At least nine people were killed on Wednesday in twin car bombing attacks on security personnel in Rafah city in Egypt's North Sinai, while the army poured more troops to quell the violence in the restive peninsula.
The Egyptian army, in a major operation against Islamic militants in North Sinai on Saturday, killed at least nine of them, and it also foiled a bomb attack on the railroad between two Canal governorates.
At least 25 policemen were killed and three others wounded in an attack by militants targeting two buses in Egypt's North Sinai, a security official told Xinhua on Monday.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday he has no information suggesting that Sinai-based militants are planning more rocket attacks against the southern Israeli city of Eilat in the immediate future.
The Egyptian presidency said on Monday that all options are open in dealing with the kidnappers of the Sinai soldiers and securing their release.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday rejected any dialogue with the kidnappers of seven soldiers in Sinai, who appeared in an online video to urge their release.
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