[2] ISSP intensified its campaign in and around the city, with pamphlets naming government sympathizers that would be beheaded, attacks on Dawarga tribesmen, and kidnapping villagers in areas controlled by the Union of Sinai Tribes, a pro-Egyptian tribal militia.

[2] The attack began with two car bombers at an Egyptian military camp in Rabaa, on the outskirts of Bir el-Abd, by ISSP.

[1] Villagers in the occupied towns attempted to flee the Islamic State in the wake of the attack, and locals affiliated with the Egyptian army were executed by the group.

[8] Little is known about what occurred in the villages between August and October due to the Egyptian government banning media from reporting in the Sinai Peninsula.

[10] The Islamic State pushed westward after they were kicked out of the four villages, and began another campaign of assassinations against Egyptian officials.