Security forces succeeded Friday in repelling an attack by four Wilayat Sinai terrorist group militants on a security checkpoint in the city of Sheikh Zuweid, northern Sinai governorate. As a result, two militants were killed at the hands of security forces, while the other two escaped the crime scene, Al Bawaba News reported. Meanwhile, army artillery targeted a hideout belonging to militants at Helal Mountain in Hasna district, central Sinai, leaving six militants dead. Also, the armed forces destroyed two vehicles belonging to militants and safely detonated two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which they found in south the city of Rafah.