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| CAIRO — Militants attacked a hotel in the northern Sinai Peninsula of Egypt with explosives and gunfire early on Tuesday, killing at least three people, including a judge, according to the military. | CAIRO — Militants attacked a hotel in the northern Sinai Peninsula of Egypt with explosives and gunfire early on Tuesday, killing at least three people, including a judge, according to the military. |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place at the Swiss Inn Resort in El Arish. The hotel was housing judges who were monitoring voting in Egypt’s parliamentary elections. | |
| Militants belonging to an affiliate of the Islamic State have carried out numerous attacks in the northern Sinai, and last month they claimed responsibility for bringing down a Russian plane carrying tourists from the Sinai resort of Sharm el Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board. They were also behind a bombing at a police club in El Arish this month that killed four officers. | |
| The affiliate, called Sinai Province, has posed a growing threat to the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and has emerged as one of the most active branches of the Islamic State. | The affiliate, called Sinai Province, has posed a growing threat to the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and has emerged as one of the most active branches of the Islamic State. |
| The Sinai Province has carried out a series of deadly assaults against the security services while steadily broadening the scope of its violence to include civilian targets. | The Sinai Province has carried out a series of deadly assaults against the security services while steadily broadening the scope of its violence to include civilian targets. |
| Russian officials have said that the plane carrying the tourists was destroyed by a bomb, and they severed air links with Egypt. Egyptian officials have so far refused to say that militants were responsible for the crash, while at the same time bolstering security measures at the country’s airports in an acknowledgment of safety gaps. | Russian officials have said that the plane carrying the tourists was destroyed by a bomb, and they severed air links with Egypt. Egyptian officials have so far refused to say that militants were responsible for the crash, while at the same time bolstering security measures at the country’s airports in an acknowledgment of safety gaps. |
| Egyptian authorities have also repeatedly portrayed the Sinai militants as being on the retreat. The attack on Tuesday occurred despite the deployment of thousands of police officers and soldiers to protect the parliamentary election, which is seen by Mr. Sisi’s government as an important political milestone. | Egyptian authorities have also repeatedly portrayed the Sinai militants as being on the retreat. The attack on Tuesday occurred despite the deployment of thousands of police officers and soldiers to protect the parliamentary election, which is seen by Mr. Sisi’s government as an important political milestone. |
| The military said that the assault started around 7 a.m., when security forces fired on a militant driving an explosive-laden vehicle outside the hotel. The car exploded, and another militant detonated an explosive belt inside the hotel. A third managed to enter one of the hotel rooms, shooting and killing a judge. | The military said that the assault started around 7 a.m., when security forces fired on a militant driving an explosive-laden vehicle outside the hotel. The car exploded, and another militant detonated an explosive belt inside the hotel. A third managed to enter one of the hotel rooms, shooting and killing a judge. |
| The state news media later identified the judge as Omar Hammad, 38, and at least one other judge was wounded in the attack, the military said. |