埃及軍事行動打死20名激進分子

Egyptian security officials say the military has carried out an assault on suspected militants in the Sinai peninsula following new attacks against checkpoints.

Officials say the airstrikes Wednesday killed 20 militants.

The strikes came hours after an attack against checkpoints in the city of El-Arish, about 50 kilometers from the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip.

The Egyptian military and President Mohamed Mursi had vowed to assert more control over the border area following an attack Sunday that killed 16 Egyptian border guards. Egypt said militants involved in the attack were trying to cross into Israel.埃及安全官員說，在激進分子襲擊埃及檢查站後，埃及軍隊攻擊了西奈半島的激進嫌疑分子。

有關官員說，星期三的空襲打死20名激進分子。

在埃及軍隊發動空襲的幾小時前，阿里什市的檢查站遭到襲擊。阿里什距離以色列與加沙地帶邊界大約50公里。

在16名埃及邊防守衛人員死於星期天的襲擊後，埃及軍方和埃及總統穆爾西誓言要加強邊境地帶的巡邏。埃及表示，發動襲擊的激進分子試圖越界進入以色列。