Three Arab Israeli tourists and two Egyptian hotel workers were injured after a fight broke out in the Egyptian town of Taba on the border with Israel on Friday (August 30, 2024), Egyptian security sources said.<\/p>\n
The sources said a physical altercation erupted when an Arab Israeli tourist verbally insulted an Egyptian hotel employee, sparking a melee that involved other tourists and employees.<\/p>\n
Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News television channel said one of the Egyptian workers had sustained serious injuries. It also said the fight started after several tourists refused to pay for hotel services.<\/p>\n
There have been occasional attacks on Israelis in Egypt since the Gaza war began on Oct. 7.<\/a><\/p>\n One day after the war broke out, two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide were shot dead<\/a> by a policeman in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, marking the first such attack on Israelis in Egypt in decades. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n