Egypt s Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that the joint military-police operation targeting terrorist hideouts in the Western Desert continued for the second day in a row, the Egyptian army said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Egyptian air forces - supported by special army commandoes units (Sae ka) and police - carried out airstrikes in southern Fayoum, killing all terrorist targets.
Security forces are currently combing the area for any terrorists who may have escaped.
The Armed Forces released a video of the airstrike, as well as photos showing the dead bodies of the terrorists and destroyed vehicles including a pickup truck fitted with machine guns.