Explosives at checkpoints wound 10 in area home to Islamic State-led insurgency

In bipartisan letter to Esper and secretary of state, 12 Congress members call American soldiers in peninsula 'vital' to upholding 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty

Potential removal of some 400 soldiers from US-led peacekeeping force is opposed by Israel and US State Department, The Wall Street Journal reports

No casualties reported, though synagogue suffers light damage as worshipers pray inside; authorities investigating

Islamic State claims attack in town of Bir al-Abed, which injured 2 soldiers; Egyptian army says it has killed 118 militants in region in recent months