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Thursday, October 7, 2004 |
Explosion at Hilton Hotel in Taba, near Egypt-Israel border |
Explosion at Hilton Hotel in Taba, near Egypt-Israel border TABA HILTON, Egypt - An explosion ripped through the Hilton Hotel in the Israel Police said that at least 30 people had been killed in the blast, Israeli security sources said there was growing conviction that the Two smaller blasts occurred about two hours later in the area of the nearby Seven people were reported killed in the attack at Ras al-Sultan, all A security official in Nueiba said many people were injured, but he didn't The explosion at the Hilton, which took place in the lobby of the hotel at A fire then broke out at the hotel, and hotel guests on the upper floors Many Israelis have visited Egypt over the past month, during the period of Making a bloody exodus from Egypt, dozens of Israelis were taken across the Two more explosions took place a short time later at the nearby resorts of 'Gates of Hell' "The gates of Hell suddenly opened," an Israeli doctor, a guest at the An unconscious child and a young woman, her arm wrapped in a blood-soaked Other wounded were ferried by helicopter to the larger Soroka Medical Center "There was a huge explosion and debris showered down on us," said one woman "I heard a huge explosion. The wall near me collapsed and people began to "Some people said it was a gas canister explosion and others said it was a "The whole front of the hotel has collapsed," he said. "I am standing In the wake of the explosions, the anti-terror unit in the Prime Minister's The Foreign Ministry said it is ready to return the 12,000 to 15,000 Egypt initially closed the border with Israel, preventing Israeli rescue An Israeli witness at the Hilton said that the hotel was on fire, and that In the wake of the explosion, Israel amassed a large number of rescue Israeli medics said they had been informed of "a large number of The blast could be heard about two kilometers from the hotel, said Selma Abu Emergency numbers: |
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