The following is a chronological timeline of fatal incidents during the ongoing Sinai insurgency, which was invigorated by a period of relative instability and political turmoil in Egypt, beginning with the 2011 uprising against former autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Insurgent attacks, however, intensified significantly following the July 2013 coup that ousted Muslim Brotherhood-backed president Mohamed Morsi and subsequent crackdown on his supporters.
30 July 2011 - 6 Egyptian security forces killed.
14 August–September 2011, Operation Eagle: 1 Islamist militant and 2 civilians killed.15 August 2011 - 1 Islamist militant killed, 6 captured.
17 August 2011 - 2 Bedouins killed in unclear circumstances.
18 August 2011 - 6 Israeli civilians and two soldiers and 5 Egyptian soldiers killed, as well as 10 attackers.
27 March 2012 - 2 smugglers killed.
15 April 2012 - 2 policemen killed.
2 May 2012 – 1 policeman killed.
19 May 2012 – 1 tribe chief killed.
4 June 2012 – one policeman killed.
18 June 2012 – one Israeli civilian killed and two wounded by an attack on Israeli-Egyptian border fence.
5 August 2012 - 16 Egyptian soldiers and 8 militants killed.
7 August 2012, Operation Sinai (2012) - 32 militants and suspects killed, 38 arrested; 2 civilians killed (by early September 2012).8 August 2012 – 20 militants killed in Sinai.
12 August 2012 – 7 suspected militants killed.
13 August 2012 – Armed men shot dead tribal leader Khalaf Al-Menahy and his son.
29 August 2012 – Egyptian Army tanks and helicopters attack Jihadi cells, resulting in 11 dead militants and 23 more taken prisoner with no reported military casualties.
16 September 2012 - 1 Egyptian soldier killed.
21 September 2012 - 1 Israeli soldier and 3 militants killed.
3 November 2012 - 3 policemen killed.
16 April 2013 - 1 policeman killed.
7 May 2013 - 1 civilian killed.
21 May 2013 - 1 militant killed.
June–July 2013 - 1 Egyptian soldier and 20 gunmen killed in clashes.
3 July to 15 July 2013 - Following the ouster of President Morsi, 8 policemen, 2 Christians, one a priest, and five civilians have been killed in attacks by Islamist militants in the Sinai peninsula.
16–17 July 2013 - 10 militants killed.
17 July 2013 - 3 policemen killed.
18 July 2013 - 1 policeman killed.
19 July 2013 - 2 civilians killed.
21 July 2013 - 2 civilians, 2 officers, and 2 policemen killed.
22 July 2013 - 1 civilian killed.
24 July 2013 - 2 soldiers and 3 jihadists killed.
26 July 2013 - 1 civilian killed.
27–28 July 2013 - 10 militants killed.
28 July 2013 - 1 officer killed.
29 July 2013 - 4 soldiers killed.
30 July 2013 - 1 soldier killed.
2 August 2013 - 1 policeman killed.
5 August 2013 - 1 soldier killed.
7 August 2013 - 1 civilian killed.
9 August 2013 - 4 militants killed.
11 August 2013 - 12 militants killed.
14 August 2013 - 2 policemen and 1 army colonel killed.
15 August 2013 - 8 soldiers killed by insurgents near Arish.
17 August 2013 - 6 people killed.
18 August 2013 - 1 soldier killed.
19 August 2013 - 25 off service unarmed Central Security Forces soldiers were ambushed and executed by insurgents.
30 August 2013 - 3 militants, 2 policemen and one police chief were killed in separate attacks.
3 September 2013 - 15 militants killed.
4 September 2013 - 2 conscripts killed.
7 September 2013 - At least 31 militants killed.
11 September 2013 - 6 soldiers killed.
30 September 2013 - 3 policemen, 1 soldier, and 1 civilian killed.
7 October 2013 - A car bomb killed three police officers in southern Sinai, hours after masked gunmen shot dead six soldiers in a patrol car outside the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
10 October 2013 - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside the city of al-Arish in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing three soldiers and a policeman.
17 October 2013 - 6 militants killed.
18 October 2013 - 1 policeman killed.
21 October 2013 - 1 civilian killed.
22 Oct 2013 - One officer and a civilian driver killed.
23 October 2013 - 1 soldier killed.
6 November 2013 - 1 soldier killed and 3 Islamist militants killed.
7 November 2013 - 8 militants killed.
13 November 2013 - 2 militants killed.
14 November 2013 - 3 militants and two policeman killed.
15 November 2013 - 1 policeman killed.
16 November 2013 - 1 police officer shot dead in North Sinai.
20 November 2013 - 11 soldiers killed near el-Arish.
30 November 2013 - 3 militants killed.
9 December 2013 - Leading member of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, Abu Suhaib, killed while shooting at police, 22 suspected militants captured.
10 December 2013 - Wanted Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant, Abdulrahman Salama Salem Abu Eita captured.
13 December 2013 - Wanted Islamist militant, Ahmed Ahmeed Abu Sreig killed.
15 December 2013 - Wanted Islamist militant, Nesar Sabah Robaa Saleh, killed in Al-Arish., 40 suspected captured.
16 December 2013 - Wanted militant named Abu Khaled was killed, 7 wanted militants and 20 suspected militants captured.
17 December 2013 - Wanted Islamist killed in Sinai.
18 December 2013 - 2 militants killed, 12 militants captured.
19 December 2013 - Two militants killed.
20 December 2013 - Two soldiers and 3 militants killed.
22 December 2013 - 4 militants killed, 4 suspected militants captured.
24 December 2013 - 14 police officers killed, 2 civilians killed in an attack on a major police station.
4 January 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
13 January 2014 - 2 militants killed by their own bomb; approximately 5 militants killed in unclear circumstances.
16 January 2014 - 1 militant killed.
17 January 2014 - 13 militants killed.
18 January 2014 - 3 militants killed.
19 January 2014 - 1 militant killed.
25 January 2014 - 5 soldiers killed in attack on helicopter.
26 January 2014 - 4 soldiers killed.
29 January 2014 - 10 militants killed.
30 January 2014 - 7 militants and one police officer killed.
31 January 2014 - 13 militants killed.
1 February 2014 - 2 militants killed.
3 February 2014 - 30 militants killed.
7 February 2014 - 20 militants killed.
9 February 2014 - 3 militants killed.
16 February 2014 - 4 civilians (including 3 South Koreans) killed in the 2014 Taba bus bombing.
20 February - 10 militants killed.
21–23 February - 14 militants killed.
1 March - 10 militants killed.
6 March - 1 policeman killed.
11 March - 7 militants killed.
17 March - 3 militants killed.
24 March - 3 militants killed.
30 March 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
1 April 2014 - 3 militants killed.
3 April 2014 - 1 CSF officer killed.
5 April 2014. - 4 militants killed.
11 April 2014 - 1 militant killed.
13 April 2014 - 3 militants killed.
16 April 2014 - 2 militants killed.
24 April 2014 - 6 militants killed.
27 April 2014 - 1 militant killed.
29 April 2014 - 3 militants killed.
1 May 2014 - 5 militants killed.
2 May 2014 - 2 killed in suicide bombing in El-Tor; 1 killed in suicide bombing near Sharm el-Sheikh.
11 May 2014 - 1 army conscript killed in shooting in Sheikh Zuweid.
14 May 2014 - 2 militants killed.
20 May 2014 - 6 militants killed.
22 May 2014 - 3 militants killed by suspected tribesmen.
23 May 2014 - 1 CSF officer killed.
28 May 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
5 June 2014 - 7 militants killed.
8 June 2014 - 1 civilian killed.
11 June 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
16 June 2014 - 8 extremists killed.
21 June 2014 - 8 militants killed.
22 June 2014 - 19 militants killed.
28 June 2014 - Militants killed four members of the Central Security Forces. Armed assailants shot at a police officer in his car in Al-Arish. Two men accompanying the officer were killed while he survived unscathed.
3 July 2014 - A raid carried out by the Egyptian army in North Sinai killed 17 Islamic militants.
9 July 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
14 July 2014 - 1 soldier and 7 civilians, including two children, were killed in two separate mortar attacks.
15 July 2014 - 7 militants and one soldier killed.
18 July 2014 - 1 police officer killed.
21 July 2014 - 2 tribal leaders killed.
22 July 2014 - 1 security guard killed.
23 July 2014 - 2 militants killed.
24 July 2014 - 3 militants killed including Khaled el-Manaei brother of Shadi el-Manaei.
25 July 2014 - 2 CSF officers killed.
26 July 2014 - 12 militants were killed during an Egyptian Army raid near Sheikh Zuweid, while 4 children were killed in Rafah due to a rocket attack by suspected militants.
27 July 2014 - 14 militants killed by Egyptian security forces during raids on their hideouts in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah.
29 July 2014 - A girl was killed by a rocket.
3 August 2014 - 5 militants killed in a military operation, during which security forces managed to destroy many of the militants' vehicles. A six-year-old boy was killed when a rocket that was meant to target a security convoy hit his house, injuring four others.
4 August 2014 - 11 militants were killed during a military raid in several districts of North Sinai near the border with Israel. Three tunnels and a number of vehicles were destroyed in the process.
8 August 2014 - 11 militants killed.
11 August 2014 - 2 militants killed.
12 August 2014 - 9 alleged militants were killed by Egyptian army troops in North Sinai.
12 August 2014 - Two militants killed.
14 August 2014 - 2 militants killed.
approximately 18 August 2014 - 4 civilians killed.
19 August 2014 - 2 militants killed.
20 August 2014 - 2 militants killed.
24 August 2014 - 14 militants killed.
31 August 2014 - 2 militants and one civilian killed. One of the militants was Fayez Abu-Sheta the key suspect in the kidnapping of a number of security personnel last year.
1 September 2014 - 6 militants killed.
2 September 2014 - 11 policemen and 7 militants killed.
3 September 2014 - 1 policeman killed.
5 September 2014 - 3 militants killed.
8 September 2014 - 1 police officer killed.
9 September 2014 - 2 militants and one civilian killed.
11 September 2014 - 1 civilian killed.
12 September 2014 - 1 army conscript killed.
13 September 2014 - 6 militants killed.
14 September 2014 - 4 militants killed.
16 September 2014 - 6 police killed.
19 September 2014 - A decapitated man was found in Sheikh Zuweid.
20 September 2014 - 1 militant killed.
21 September 2014 - 1 police officer killed.
22 September 2014 - 7 militants killed.
23 September 2014 - 4 militants killed.
Approximately 26 September 2014 - 1 civilian killed.
27 September 2014 - 18 militants killed.
1 October 2014 - 7 militants killed.
2 October 2014 - 1 militant commander killed.
3 October 2014 - 2 militants killed.
5 October 2014 - Three people beheaded and one shot to death by Ansar Bait al-Maqdis.
6 October 2014 - A 13-year-old boy was killed by an IED.
7 October 2014 - 17 militants killed.
9 October 2014 - 15 militants killed.
10 October 2014 - Shehata Farhan a top member of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis was killed.
12 October 2014 - 3 dead bodies found south of Al Arish city.
16 October 2014 - 3 policemen killed in a RPG attack.
17 October 2014 - Ansar Bait al-Maqdis leader captured in Arish and 3 killed in an IED attack.
18 October 2014 - 2 militants killed. 3 officers killed while destroying an underground tunnel.
19 October 2014 - 7 army officers killed.
21 October 2014 - 1 civilian killed.
22 October 2014 - 2 Israeli soldiers injured.
24 October 2014 - 33 security personnel killed.
26 October 2014 - 7 militants killed.
30 October 2014 - 3 militants killed.
31 October 2014 - 7 military personnel injured and 1 civilian killed.
3 November 2014 - 3 militants killed.
6 November 2014 - 4 civilians killed.
7 November 2014 - 5 militants killed.
8 November 2014 - 8 militants killed.
13 November 2014 - 3 soldiers and 2 police killed.
14 November 2014 - 5 militants killed.
15 November 2014 - 3 militants killed.
18 November 2014 - 7 civilians and 3 militants killed.
21 November 2014 - 2 militants killed in an explosion, while 5 other militants were killed in security raids.
22 November 2014 - 10 militants killed.
23 November 2014 - 11 militants and 1 policeman killed.
25 November 2014 - 5 militants killed.
26 November 2014 - 3 policemen and 9 militants killed.
27 November 2014 - 3 civilians found dead.
28 November 2014 - 6 army personnel injured.
2 December 2014 - 6 civilians found dead.
4 December 2014 - 2 civilians found dead.
10 December 2014 - 5 militants killed.
12 December 2014 - 17 militants killed.
14 December 2014 - 2 police officers killed.
15 December 2014 - 3 militants killed.
17 December 2014 - 5 militants killed.
18 December 2014 - 9 militants killed.
19 December 2014 - 1 militants killed.
20 December 2014 - 6 militants killed.
21 December 2014 - 7 militants and 4 civilians killed.
25 December 2014 - 1 militant killed.
26 December 2014 - 2 army personnel killed.
28 December 2014 - 2 militants killed.
2 January 2015 - 1 militant killed.
4 January 2015 - 1 soldier killed.
10 January 2015 - 2 civilians found dead.
12 January 2015 - 7 civilians found dead.
13 January 2014 - Kidnapped police officer found dead. and 5 civilians killed.
14 January 2015 - 7 militants killed.
15 January 2015 - 1 army officer and 3 civilians killed.
16 January 2015 - 1 civilian killed.
19–20 January 2015 - 4 militants killed.
26 January 2015 - 3 militants killed and 3 civilians found dead.
29 January 2015 - 44 killed including 24 soldiers, 14 civilians and 6 policemen; 1 civilian found dead; 2 militants killed.
30 January 2015 - 2 civilians and 3 militants killed.
1 February 2015 - 3 civilians killed.
2 February 2015 - 1 civilian killed.
3 February 2015 - 8 militants killed.
5 February 2015 - 1 conscript killed.
6 February 2015 - 47 militants killed and 1 civilian killed.
9 February 2015 - 1 civilian killed.
10 February 2015 - 15 militants killed.
11 February 2015 - 3 militants killed.
13 February 2015 - 18 militants killed.
16 February 2015 - 6 militants killed.
18 February 2015 - 5 militants killed and 1 civilian killed.
25 February 2015 - 38 militants killed.
28 February 2015 - 28 militants killed and 1 civilian killed.
According to an official army spokesman statement, a total of 173 militants were killed in February 2015.
2 March 2015 - 8 militants killed.
3 March 2015 - 11 militants killed.
5 March 2015 - 15 militants killed.
6 March 2015 - 10 militants killed.
7 March 2015 - 15 militants killed.
9 March 2015 - 3 policemen killed.
10 March 2015 - 1 army officer and 1 civilian killed in two separate attacks; 9 militants killed.
11 March 2015 - 1 army officer killed and 11 militants killed.
12 March 2015 - 5 civilians found dead.
13 March 2015 - 19 militants killed.
16 March 2015 - 3 civilians found dead.
17 March 2015 - 9 militants killed and 1 civilian found dead.
19 March 2015 - 28 militants killed.
20 March 2015 - 8 militants killed.
21 March 2015 - 10 militants killed.
22 March 2015 - 7 militants killed.
24 March 2015 - 2 soldiers and a policeman killed.
25 March 2015 - 7 militants killed.
28 March 2015 - 3 militants killed.
30 March 2015 - 6 militants killed.
31 March 2015 - 3 militants killed.
2 April 2015 - 16 soldiers, 2 civilians and 15 militants killed.
4 April 2015 - 35 militants killed.
8 April 2015 - 10 militants, 2 policemen and 11 civilians killed.
12 April 2015 - 6 soldiers, 5 policemen and 1 civilian killed.
13 April 2015 - 1 conscript killed.
16 April 2015 - 1 soldier and 3 militants killed.
17 April 2015 - 10 militants killed.
20 April 2015 - 3 policemen, 2 civilians killed.
26 April 2015 - 17 militants killed.
According to an official army spokesman statement, a total number of 141 militants were killed in May 2015.
2 May 2015 - 29 militants killed.
6 May 2015 - 21 militants killed.
7 May 2015 - 2 policemen killed.
13 May 2015 - 4 soldiers and 3 civilians killed.
16 May 2015 - 4 civilians, including 3 judges, killed.
19 May 2015 - 5 militants killed.
25 May 2015 - 1 soldier killed.
27 May 2015 - 1 policeman killed.
10 June 2015 - 16 militants and 1 soldier killed.
17 June 2015 - 7 militants and 1 soldier killed.
22 June 2015 - 22 militants killed.
On July 6, 2015, an Egyptian army statement claimed that 241 militants were killed between July 1 and 5.1 July 2015 - 17 soldiers and 100 militants killed.
2 July 2015 - 22 militants killed.
4 July 2015 - 3 civilians killed.
5 July 2015 - 29 militants killed.
15 July 2015 - 20 militants killed.
18 July 2015 - 3 soldiers and 59 militants killed.
Egypt's military announced in a statement on August 2, 2015, that 88 militants were killed between July 20 and 31.23 July 2015 - 4 soldiers killed.
24 July 2015 - 12 militants killed.
31 July 2015 - 20 militants killed.
1 August 2015 - 1 militant, Selim Suleiman Al-Haram, identified by the Egyptian army as one of the top leaders of Wilayat Sinai, was killed during an exchange of fire between him and soldiers who surrounded his residence.
9 August - 2 police officer were killed by militant in the northeastern province of Suez.
Operation Martyr's Right:
11 September 2015 - 4 soldiers, 2 civilians killed.
12 September 2015 - 98 militants killed.
15 September 2015 - 55 militants, 2 soldiers killed
17 September 2015 - 1 officer killed.
26 September 2015 - 2 officers killed.
14 October A suspected ISIL attack on a security checkpoint in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, leaves at least 12 Egyptian military personnel and 15 terrorists dead.
15 October Egyptian government airstrikes on jihadist targets in North Sinai Governorate, leave at least 100 terrorists killed and 40 others wounded.
4 August - Egyptian military spokesperson said that Abu Doaa Al-Ansari, the leader of the North Sinai-based group that is affiliated with ISIS, was killed along with 45 other militants in air strikes in the south and south-west of El-Arish.
1 October 2016 - 5 police conscripts killed.
14 October 2016 - 12 soldiers and 15 militants killed.
17 October 2016 - Clashes in North Sinai Governorate left 3 soldiers and 18 insurgents dead.
30 October 2016 - A military operation in North Sinai Governorate left 4 soldiers and 6 insurgents dead.
5 November In North Sinai Governorate Egyptian soldiers killed at least 11 terrorist.
10 November - Soldiers killed at least 6 insurgents in North Sinai Governorate
16 January - Bombing left one dead and 2 injured in Aris city.
17 January - Insurgents kills at least 8 police in New Valley governorate.
20 January - Terrorist shoot dead a civilian in the city of Arish.
23 January - Insurgents kills at least 5 Egyptian soldiers.
25 January - Soldiers kills at least 3 terrorists.
9 March - Two police officers were killed and four wounded after an IED exploded near a security convoy in Arish.
18 March - Egyptian military killed 18 militants during recent air raids in North Sinai province.
20 March - Three people were killed and 11 others injured in two attacks across Sinai province, according to a local security source. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
23 March - Ten Egyptian soldiers and two policemen have been killed by two car bomb explosions in central Sinai during an operation against militants. Fifteen militants were also killed and seven others arrested, the military said in a statement.
26 March - Army forces thwarted an ambush by militants in Rafah city, killing eight militants.
27 March - An army soldier was killed when gunmen opened fire on a military checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
