
Hours after the killing of over 230 worshippers in a deadly attack at the mosque in Egypt's North Sinai, the country's air force has launched a retaliatory attack on terror hideouts in the surrounding.
The air force gunned down several militants and destroyed their vehicles.
The information was disclosed by the Army spokesperson Tamer el-Refai.
Several armsand ammunition depots of the militants werealso targetted, he added.
The attack took place in Egyptnear the provincial capital of El-Arish during weekly prayers in a mosque.According to state TV reports, the death toll rose to 235with over 125 injured.
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Reports saidattackers hit the mosque with bombs and fired at people.
Witnesses told AFP the assailants had surrounded the mosque with "all-terrain vehicles" then planted a bomb outside.The gunmen then mowed down the panicked worshippers as they attempted to flee and used the vehicles they had set alight to block routes to the mosque.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had pledgedto respond with "brutal force".
No organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack.