Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is urging the nation to back his government's efforts to defeat Islamic terrorists, saying it is the mission of every Egyptian citizen.
Wednesday's appeal came after a car packed with explosives detonated earlier this week outside Egypt's main cancer hospital in Cairo, killing at least 20 people. It was the deadliest in the Egyptian capital in over two years.
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El-Sissi said in a televised speech that it's "not only the mission of the state to defeat [militants] but also, we as a society have to make our sons understand, enlighten and protect them against this" extremist ideology.
The government has accused a terrorist group known as Hasm, linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for Sunday's attack, saying it was moving the car in order to carry out an attack elsewhere.
