged in a bomb blast near Midan, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the attack. [Ahr, Mas, MM, SFHR & SS]
  31. Nov. 19, 2020 – Two civilians were abducted by suspected DaIWS militants from a barber shop in the village of Hamisa, in the North Sinai governorate. [SFHR]
  32. Nov. 23, 2020 – Terrorists fired at a traffic police vehicle north of the town of Tor, in the South Sinai governorate, killing two officers and injuring a colleague. [AaJ & MM]
  33. Nov. 25, 2020 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. One soldier was killed in the blast. [AaJ]
  34. Nov. 25, 2020 – A soldier was seriously injured in a sniper attack by terrorists near Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & SS]
  35. Nov. 26, 2020 – A band of militants fired at a border guard post in Marajda, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the incident. [AVSI]
  36. Nov. 27, 2020 – Bands of Islamists ransacked a church, shops and houses belonging to the local Coptic Christian community in the village of Barsha, in the Minya governorate. During the violence, several businesses and homes were attacked with firebombs. One Christian woman was hurt when her house caught fire. The assailants were angry over an internet posting by a local Christian deemed offensive. [Fid & ICC]
  37. Dec. 03, 2020 – An officer of the air force was shot and killed by a sniper south of Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [Dos & STU]
  38. Dec. 08, 2020 – A band of DaIWS fighters attacked a military sentry post near the village of Rawda, in the North Sinai governorate, killing a soldier and seriously injuring several colleagues. [AaJ]
  39. Dec. 10, 2020 – A group of terrorists blew up a section of a gas pipeline in the Sabika area of the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  40. Dec. 10, 2020 – One member of the Coptic Christian community was killed and two others were wounded when a band of Islamist thugs armed with knives raided their shops in the Mina el-Basal suburb of Iskandariya. [ICC & Wti]
  41. Dec. 11, 2020 – A soldier was shot and killed by a sniper west of Bir al-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & SS]
  42. Dec. 13, 2020 – A civilian who cooperated with the Egyptian army was abducted and executed by suspected DaIWS militants in Sahl al-Tina, in the Bur Said governorate. [SFHR]
  43. Dec. 17, 2020 – A soldier was killed and seven colleagues were wounded when a bomb exploded near a security checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ, AFP & SS]
  44. Dec. 17, 2020 – A military armored vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb blast south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. Two soldiers were killed and three colleagues were injured in the attack. [AaJ, AFP & SS]
  45. Dec. 22, 2020 – One volunteer was killed in clashes with DaIWS fighters during an operation by members of a tribal defense militia in the governorate of North Sinai. [MM]
  46. Dec. 23, 2020 – Three members of a family of fishermen were kidnapped by suspected DaIWS militants from Taloul, in the North Sinai governorate. Two hostages were released unharmed. [MM & SS]
  47. Dec. 23, 2020 – A soldier was killed when a military vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb explosion near the village of Qasrwat, in the North Sinai governorate. [AaJ & SS]
  48. Dec. 24, 2020 – A segment of a gas pipeline was bombed and damaged by militants in the Sabika area of the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the incident. [AaJ, AFP & SS]
  49. Dec. 26, 2020* – A defense volunteer died when a boobytrap exploded as members of a local tribal militia were clearing homes in the village of Moqata, in the governorate of North Sinai. [MM]
  50. Dec. 28, 2020 – A member of a local defense militia was killed when a bomb exploded during an attempt to defuse it in Moqata, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  51. Dec. 30, 2020 – Gunmen opened fire at Egyptian soldiers conducting operations in the village of Moqata, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one soldier. [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)