Security forces detonated two bombs planted near a main road west of Arish, North Sinai on Tuesday.
Sources and eyewitnesses said the forces shot at the IEDs from a distance. The operation left no casualties, they said.
Sinai Peninsula has witnessed recurrent attacks against army and police forces since 2013, mainly claimed by Islamic State affiliates.
A state of emergency in many regions of North Sinai, active since October 2014, will be renewed for three months starting Wednesday, January 27.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
