Armed forces thwarted Friday a terrorist attack that targeted military units in Karm Al-Qawadeis, south Sheikh Zuweid city in the North Sinai governorate, Al Bawaba News reported. The army has spotted a group of Wilayat Sinai terrorist group militants, who were preparing an attack on military units, and then the army's aircraft launched intensive airstrikes on the site. At least four militants were killed and six others were wounded. Egypt's army has been fighting a militant insurgency in North Sinai that has lead to the death of hundreds of Egyptian security forces and militants.