Cairo - MENA
Three terrorists have been killed in a military campaign in Sinai.
Fifty-seven suspects, including a Palestinian national, have also been nabbed as part of the comprehensive campaign meant to eliminate terrorism in the peninsula, military spokesman Mohamed Samir said on Tuesday.
Over the past week, 23 hotbeds have been destroyed, the spokesman said.
He added that 23 cars and 50 motorcycles, all plateless, were also destroyed.
Three mortar shells and two RPGs, as well as two suicide belts and a sticky bomb have also been seized, Samir said.
The army also found camouflage clothes and flags of Ansar Beit al Maqdes, he added.
Two bombs were also defused in el Wefaq area in Rafah and el Barahma area in Sheikh Zuwaid, the spokesman said, noting they had been planted to target military troops.