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".
Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya in pre-dawn strike, military officials have said. Militant camps, training sites and weapons storage areas in neighbouring Libya were all hit.
Egyptian state television aired footage of fighter planes leaving a hangar with "Long live Egypt" emblazoned on the tails, followed by night-vision aerial footage showing bomb explosions and the aircraft returning in early daylight.
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