The head of the Egyptian army’s ninth armour division Major Adel Ragaai was killed on Saturday morning after being subject to an assassination operation, the army media office told Daily News Egypt on Saturday.

The army’s ninth armour division is based in Dahshur, Giza, and was assigned to destroy tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip by filling them with water.

Ragaai was subject to heavy shooting from anonymous militants in front of his residence in Al-Obour City near Cairo, army sources told Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity.