Five Egyptian soldiers killed in second deadly Sinai attack

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. News of Wednesday's attack came as President al-Sisi met U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan in Cairo. [Reuters]

Five Egyptian soldiers were killed by militants on Wednesday in northern Sinai, the second deadly strike against security forces on the peninsula in less than a week, and the military said it had carried out air strikes in response.

Four others were injured when armed men opened fire early on Wednesday morning at a security post on the coast of northeastern Sinai a few kilometres away from the border with the Gaza Strip, two security sources said.