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By Shadia Nasralla and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed by a car bomb in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, one of the deadliest attacks there since al Qaeda-inspired militants stepped up violence following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. State television reported a suicide bomber carried out the assault near the coastal town of El-Arish, on the road to the border with the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip. But Islamist militants have kept up attacks in the desert peninsula in the face of a major military operation launched this summer to reassert state control. "The precious blood of our sons only increases our determination to purify Egypt and to protect its people from violence and vengeful terrorism," the military spokesman said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.
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