2022 El Qantara checkpoint attack

On 8 May 2022, at least ten soldiers and one officer were killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in El Qantara, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Five more were injured.

2022 Sinai checkpoint attack
Part of the Sinai insurgency
LocationEl Qantara, Egypt
Date8 May 2022
Deaths11
Injured5

Afterwards, chase continued in a secluded part of the Sinai Peninsula.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility.

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