埃及利比亞戰機空襲伊斯蘭國目標以報復斬首行徑

Egyptian and Libyan warplanes carried out airstrikes Monday against the Islamic State group in eastern Libya, the militaries said, in retaliation for militants beheading 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in Libya.

The bombings targeting militant camps and weapons storage cities in the town of Darna came hours after the Islamic State group released a video purporting to show the killings.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi had pledged in a televised speech to respond to the beheadings, calling them an "abhorrent act of terrorism."

The video shows several men in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. The men are made to kneel and one militant addresses the camera in English before the men are simultaneously beheaded.

The brutal murders were portrayed as retaliation against what a masked fighter described as “the hostile Egyptian church.” Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of the Egyptian population and suffer widespread discrimination and persecution.埃及和利比亞軍方說，兩國戰機星期一對利比亞東部的伊斯蘭國目標發動空襲，以此報復伊斯蘭國激進分子把在利比亞綁架的21名埃及科普特基督徒斬首。

在伊斯蘭國公佈顯示這一屠殺行徑的視頻數小時後，埃及和利比亞空襲了德爾納鎮的激進分子訓練營和武器庫。

埃及總統塞西此前發表電視講話，誓言對斬首事件做出反應，並將此次屠殺稱作“可惡的恐怖主義行爲”。

視頻顯示，數名身穿橙色囚服的男子被帶到一個沙灘，每人身後跟着一名蒙面的激進分子。他們被迫跪下，一名激進分子用英語對着攝像機講話後，這幾名男子同時被斬首。

一名蒙面的激進分子說，這場殘忍的謀殺是對“敵對埃及教會”的報復。科普特基督徒佔埃及人口約10%，他們受到廣泛的歧視和迫害。