January 2015 Sinai attacks

January 2015 Sinai Attacks
	Part of Sinai insurgency
Date	29 January 2015
Location	North Sinai
Result	Initial ISIS victory Egyptian authorities bomb ISIS installations;
Belligerents
Egypt Egyptian Army;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Wilayat Sinai (formerly known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis);
Casualties and losses
44 killed ; (24 soldiers, 6 policemen, 14 civilians); 62+	Unknown; in subsequent operations:; 47 killed

Arish

Sheikh Zuweid

Rafah

Location on the Sinai Peninsula of the three cities attacked in January 2015 by Wilayat Sinai.

On 29 January 2015, militants from the ISIL-affiliated Wilayat Sinai (Sinai Province) militant group launched a series of attacks on army and police bases in Arish using car bombs and mortars. The attacks, which occurred in more than six different locations, resulted in 44 deaths.