Revital Levy-Stein
The charred shell of the car that exploded at the Taba Hilton lay on its side at exactly the place where the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin met with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in 1995 to discuss ways of jump-starting the peace process with Syria.
0 commentsAt least 35 Israelis were killed and 120 injured last night in a massive blast at the Taba Hilton in Egypt, police sources said.
with Yuval Azoulay, Yossi Melman and Amos Harel 0 commentsTABA - "There were dozens of bodies strewn everywhere, some of them children," said Rani, a paramedic with the private Ambulance A company in Eilat, standing at the entrance to the Hilton Hotel. "I personally saw about 30."
0 commentsAll the fire engines in Eilat were sent to the Hilton in Taba last night, and firemen succeeded in rescuing two trapped blast victims shortly after their arrival.
0 commentsYom Kippur passed quietly despite security services being high alert for terrorist attacks. The closure imposed on the territories before Rosh Hashanah remained in effect.
with Ran Reznick 0 commentsThe travel warning issued by the counter-terror authority to Israelis planning to vacation in the Sinai peninsula during the High Holy Days seems to be falling on deaf ears even though the intelligence backing the alert is highly reliable and precise.
with Irit Rosenblum and Yossi Melman 0 comments