About 10 Egyptian soldiers are reported killed and several others wounded on Wednesday morning in a car bomb attack near the North Sinai city of el-Arish.

According to report, a convoy of buses carrying infantry soldiers was hit by a roadside bomb as it moved through the Kharouba area.

 Twenty-six soldiers were wounded in the explosion, and the death toll is likely to rise, a security source said.

 The attack is reported to have targeted Egypt's Second Field Army, which has been deployed in Sinai and has been involved in an operation to destroy tunnels along Egypt's border with Gaza.

The bombing on the road from Rafah to el-Arish is thought to be the bloodiest attack on the military since Mr Morsi was deposed.

There has been series of attacks on the military since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in July.