Operation Martyr's Right

Operation Martyr's Right
Part of the Sinai insurgency

Map of the Sinai Peninsula.
Date7 September 2015 – 25 January 2023
(9 years, 9 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Belligerents

 Egypt

 Islamic State

Commanders and leaders
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
(2015–present)
Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
(2018–present)
Sedki Sobhi
(2015–18)
Mahmoud Tawfik
(2018–present)
Magdy Abdel Ghaffar
(2015–18)
Casualties and losses
Security forces:
10 soldiers killed
3 humvees destroyed
1,013 militants killed

Operation Martyr's Right was a military operation conducted by the Egyptian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Egyptian National Police officers, aimed at rooting out and killing jihadist militants.

The operation was officially launched on 7 September 2015. It is considered to be the largest military action in the Sinai Peninsula in months. The operation targets sites in all towns in northern area of the peninsula.

A part of the larger background of an international campaign against the Islamic State, over two hundred militants tied to the terrorist group have been reported dead.