Egypt’s army in a statement confirmed that eight of its soldiers were killed during an attack on their Sinai military camp.
Jihadists wearing explosive belts stormed the army military in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday in an assault that left eight soldiers and 14 ISIS attackers dead.
The militants blew themselves up outside the camp after they were barred by security forces from entering, an army statement said.
Jihadists who have declared allegiance to the Islamic State group (ISIS) have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen in the Sinai since the military ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, following mass protests against him.
More than 100 jihadists and at least 22 soldiers have so far been killed in an ongoing operation launched on February 9 against the jihadists, according to army figures.
Earlier on Saturday, the Egyptian army said that 27 jihadists were killed over the last few days in a sweeping operation in the Sinai to quash extremists based in the peninsula.
