Air raids kill 25 ISIL Militants in Egypt

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CAIRO: Egyptian Military claimed to have killed at least 25 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Sinai air raids.

The Egyptian military said that the militants were targeted near the town of Sheikh Zuweid. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi also visited El-Arish, the provincial capital.

They also said security forces had seized about half a ton of explosives in a tunnel on the border between the Sinai and Gaza.