By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – At least five people, including three Israeli Arab tourists and two Egyptian hotel workers, have been injured after clashes near Egypt’s busiest border crossing with Israel, Egyptian and Israeli sources said Friday.
Numerous forces were converging on the location, including Egyptian police, following the fighting in the Egyptian border town of Taba, Israeli media said.
Israel’s rescue service, Magen David Adom, and ambulance teams were seen waiting at the border to assist victims who had head and stab wounds, according to several sources
Egyptian security sources said a “physical alteration erupted when an Israeli tourist verbally insulted an Egyptian hotel employee, sparking a melee that involved other tourists and employees.”
Egypt state-affiliated Al-Qahera News television channel said one of the Egyptian workers had sustained severe injuries.
According to sources familiar with the case, the fight broke out after the Israeli Arab tourist refused to pay a bill for hotel services.
MEDICAL ATTENTION
Those involved have now been taken for medical attention, Egyptian officials said.
However, the fighting underscored the dangers faced by Israelis in the area.
There have been several attacks on Israelis in Egypt since Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7 in attacks that killed some 1200 people.
One day after Israel launched its war against Hamas after the massacre, two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide were shot dead by a policeman in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
It marked the first such attack on Israelis in Egypt in decades.
The fighting added to regional anxiety in the region where tensions had already risen with ongoing fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas and cross-border clashes involving Lebanon-based, Iran-backed, Hezbollah and Israel.
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