2022 El Qantara checkpoint attack

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

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.

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

The Islamic State claimed responsibility.