Operation Sinai (2012)

Operation Sinai
	Part of the Sinai insurgency
	; Map of the Sinai Peninsula
Date	7 August 2012 – 25 January 2023
Location	Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Status	Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Egypt Egyptian Armed Forces; Central Security Forces; Egyptian National Police;	Islamists: Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (until late 2014); Bedouin tribesmen; Jund al Islam; Popular Resistance Movement; Takfir wal-Hijra; Tawhid al-Jihad; Ansar al-Sharia (from 2012); Mujahideen Shura Council (from 2012); Army of Islam; Abdullah Azzam Brigades; Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula (from late 2011); Al Furqan Brigades; Soldiers of Egypt (from 2013); Islamic State (from 2014) Wilayat Sinai;
Commanders and leaders
	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ; (2014–present); Adly Mansour ; (2012–16); Mahmoud Tawfik ; (2018–present); Magdy Abdel Ghaffar ; (2015–18); Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa ; (2013–15); Ahmed Gamal El Din ; (2012–13); Mohamed Ahmed Zaki ; (2018–present); Sedki Sobhi ; (2014–18)
Casualties and losses
21 killed, 36 wounded	32 killed, 38 arrested
	2 civilians killed, 6 wounded.; Total: 55 killed

Operation Sinai was an Egyptian military campaign, launched in early August 2012, against Islamic militants within the Sinai Peninsula to crush the Sinai Insurgency. The operation came as a direct response to the 2012 Egyptian-Israeli border attack on 5 August 2012. The operation was initially reported as part of "Operation Nisr" (Operation Eagle), but on 3 September 2012, the Egyptian army issued a statement requesting media sources to use the official name "Operation Sinai."