Egyptian warplanes struck a convoy of 12 vehicles about to be driven across the border from Libya carrying weapons and ammunition, AFP reported Tuesday (June 27th).
The military said in a statement it had acted on "intelligence indicating a number of criminal elements had gathered to cross the border into Egypt using a number of four-wheel-drive vehicles".
An official in the armed forces said the vehicles had been on the move from Libya.
Air force units found "the hostile targets, confirmed their co-ordinates and dealt with them for more than 12 hours", the military said, without specifying when the raids were carried out.
"The operation led to the targeting and destruction of 12 four-wheel-drive vehicles carrying quantities of weapons, ammunition, and explosive materials," it added.
Egypt has repeatedly expressed concern over militants crossing into its territory from Libya to conduct attacks.
In a speech last month, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said setbacks by the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) in Syria were driving its fighters to try to relocate to Libya and Egypt's Sinai.
