Egyptian security forces have killed 11 suspected militants in a gun battle during a raid on their hideout in Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, the ministry of interior said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.

Seventeen members of a terrorist cell were killed across two hideouts in Egypt in raids carried out by security forces on Thursday in response to the bombing of the National Cancer Institute in Cairo.

Egypt’s ministry of interior has identified the terrorist who was involved in the National Cancer Institute explosion, killing nearly 22 civilian last Sunday night.

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has revealed that the vehicle which caused a large explosion in the surroundings of the Cairo Cancer Institute was packed with explosives.

Egypt’s interior ministry has accused anti-regime movement Hasm of responsibility for Monday’s explosion in central Cairo that killed 19 people, which was initially blamed on a car crash.

Twetnty-two deaths resulted from medical neglect in Egyptian prisons since the beginning of this year until the end of July, according to a report from the Adalah Centre for Rights and Freedoms. 

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior granted all inmates nationwide one exceptional visit on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), which falls this year on Aug.11.

Egypt has made large strides in fighting money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Tuesday.

About 130 inmates have been on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison for more than six weeks in protest at inhumane conditions and denial of family visits, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

The Minister of Interior, Mahmoud Tawfik, approved on Thursday the new internal changes in the ministry posts, including a number of his assistants, security managers, department directors, and public administrations.