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		</div><p>The Egyptian military has killed 23 extremists in dawn raids in northern Sinai, security officials said.</p>
<p>The strikes come a day after Islamic militants attacked army positions in the restive peninsula and set off the bloodiest fighting in decades.</p>
<p>The raids took place just south of the border town of Rafah, a key Sinai border town near the Gaza Strip, said the officials.</p>
<p>They said the army was also seeking out militants house to house in the town of Sheikh Zuweid – where the militants attacked at least five army checkpoints the previous day – and de-mining roads in and around the area that extremists had booby trapped with mines and improvised explosives devices.</p>
<p>Also on Thursday, a newspaper close to the Egyptian government said the Islamic State-linked militants who attacked troops on Wednesday in Sinai used sophisticated weaponry, including Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missiles.</p>
<p>In a graphic on its front page, el-Watan daily said the attackers also used mortars, anti-aircraft guns and other guided missiles.</p>
<p>The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group’s local franchise, included a wave of suicide bombings and assaults on security installations by dozens of militants. It was Sinai’s deadliest wave of attacks in decades.</p>
<p>The army said 17 troops and 90 militants were killed, but security officials and media reports said dozens of soldiers and some 100 militants died in the fighting.</p>
<p>Newspapers led their front pages with the attack, with many describing it as a “war.” Graphic photographs released by the military showed the bodies of extremists killed in the fighting who were wearing desert combat fatigues and ammunition pouches.</p>
<p>Wednesday’s assault, focused on Sheikh Zuweid and unprecedented in its coordination and tactics, followed the assassination of Egypt’s chief prosecutor and a vow by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to step up the legal battle against Islamic militants.</p>
<p>Late on Wednesday, a resident of Sheikh Zuweid speaking in Cairo said many civilians in the town were trapped by the fighting and military siege, with no water or electricity.</p>
<p>He said many residents are trying to flee to el-Arish, the area’s largest city.</p>
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