Egypt's military said it has foiled an attempted attack Friday on a military outpost in North Sinai, where it is battling an Islamist insurgency.
Four militants were killed when forces opened fire on militants attempting to attack the outpost in Rafah, the army said in a statement.
Hundreds of security personnel have been killed by Islamist militants in North Sinai since the 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The army has carried out several campaigns to crush insurgents and cut their supply lines.
Earlier this month, the Egyptian army said it had killed the chief of the country's most lethal militant group, Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, during an anti-insurgency operation in North Sinai.
