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Egypt bombs strike Sinai intelligence HQ in Rafah Egypt bomb strikes Sinai intelligence HQ in Rafah
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Car bombs have hit Egypt's intelligence headquarters in the Sinai peninsula, killing four people, state TV says. A car bomb has hit Egypt's intelligence headquarters in the Sinai peninsula, killing four people, reports say.
More than 10 people were wounded in the attack on the building in Rafah, on Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip.More than 10 people were wounded in the attack on the building in Rafah, on Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip.
The bombings came after at least nine Islamist militants were killed in a major military offensive in Sinai. A second blast hit a nearby army checkpoint. It is unclear whether anyone was hurt.
Sinai has seen a sharp increase in militant attacks since the army ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in early July. Sinai has seen a sharp increase in militant attacks since the army deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in early July.
A suicide bomber drove a car at high speed into the one-storey army building, burying a number of troops under the debris, the Associated Press reported citing local officials.
Eyewitnesses said the powerful explosion shattered the windows of other buildings in the Imam Ali area in Rafah.
Shortly afterwards, militants targeted an army checkpoint, firing rocket-propelled grenades, reports said.
Army crackdown
The attacks come just days after at least nine Islamist militants were killed in a major military offensive near the towns of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweyid.
On 7 September, army helicopters carried out air strikes aimed at destroying weapons caches, vehicles and hideouts, in what was said to be the biggest operation of its kind in recent years in the area.
The army has accused Mr Morsi of being too lenient toward militant activity in the region, after he released Islamists from prison and vetoed military operations in Sinai.
Analysts say the army's crackdown down on Mr Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood is adding impetus to militants in the northern desert.
Military deployments in the peninsula are subject to the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.