CAIRO (Reuters) - Five Islamist militants were killed in an explosion south of the Egyptian city of Rafah near the border with Israel and Palestinian-ruled Gaza on Friday, the state news agency MENA said.
The Egyptian military said there had been two explosions but gave no further details. Soldiers were searching the area in the North Sinai region to find out more, army spokesman Ahmed Ali said in a statement.
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