Egyptian navy vessel erupts in fireball as ISIS carries out first rocket strike on patrol ship in the Med

The Egyptian military said the patrol ship burst into flames (centre and top and bottom left) after the coastguard vessel exchanged shots with ISIS militants just two miles off the coast of northern Sinai, an area bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip. There were no fatalities among the vessel's crew in the shootout with the terrorists, although several were treated for injuries caused by the flames and smoke (top and bottom right). ISIS declared their presence on Sinai - a peninsula popular with British holidaymakers - last November when up to 2,000 members of the already established jihadi group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis swore allegiance to ISIS' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.