Official sources have revealed that six people have been injured after projectiles struck two Red Sea cities in Egypt on Friday. This incident demonstrated the possibility of regional repercussions from the Israel-Gaza war.
Israel’s military said that there was an “aerial threat” in the Red Sea area, potentially alluding to the drone-using Houthi insurgency in Yemen, which is supported by Iran.
A spokesman for the Egyptian army, Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez, reported that an “unidentified drone” struck a building next to a hospital in Taba, near the Israeli border, in the early hours of the morning, wounding six people.
Subsequently, Egyptian security officials reported that another projectile crashed close to an electrical plant in a desert area of the town of Nuweiba, around 70 km (43 miles) from the border. However, no one has claimed responsibility for these strikes.
The sites of the strikes, Taba and Nuweiba, which are located on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, are prominent tourist destinations.
Unidentified witnesses at both locations attested to hearing explosions, seeing smoke rising, and seeing Egyptian warcrafts flying overhead.
Israel’s military spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, without giving a specific location, said that Combat helicopters were sent in when “an aerial threat was spotted in the Red Sea region.”
In a televised briefing, he added, “To our understanding, the strike that took place in Egypt originated in this threat. Israel will work with Egypt, and the United States, and bolster regional defences against threats from the Red Sea region.”
Ozioma Samuel-Ugwuezi
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