In Egypt, military killed over 100 Islamic state terrorists in a three hour airstrike yesterday in retaliation for an attack at a North Sinai checkpoint that left 12 Egyptian troops dead. Cairo's Army destroyed the fundamentalists' armories and outposts in the offensive as well. <br/><br/>In a statement, Cairo's military said an armed group of terrorist elements attacked a security checkpoint in North Sinai on Friday morning. Egyptian troops immediately engaged the terrirists killing 15 of them. <br/><br/>Egyptian Air Force conducted the strike south of Sheikh Zuweid and near Rafah. Friday's terror attack took place 25 miles from Bir al-Abd, the first incident in the Central Sinai region, an area that has remained relatively free from jihadist control until now. IS took responsibility for the action that killed 12 Egyptian troops and wounded six.