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On the morning of Thursday, 30 June 2016, Fr. Raphael Moussa, priest of St. George Church in El-Arish, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in El-Arish, North Sinai. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior and the Coptic Orthodox Church officially announced the news. The group "Ansar Beit al-Maqdis - Sinai Province" (ISIS affiliate) claimed responsibility, stating he was targeted with 9mm pistols and an automatic weapon. Fr. Raphael had been ordained in the same class as his friend Fr. Mina Aboud, who was martyred three years earlier in the same city.

On the morning of Saturday, 6 July 2013, shortly after finishing the Divine Liturgy, Fr. Mina Aboud Cherubim, priest of St. Mina Church in Al-Masaeed, El-Arish, was fatally shot by masked gunmen who opened fire from a passing vehicle as he exited the church. He was martyred instantly in front of the church's annex building. The assassination came amid the aftermath of the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi and a wave of security chaos and systematic targeting of Copts in North Sinai.

A terrorist bombing targeted the Church of Saints, the Apostle Mark and Pope Peter the Seal of the Martyrs in the Sidi Bishr district of eastern Alexandria, as worshippers were leaving the New Year's Eve liturgy. The explosion killed 23 people and injured approximately 97 others. This incident is considered the first terrorist bombing of this scale to target a church in modern Egyptian history.