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On 8 October 2023, a police officer fired his gun into a group of bus passengers in Alexandria, Egypt. [1] The attack occurred during a trip past Pompey's Pillar. [2] Two Israeli tourists and an Egyptian tour guide were killed, and another Israeli was wounded. [3]
The international Muslim Brotherhood condemned the attack as "painfully tragic" and that "the blood of the innocent will be a curse on the oppressors" whilst stating blame was due to the government which took power after the 2013 coup in Egypt. [67] After the attacks, Israel closed the Taba Border Crossing with Egypt. [68]
Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight [1] operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet). On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST (04:13 UTC), [2] the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint ...
Israel's military blamed an "aerial threat" in the Red Sea region: a possible reference to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement which is known to use drones. Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel ...
Around 596 foreign and dual nationals from 15 countries will leave Gaza through Rafah crossing into Egypt today as the border will open for the second time today, ... deaths in Gaza bombing. Rafah ...
The Ras Burqa massacre was a shooting attack in October 1985 on Israeli vacationers in Ras Burqa, a beach resort area in the Sinai peninsula, in which seven Israelis were killed, including four children. Egypt refused to allow the victims to be treated by Israeli doctors or transferred to hospitals in Israel. [77]
On 8 May 2022, at least ten soldiers and one officer were killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in El Qantara, [1] Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Five more were injured. [2] Afterwards, chase continued in a secluded part of the Sinai Peninsula. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. [2]
The 2011 Alexandria bombing was an attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday, 1 January 2011. 23 people died and another 97 were injured as a result of the attack, which occurred as Christian worshipers were leaving a New Year service.