About 100 suspects had been arrested, more than 200 explosive devices found and over 30 cars and scooters confiscated or destroyed.
Egyptian security forces have killed 46"very dangerous" Islamist militants in shootouts in northern Sinai, the military said on Monday.
"Over the last period" the campaign had resulted in"the elimination of 46 very dangerous members of terrorist elements during exchanges of fire in the north and central Sinai...," the armed forces said in a video recording, without specifying dates or locations of the security operations.
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