(MENAFN- QNA) At least 26 people have been killed in a series of attacks by militants in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday night.
A car bomb and mortars hit military targets in the North Sinai capital El-Arish, killing a number of soldiers. Other attacks took place in the nearby town of Sheik Zuwayid and the town of Rafah, bordering Gaza, the BBC reported.
Another 30 people were also wounded in Thursday's attacks. Militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which pledges allegiance to Islamic State, said it carried out the attacks.
The insurgents have intensified attacks since Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013. Tensions have also been raised across Egypt this week amid protests marking the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that ousted then-leader Hosni Mubarak.
Egyptian officials said a car bomb had been detonated outside a military base in El-Arish and mortar rounds were also fired at a military hotel, a police club and more than a dozen checkpoints.
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