The following is a chronological timeline of fatal incidents during the Sinai insurgency. The Sinai insurgency was invigorated by a period of relative instability and political turmoil in Egypt, beginning with the 2011 uprising against former autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Insurgent attacks, however, intensified significantly following the July 2013 coup that ousted Muslim Brotherhood-backed president Mohamed Morsi and subsequent crackdown on his supporters.
2011 30 July 2011 - 6 Egyptian security forces killed. 14 August–September 2011, Operation Eagle: 1 Islamist militant and 2 civilians killed. 15 August 2011 - 1 Islamist militant killed, 6 captured. 17 August 2011 - 2 Bedouins killed in unclear circumstances. 18 August 2011 - 6 Israeli civilians and two soldiers and 5 Egyptian soldiers killed, as well as 10 attackers.
2012 March 27 March 2012 - 2 smugglers killed.
April 15 April 2012 - 2 policemen killed.
May 2 May 2012 – 1 policeman killed. 19 May 2012 – 1 tribe chief killed.
June 4 June 2012 – one policeman killed. 18 June 2012 – one Israeli civilian killed and two wounded by an attack on Israeli-Egyptian border fence.
August 5 August 2012 - 16 Egyptian soldiers and 8 militants killed. 7 August 2012, Operation Sinai (2012) - 32 militants and suspects killed, 38 arrested; 2 civilians killed (by early September 2012). 8 August 2012 – 20 militants killed in Sinai. 12 August 2012 – 7 suspected militants killed. 13 August 2012 – Armed men shot dead tribal leader Khalaf Al-Menahy and his son. 29 August 2012 – Egyptian Army tanks and helicopters attack Jihadi cells, resulting in 11 dead militants and 23 more taken prisoner with no reported military casualties.
September 16 September 2012 - 1 Egyptian soldier killed. 21 September 2012 - 1 Israeli soldier and 3 militants killed.
November 3 November 2012 - 3 policemen killed.
2013 April 16 April 2013 - 1 policeman killed.
May 7 May 2013 - 1 civilian killed. 21 May 2013 - 1 militant killed.
July June–July 2013 - 1 Egyptian soldier and 20 gunmen killed in clashes. 3 to 15 July 2013 - Following the ouster of President Morsi, 8 policemen, 2 Christians, one a priest, and five civilians have been killed in attacks by Islamist militants in the Sinai peninsula. 16–17 July 2013 - 10 militants killed. 17 July 2013 - 3 policemen killed. 18 July 2013 - 1 policeman killed. 19 July 2013 - 2 civilians killed. 21 July 2013 - 2 civilians, 2 officers, and 2 policemen killed. 22 July 2013 - 1 civilian killed. 24 July 2013 - 2 soldiers and 3 jihadists killed. 26 July 2013 - 1 civilian killed. 27–28 July 2013 - 10 militants killed. 28 July 2013 - 1 officer killed. 29 July 2013 - 4 soldiers killed. 30 July 2013 - 1 soldier killed.
August 2 August 2013 - 1 policeman killed. 5 August 2013 - 1 soldier killed. 7 August 2013 - 1 civilian killed. 9 August 2013 - 4 militants killed. 11 August 2013 - 12 militants killed. 14 August 2013 - 2 policemen and 1 army colonel killed. 15 August 2013 - 8 soldiers killed by insurgents near Arish. 17 August 2013 - 6 people killed. 18 August 2013 - 1 soldier killed. 19 August 2013 - 25 off service unarmed Central Security Forces soldiers were ambushed and executed by insurgents. 30 August 2013 - 3 militants, 2 policemen and one police chief were killed in separate attacks.
September 3 September 2013 - 15 militants killed. 4 September 2013 - 2 conscripts killed. 7 September 2013 - At least 31 militants killed. 11 September 2013 - 6 soldiers killed. 30 September 2013 - 3 policemen, 1 soldier, and 1 civilian killed.
October 7 October 2013 - A car bomb killed three police officers in southern Sinai, hours after masked gunmen shot dead six soldiers in a patrol car outside the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya. 10 October 2013 - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside the city of al-Arish in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing three soldiers and a policeman. 17 October 2013 - 6 militants killed. 18 October 2013 - 1 policeman killed. 21 October 2013 - 1 civilian killed. 22 October 2013 - One officer and a civilian driver killed. 23 October 2013 - 1 soldier killed.
November 6 November 2013 - 1 soldier killed and 3 Islamist militants killed. 7 November 2013 - 8 militants killed. 13 November 2013 - 2 militants killed. 14 November 2013 - 3 militants and two policeman killed. 15 November 2013 - 1 policeman killed. 16 November 2013 - 1 police officer shot dead in North Sinai. 20 November 2013 - 11 soldiers killed near el-Arish. 30 November 2013 - 3 militants killed.
December 9 December 2013 - Leading member of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, Abu Suhaib, killed while shooting at police, 22 suspected militants captured. 10 December 2013 - Wanted Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant, Abdulrahman Salama Salem Abu Eita captured. 13 December 2013 - Wanted Islamist militant, Ahmed Ahmeed Abu Sreig, killed. 15 December 2013 - Wanted Islamist militant, Nesar Sabah Robaa Saleh, killed in Al-Arish, 40 suspected captured. 16 December 2013 - Wanted militant named Abu Khaled was killed, 7 wanted militants and 20 suspected militants captured. 17 December 2013 - Wanted Islamist killed in Sinai. 18 December 2013 - 2 militants killed, 12 militants captured. 19 December 2013 - Two militants killed. 20 December 2013 - Two soldiers and 3 militants killed. 22 December 2013 - 4 militants killed and 4 suspected militants captured. 24 December 2013 - 14 police officers and 2 civilians killed in an attack on a major police station.
2014 January 4 January 2014 - 1 soldier killed. 13 January 2014 - 2 militants killed by their own bomb; approximately 5 militants killed in unclear circumstances. 16 January 2014 - 1 militant killed. 17 January 2014 - 13 militants killed. 18 January 2014 - 3 militants killed. 19 January 2014 - 1 militant killed. 25 January 2014 - 5 soldiers killed in attack on helicopter. 26 January 2014 - 4 soldiers killed. 29 January 2014 - 10 militants killed. 30 January 2014 - 7 militants and one police officer killed. 31 January 2014 - 13 militants killed.
February 1 February 2014 - 2 militants killed. 3 February 2014 - 30 militants killed. 7 February 2014 - 20 militants killed. 9 February 2014 - 3 militants killed. 16 February 2014 - 4 civilians (including 3 South Koreans) killed in the 2014 Taba bus bombing. 20 February - 10 militants killed. 21–23 February - 14 militants killed.
March 1 March - 10 militants killed. 6 March - 1 policeman killed. 11 March - 7 militants killed. 17 March - 3 militants killed. 24 March - 3 militants killed. 30 March 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
April 1 April 2014 - 3 militants killed. 3 April 2014 - 1 CSF officer killed. 5 April 2014. - 4 militants killed. 11 April 2014 - 1 militant killed. 13 April 2014 - 3 militants killed. 16 April 2014 - 2 militants killed. 24 April 2014 - 6 militants killed. 27 April 2014 - 1 militant killed. 29 April 2014 - 3 militants killed.
May 1 May 2014 - 5 militants killed. 2 May 2014 - 2 killed in suicide bombing in El-Tor; 1 killed in suicide bombing near Sharm el-Sheikh. 11 May 2014 - 1 army conscript killed in shooting in Sheikh Zuweid. 14 May 2014 - 2 militants killed. 20 May 2014 - 6 militants killed. 22 May 2014 - 3 militants killed by suspected tribesmen. 23 May 2014 - 1 CSF officer killed. 28 May 2014 - 1 soldier killed.
June 5 June 2014 - 7 militants killed. 8 June 2014 - 1 civilian killed. 11 June 2014 - 1 soldier killed. 16 June 2014 - 8 extremists killed. 21 June 2014 - 8 militants killed. 22 June 2014 - 19 militants killed. 28 June 2014 - Militants killed four members of the Central Security Forces. Armed assailants shot at a police officer in his car in Al-Arish. Two men accompanying the officer were killed while he survived unscathed.
July 3 July 2014 - A raid carried out by the Egyptian army in North Sinai killed 17 Islamic militants. 9 July 2014 - 1 soldier killed. 14 July 2014 - 1 soldier and 7 civilians, including two children, were killed in two separate mortar attacks. 15 July 2014 - 7 militants and one soldier killed. 18 July 2014 - 1 police officer killed. 21 July 2014 - 2 tribal leaders killed. 22 July 2014 - 1 security guard killed. 23 July 2014 - 2 militants killed. 24 July 2014 - 3 militants killed including Khaled el-Manaei brother of Shadi el-Manaei. 25 July 2014 - 2 CSF officers killed. 26 July 2014 - 12 militants were killed during an Egyptian Army raid near Sheikh Zuweid, while 4 children were killed in Rafah due to a rocket attack by suspected militants. 27 July 2014 - 14 militants killed by Egyptian security forces during raids on their hideouts in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. 29 July 2014 - A girl was killed by a rocket.
August 3 August 2014 - 5 militants killed in a military operation, during which security forces managed to destroy many of the militants' vehicles. A six-year-old boy was killed when a rocket that was meant to target a security convoy hit his house, injuring four others. 4 August 2014 - 11 militants were killed during a military raid in several districts of North Sinai near the border with Israel. Three tunnels and a number of vehicles were destroyed in the process. 8 August 2014 - 11 militants killed. 11 August 2014 - 2 militants killed. 12 August 2014 - 9 alleged militants were killed by Egyptian army troops in North Sinai. 12 August 2014 - Two militants killed. 14 August 2014 - 2 militants killed. approximately 18 August 2014 - 4 civilians killed. 19 August 2014 - 2 militants killed. 20 August 2014 - 2 militants killed. 24 August 2014 - 14 militants killed. 31 August 2014 - 2 militants and one civilian killed. One of the militants was Fayez Abu-Sheta the key suspect in the kidnapping of a number of security personnel last year.
September 1 September 2014 - 6 militants killed. 2 September 2014 - 11 policemen and 7 militants killed. 3 September 2014 - 1 policeman killed. 5 September 2014 - 3 militants killed. 8 September 2014 - 1 police officer killed. 9 September 2014 - 2 militants and one civilian killed. 11 September 2014 - 1 civilian killed. 12 September 2014 - 1 army conscript killed. 13 September 2014 - 6 militants killed. 14 September 2014 - 4 militants killed. 16 September 2014 - 6 police killed. 19 September 2014 - A decapitated man was found in Sheikh Zuweid. 20 September 2014 - 1 militant killed. 21 September 2014 - 1 police officer killed. 22 September 2014 - 7 militants killed. 23 September 2014 - 4 militants killed. Approximately 26 September 2014 - 1 civilian killed. 27 September 2014 - 18 militants killed.
October 1 October 2014 - 7 militants killed. 2 October 2014 - 1 militant commander killed. 3 October 2014 - 2 militants killed. 5 October 2014 - Three people beheaded and one shot to death by Ansar Bait al-Maqdis. 6 October 2014 - A 13-year-old boy was killed by an IED. 7 October 2014 - 17 militants killed. 9 October 2014 - 15 militants killed. 10 October 2014 - Shehata Farhan a top member of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis was killed. 12 October 2014 - 3 dead bodies found south of Al Arish city. 16 October 2014 - 3 policemen killed in a RPG attack. 17 October 2014 - Ansar Bait al-Maqdis leader captured in Arish and 3 killed in an IED attack. 18 October 2014 - 2 militants killed. 3 officers killed while destroying a tunnel. 19 October 2014 - 7 army officers killed. 21 October 2014 - 1 civilian killed. 22 October 2014 - 2 Israeli soldiers injured. 24 October 2014 - 33 security personnel killed. 26 October 2014 - 7 militants killed. 30 October 2014 - 3 militants killed. 31 October 2014 - 7 military personnel injured and 1 civilian killed.
November 3 November 2014 - 3 militants killed. 6 November 2014 - 4 civilians killed. 7 November 2014 - 5 militants killed. 8 November 2014 - 8 militants killed. 13 November 2014 - 3 soldiers and 2 police killed. 14 November 2014 - 5 militants killed.