Explosions in two Egyptian red town

Officials says projectiles hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns yesterday, injuring six people and showing the risk of regional spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Israel’s foreign ministry says the missiles and drones, which the military identified as an aerial threat in the area of the Red Sea, were launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement with the intention of harming Israel.

Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez says an unidentified drone crashed into a building adjacent to a hospital injuring the six in Taba, on the border with Israel, in the early hours.

There was no claim of responsibility.

Taba and Nuweiba, both in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, are popular with tourists.

Witnesses in both places, who asked not to be named, confirmed hearing explosions and seeing smoke rising plus Egyptian warplanes flying overhead.

The U.S. says last week a Navy warship in the Red Sea intercepted projectiles launched by the Houthis, potentially toward Israel.

Bordering both Gaza and Israel, Egypt is exposed to the conflict that blew up after Hamas assault on Israel and the subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Source: BBC