Security sources stated Wednesday that Egyptian Apache helicopters destroyed 3 strongholds of IS affiliated group, Wilayat Sinai (Sinai Province) in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, according to reports. The airstrikes targeted Three strongholds at Al-Gara, Al-Toma, and Sheikh Zuweid, during the last 24 hours. Ground forces arrested 12 of the group's militants and destroyed 21 hideouts, Seven motorcycles, and Two vehicles. November 2014, Ansar Bayt Al Maqdis pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State (IS), changing their name into ‘Wilayat Sinai' (Sinai Province). Ever since, the group claimed responsibility for the attacks on Egyptian military and police personnel, mostly in Sinai and the capital Cairo.