El-arish, Egypt:
Egyptian security officials say a roadside bomb explosion struck an army vehicle, injuring seven soldiers in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula.
The Friday blast near the city of el-Arish, near the Gaza border, came a week after a deadly attack in the same are killed 31 soldiers. Authorities declared a state of emergency and a curfew in the area.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
The army recently forcibly evacuated hundreds of Egyptian families living along the border with the Gaza Strip in order to create a buffer zone, designed to stop the smuggling of militants and weapons through underground tunnels.