The Egyptian military says it has killed at least 19 fighters during security operations in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, which also resulted in five casualties among troops.

Egypt’s military said on Friday that seven suspected militants were killed in a raid carried out as part of its operations against insurgents in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

The United States is reportedly planning to withdraw troops from Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, where Washington heads an international peacekeeping force and Cairo is battling the local chapter of the Islamic State (IS) group.

Attacks against the Egyptian army in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula often occur during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Locals in Egypt‘s restive Sinai province are calling on authorities to immediately release the names and photographs of suspected Islamic State militants killed on Sunday, amid reports that the operation is a cover-up for the summary execution of prisoners held under arbitrary arrest.

Egypt said its security forces have eliminated 126 militants in recent army operations in the northeastern Sinai Peninsula, with 18  killed on Saturday, two days after an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group killed eight soldiers.

The Islamic State said today it was behind Thursday’s attack that killed as many as 10 soldiers in Egypt’s northern Sinai region.

Egypt’s Armed Forces spokesperson announced on Thursday evening that 10 Egyptian Army members were killed or injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) struck an armoured military vehicle at Bir Al-Abd in Egypt’s North Sinai.

On Egypt’s “terrorism list” lie over 6,300 names, among them some of the most fierce and dangerous militants alive today.

The Spanish police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a wanted fighter in the terrorist organization ISIS.