Egypt’s air forces destroyed vehicles used in the Sinai mosque attack and “terrorist” locations where weapons and ammunition were held, Al Arabiya reported quoting Egyptian army spokesman Tamer el-Refai.

Earlier the authorities closed checkpoints in the city of Rafah on the border between Egupt and the Gaza Strip..

Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, settling off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing 235 people in the deadliest ever attack on Egyptian civilians by Islamic extremists. The attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of Islam’s mystical movement, in the north Sinai town of Bir al-Abd.