The Egyptian army has raided suspected militant hideouts in the restive Sinai Peninsula, killing two and arresting 15, a military spokesman announced via Facebook.
Brigadier General Mohamed Samir said the raid on Tuesday night was in Al-Arish in northern Sinai. It targeted homes and vehicles used by the suspects.
Sinai, a desert province in north-eastern Egypt, has suffered a security vacuum for years, particularly since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last summer.
Suspected Islamist militants based in the peninsula have waged a high-level insurgency against the security forces, to which the army have responded with counter-insurgency operations.
A brazen attack on Egyptian border guards on Saturday killed 22 troops at a military checkpoint in Al-Wadi Al-Gedid governorate, 630km west of Cairo.
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