Cairo, July 7 (IANS): A car carrying suicide bomber broke into army checkpoint killing at least 10 Egyptian soldiers and injuring 20 others in North Sinai's Rafah city on Friday, an official source said.
"A car broke into an army checkpoint in the village of Al-Bars, south of Rafah city which borders Palestinian Gaza Strip," the source told Xinhua news agency.
As soon as the explosion was over, heavy gunfire followed by from dozens of masked militants.