The Armed Forces said it has foiled an attempt to bomb Rafah's Coptic Orthodox church during Christmas celebrations.

The official page for the spokesperson for the Armed Forces said a military patrol managed to detect two unlicensed vehicles that were located between the church and an under-construction Armed Forces building.

While the patrol was monitoring the two vehicles, one of them drove off with several masked men inside.

The report added that the Armed Forces seized one of the two cars and found two machine guns, 50 bullets, one rocket-propelled grenade, and four bags of highly explosive T.N.T.

Military patrols are currently combing the area for the other car. ['Amr Jalāl, al-Akhbār, Jan. 8, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic