The Egyptian military’s operations against terrorist camps in Libya are ongoing, said a military spokesman on Monday (May 29th), following media reports of a second wave of strikes on terrorist targets in the eastern Libyan city of Derna.
Egypt originally announced that it had conducted airstrikes in Libya last Friday and Saturday in response to a terrorist attack in Egypt that left at least 30 Coptic Christians dead, al-Ahram reported.
Libyan commanders said that Egyptian jets had conducted further operations on Monday, hitting more targets in Derna, according to media reports.
In comments to al-Ahram Arabic news website, military spokesman Tamer el-Refai said that Egypt’s operations in Libya were continuing, although he did not confirm the strikes on Monday.
"Any power sponsoring or supporting terrorism will be punished, wherever they are," el-Refai said. "Whoever plots to carry out terrorist operations against Egypt is not beyond the military’s capacity."
He said the initial round of strikes against training camps in Libya over the weekend had been successful.
The operations on Friday and Saturday were necessary, he said, to defend Egypt’s national security.
