Egypt's military has carried out dawn bombings of Islamic State targets in Libya, according to reports by state television.
Seven days of mourning were declared in Egypt after Islamic State militants released a video claiming to show the murder of 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya.
The video has been condemned by governments around the world, while the Egyptian leadership vowed to respond to the "criminal killings".
The war-torn North African state of Libya has been bombed by its neighbour, Egypt, military officials have confirmed. Egyptian jets hit Islamic State targets in Libya in retaliation for the murder of 21 Egyptian Christians. Their deaths were shown in a video released by the so-called Islamic State yesterday.
ITV News' Africa correspondent John Ray reports:
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