CAIRO, Feb 15 (Aswat Masriya) - Army forces defused two bombs planted next to Sheikh Zoueid Hospital in North Sinai on Saturday morning, said an army spokesman. 

The bombs were discovered during army raids in the area, said Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali in a statement.

Ali also said that 10 tunnels used to smuggle people and goods in Rafah were demolished.

Seven houses that were used as tunnel entrances were also destroyed.

Army and police forces arrested 19 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood on Friday morning in a crackdown around Ismailia, the spokesman said in an earlier statement today.