IS leader in Sinai 'killed in airstrike'

The leader of the Islamic State's Sinai branch has been killed in an airstrike on a house, according to military officials.

Abu Doaa al-Ansari died in an operation south of the coastal city of el-Arish in north Sinai, according to a posting on the Facebook page of the Egyptian military's chief spokesman, Brigadier-General Mohammed Samir.