CAIRO (Reuters) - Air strikes in northern Sinai have killed 19 members of Egypt's Islamic State affiliate, including three of its leaders, the Egyptian military said on Thursday.
Islamic State this week claimed an attack on security forces near St. Catherine's Monastery in the south Sinai, the latest incident in a spate of Islamist violence targeting Egypt's Christian minority in recent months.
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