The Armed Forces have intensified military operations to wipe out criminal elements in Sinai. They launched an air offensive using Apache helicopters in bombing hideouts of terrorists in Rafah and Sheikh Zuwayed and villages of Al Moqataa, Al Mahdeyah and Abu Raad, where criminal hotbeds are concentrated.
Military aircraft bombed armed elements locations and arms depots. Eyewitnesses said they heard the sound of blasts which rocked south of Sheikh Zuwayed and columns of black smoke were seen pillowing from the scene.
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