Drones exploded in two Egyptian cities on the border with Israel: there were casualties
According to sources and officials, on October 27, explosions hit two Egyptian cities on the Red Sea, injuring six people. The aggressor has again demonstrated the danger of the conflict between Israel and Gaza spreading throughout the region. Writes about this Reuters.
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The Israeli military has blamed an "air threat" in the Red Sea area, possibly on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement, which is known to use drones.
Egyptian army spokesman Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said that in the early hours of October 27, an "unidentified drone" crashed into a building adjacent to a hospital in Taba, a city on the border with Israel. As a result, 6 people were injured.
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Later, another shell landed near a power plant in a desert area of the city of Nuweiba, located about 70 km (43 miles) from the border. This was reported by two Egyptian security sources who are still gathering additional information.
Taba and Nuweiba, located on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, are popular among tourists.
Eyewitnesses, who asked not to be named, confirmed hearing explosions, seeing smoke rising and Egyptian warplanes flying overhead.
Without specifying the location, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said the attack helicopters were scrambled when "an aerial threat was detected in the Red Sea area."
“It is our understanding that the strike against Egypt was prompted by this threat,” he added. “Israel intends to cooperate with Egypt and the United States to strengthen regional defense against threats from the Red Sea region.”
Last week, the US reported that a Navy warship in the Red Sea had intercepted Houtist projectiles that may have been aimed at Israel.
Bordering the Gaza Strip and Israel, Egypt is exposed to conflict that erupted following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and subsequent bombing of the Gaza Strip.
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Cairo actively advocates for the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, the release of hostages and a ceasefire.
Over the weekend, several Egyptian border guards were injured when they were accidentally hit by shrapnel from an Israeli tank. Israel apologized for the incident.
On October 25, Hamas said it had launched a rocket attack on the Israeli city of Eilat, across the border from Taba, in what appears to be the Islamist group's longest-range attack since the war broke out on October 7.
As ForumDaily wrote earlier:
- October 7 Hamas attacked Israel: Netanyahu said "this is war."
- 8 October The Israeli government officially declared war and greenlighted "significant military steps" in response to the surprise attack by Hamas militants.
- October 11, first plane with American weapons arrived in southern Israel, and the US government invited American citizens wishing to leave Israel evacuation flights. On October 14, it became known that Egypt, Israel and the United States agreed that foreigners living in the Gaza Strip, will be able to travel through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.
- October 16 President US Joe Biden said Israeli occupation Gaza Strip would be a big mistake.
- Hossein Amir-Abdallahian, Iranian Foreign Minister, October 18 posted a tweet where he wrote that Israel’s time is “running out”. This happened after a rocket attack on a hospital in Gaza took place on October 17.
- 18 October US President Joe Biden visited Israelto express strong support for a country that has declared war on the Palestinian group Hamas due to its brutal terror.
- 19 October US President Joe Biden addressed the Americans from the Oval Office with a speech about the wars between Israel and Hamas, as well as Russia and Ukraine.
- October 24 Hamas released two hostages: about what one of them said.
- On October 24, at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the situation in the Middle East is becoming more dire by the hour and called on all parties to respect and protect civilians. Israel reacted angrily to comments by the UN Secretary General.
- Israeli troops and tanks conducted a raid in the Gaza Strip on the night of October 26. The military said it carried out several strikes on terrorist targets to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a major ground operation.
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