Violence erupted on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula today as gunmen attacked an Israeli Defense Force patrol stationed near the border town of Mount Harif. Egyptian security forces blamed Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis (ABM), a prominent jihadist group active on Sinai, for the attack, which injured two IDF soldiers. Sinai has served as the central front of Egypt's efforts to stem a long-running Islamist insurgency that has grown more violent since the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's previous president, in 2013.