President Mohamed Mursi will visit North Sinai’s Arish later on Friday where the armed forces are doing military operations to sweep and clear the area from “terrorists” after the Rafah attack which claimed the lives of 16 Egyptian border guards last Sunday, Sky News website reported.

President Mursi said on Friday that he is leading ongoing operations in Sinai himself and is closely monitoring them.

Mursi is expected to meet with leaders of the third field army on Saturday in Suez.