July 2015 Sinai clashes

July 2015 Sinai clashes
	Part of Sinai insurgency
Date	1–2 July 2015; (1 day)
Location	North Sinai
Result	Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Egypt Egyptian Army; Central Security Forces; Egyptian Ministry of the Interior;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Wilayat Sinai (formerly known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis);
Strength
Unknown	300+
Casualties and losses
21 soldiers killed (official army and health ministry statement); Other sources: 64 soldiers killed	100+ militants killed.; In subsequent operations+241 killed

Sheikh Zuweid

The city of Sheikh Zuweid in Sinai.

On 1 July 2015, the IS-affiliated Sinai Province militant group launched the largest scale battle the Sinai Peninsula has seen since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, killing 21 soldiers in the numerous attacks which targeted multiple Egyptian army checkpoints and the Sheikh Zuweid police station in the Sinai Peninsula. More than 100 militants were reportedly killed by the army during the battle.