Operation Martyr's Right
| Operation Martyr's Right | |||||
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| Part of the Sinai insurgency | |||||
Map of the Sinai Peninsula. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2015–present) Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (2018–present) Sedki Sobhi (2015–18) Mahmoud Tawfik (2018–present) Magdy Abdel Ghaffar (2015–18) |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||
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Security forces: 10 soldiers killed 3 humvees destroyed | 1,013 militants killed | ||||
Operation Martyr's Right was a military operation conducted by the Egyptian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Egyptian National Police officers, aimed at rooting out and killing jihadist militants.
The operation was officially launched on 7 September 2015. It is considered to be the largest military action in the Sinai Peninsula in months. The operation targets sites in all towns in northern area of the peninsula.
A part of the larger background of an international campaign against the Islamic State, over two hundred militants tied to the terrorist group have been reported dead.