An Egyptian army spokesman said that a group of terrorists attacked a water pump east of Suez Canal on Saturday.
The Washington Post reported that a Daesh affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for the attack on Sunday.
According to the Egyptian military, an Egyptian army officer and 10 soldiers died repelling the attack.
The US State Department condemned the terrorist attack in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday.
*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia and many other states