a year.
The president said 955 people had been arrested in the region, which borders Israel, but more than half had been released.
“These figures show that...we make sure that innocent people are not killed,” he said, adding that the situation in Sinai would take a while to resolve.
Jihadists have stepped up attacks against security forces on the peninsula since the ouster of Mursi.
They say their attacks are in retaliation to the government crackdown against Mursi supporters.
Officials say militants have killed scores of policemen and soldiers in Sinai and other parts of the country.
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