Egypt’s military junta has claimed today that they have killed at least 47 fighters from Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a faction which has pledged alliance to ISIS, in an offensive against the Sinai Peninsula.
Military officials say the offensive was carried out with Apache helicopters, and was the biggest new security operation in Sinai in several months.
The junta attacked Sinai after its summer 2013 coup, claiming the local militants were supporters of the ousted elected government. So far, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has established itself as a far bigger group since the attacks, and the war has not gone well for Egypt.
The Sinai militants had some major successes in January, and the junta seems to want to present the newest offensive against them as proof that the tide has turned.
As usual and following the standards set by the self-righteous USA every one killed is a Militant even kids .
Your headline is misleading at best, when the Egyptian government claims anything its safe to say the contrary is closer to the truth. Never has been and probably never will be such a lying, propagandist and utterly deceitful bunch of people as the Egyptian government and its media.