Six people were injured when a rocket hit Taba, an Egyptian town on the border with Israel that has been at war with the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 7, on the night of Thursday to Friday, media and witnesses report.
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“As part of the current escalation in the Gaza Strip, a rocket crashed in Taba, causing six minor injuries,” reports AlQahera News television, which is close to Egyptian intelligence.
Witnesses told AFP that rocket hit a hospital outbuilding in this Red Sea city, which lies on the northeastern tip of Sinai and is home to a border post with Israel.
Images shared on local media and social networks show a damaged building and several blown-up vehicles in the area.
The desert Sinai Peninsula borders the Gaza Strip at its northwestern tip and shares its northern border with Israel.
Egypt, historic mediator between Palestinians and Israelis and the only gateway to the world in the Gaza Strip that is not in Israel’s hands, has been on the front line since October 7th.
On that day, Hamas carried out an unprecedented surprise attack on Israeli soil that has since killed more than 1,400 people. In retaliation, Israel is now bombing the Gaza Strip relentlessly, causing around 7,000 deaths, according to local authorities.
Hamas, which is in power in Gaza, like other Palestinian armed groups, regularly fires volleys of rockets into Israeli territory.
On Sunday, the Israeli army announced that it had “mistakenly” fired one of its tanks at an Egyptian position on the edge of the Gaza Strip. Egypt reported the incident and the Israeli army’s apology and reported “minor injuries” in its ranks.
Egypt organized a “peace summit” on Sunday. She continues to call for de-escalation between Israel and Hamas.
On Wednesday, President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi reviewed his troops in Suez, at the entrance to Sinai, calling for “reason” and “patience” and urging his men to “always be ready.”