The Egyptian military claims that Tawfiq Awwad "Abu Seiba," a commander of Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, was killed in a firefight with security forces in Rafah. Egyptian forces killed one suspected militant and arrested 11 others during operations in Sinai; the first phase of the government's expanded buffer zone with Gaza will cost $70 million. A roadside bomb killed two soldiers in North Sinai.
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