| Rafah terror attack | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Sinai Insurgency | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
| Egyptian Armed Forces | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Sinai Province | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 30 soldiers |
100 terrorists 13 car | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
|
20 killed 3 injured |
46 killed 6 cars destroyed | ||||
| 66 total killed | |||||
The Rafah terror attack was a terrorist attack conducted by the Islamic State – Sinai Province on an Egyptian Armed Forces checkpoint in Rafah in North Sinai on 7 July 2017 and resulted in the death and injury of 23 Egyptian soldiers, including the high-ranking El-Sa'ka officer, Col. Ahmed Mansi. 46 terrorists were killed and six cars of the militants were destroyed in the attack.[1][2][3]
Following the attack, multiple domestic and international reactions condemned the attack, included Al-Azhar, the Coptic Orthodox Church, UAE, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Bahrain, Germany, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia.[4]