At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in suicide bombing and shooting at an army checkpoint in North Sinai's Rafah city on Friday, an official source said.
"A car broke into an army checkpoint in the village of Al-Bars, south of Rafah city which borders Palestinian Gaza Strip," the source told Xinhua news agency.
The explosion was followed by heavy gunfire from dozens of masked militants.
--IANS
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