AL-ARISH, Egypt, July 14 (UPI) -- At least eight people were killed Monday in explosions near a security compound in al-Arish on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, near Israel and Gaza.
One soldier and seven civilians died after a rocket, which security sources said was aimed at North Sinai's major security compound, instead struck a busy supermarket nearby. Two of the civilians killed were children. In addition, two more rockets then struck a security unit.