On the night of Thursday to Friday, October 27th, there was an explosion in the Egyptian city of Taba on the border with the Israeli port city of Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. Six people suffered minor injuries and an investigation was launched.
Published on: 10/27/2023 – 1:03 p.m. Modified on: 10/27/2023 – 1:05 p.m
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The first information spoke of a rocket strike around 2 a.m. in Taba, a city on the Red Sea, located at the northeastern tip of the Sinai and where there is a border post with Israel. The projectile that hit during the night was ultimately a drone of unknown origin, said the Egyptian army spokesman.
The explosion damaged a building housing the hospital’s medical teams in the small coastal town, our correspondent in Cairo reports. Alexandre Buccianti. Six people were slightly injured. They have now left the hospital. Images shared on local media and social networks show a damaged building and several blown-up vehicles in the area.
Early on Friday morning, the port of Nuweiba, 70 kilometers to the south, was hit by a small explosion that caused no fatalities.
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The Egyptian media favors the idea of an Israeli mistake or provocation. The Egyptian spokesman stated that the possibility that the actual destination was Eilat had not been ruled out by investigators.
Egyptian authorities have indicated that they reserve the right to take retaliatory measures against whoever is responsible for these explosions. Taba, which is very popular with Israeli tourists, was affected bloody Islamist attacks in 2004 And 2014.
The desert peninsula of Sinai borders the Gaza Strip at its northwestern tip and borders Israel to the east. Egypt, historic mediator between Palestinians and Israelis and the only gateway to the world from Gaza that is not in Israel’s hands, has been on the front lines since October 7th.