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Egyptian security forces have been targeted in a wave of attacks across the country, reports say. Egyptian security forces have been targeted in several attacks around the country, reports say.
Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers who were sitting in a car at a checkpoint north of the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials. Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers who were in a patrol vehicle outside of the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials.
A large car bomb struck offices of the security forces in southern Sinai, while a rocket attack hit a satellite station in a Cairo suburb. A large car bomb struck headquarters of the security forces in southern Sinai, killing five, while a rocket attack hit a satellite station in a Cairo suburb.
Security forces have been repeatedly targeted in Sinai in recent weeks. The attacks follow a day of deadly clashes on Sunday.
Two people are reported to have died in the car bomb attack in the town of al-Tour, and another 48 injured. Security forces have been the frequent victims of attacks in northern Sinai, where analysts say a fully fledged insurgency is building.
A four-storey building housing offices of the security forces was significantly damaged, officials said. But the south of the peninsula - key to Egypt's economy due to tourism - has remained largely peaceful.
Security forces have been the frequent victims of attacks in northern Sinai, where analysts say a fully fledged insurgency has been on the rise. In Monday's string of violent attacks:
But the south of the peninsula has remained largely peaceful. Sinai has been dubbed the "new Afghanistan", says the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Cairo, and the Egyptian military is in the middle of an enormous operation there.
The attacks on security targets come a day after more than 50 people were killed - mostly in Cairo - as the security forces clashed with thousands of supporters of the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, in the most intense violence for several weeks.
Cairo itself has returned to calm for now, although the Islamists have urged their supporters to continue their protests.
This morning's attacks will raise fears further of a confrontation between Islamists and the army, correspondents say.