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EGYPTIAN President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi claimed at the weekend that the armed forces had foiled an attempt by Isis to seize territory and set up an Islamic State (Isis) outpost in the Sinai peninsula.
The general-turned-politician told troops in Sinai, following Wednesday’s unprecedented Isis attack, that Isis had tried to announce “an Islamic state, in their concept, an Islamic state in Sinai.”
Insisting that the area was now under control, Mr Sissi praised the troops for “foiling a very big plan.
He said: “No-one can impose on the Egyptians something they don’t want. To reach the Egyptians, they have to pass through the army, the sons of Egypt.”
The army said that 17 soldiers and over 100 militants were killed in Wednesday’s day-long co-ordinated attacks.
Earlier security statements had suggested that scores more army personnel had died in the fighting.
