Egyptian security forces killed 6 terrorists during a shootout at Bir Al-Abd city in North Sinai, according to the interior ministry's statement on Monday.
"The raid came after security forces received information that a group of terrorists were planning to launch violent attacks targeting police and army personnel," the ministry said.
Egypt is fighting an Islamist militancy based in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula that has gained pace since 2013.
Hundreds of security-forces personnel have been killed in attacks claimed by militants, while the military has killed hundreds of extremists as part of an extensive campaign to crush the militancy in the border region.
In 2018, the army, accompanied by the police, launched an operation against the militants in North and Central Sinai to cleanse the region from extremists affiliated with ISIS.
Terrorist attacks against security forces have dropped significantly in Sinai over the last period due to the army’s preemptive strikes on terrorist locations, according to observers.
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