National Anti-Terror Unit issues stern travel warning to Israelis urges those already there to return home asap.
The National Anti-Terror Unit on Sunday issued a travel
warning for Sinai, and warned Israelis still there to come home
immediately. “Given the deteriorating security situation in Sinai, which
includes numerous violent clashes between groups, along with
intelligence we have received about possible terror attacks,” the
warning strongly suggests that Israelis avoid Sinai altogether,
including the popular resort of Taba on the border near Eilat.
With the deposing by the Egyptian army of Mohammed Morsi and the
arrests of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders, many of the Brotherhood have
been clearing out of large cities
and taking refuge in remote areas, like Sinai. Over the weekend, angry
riots broke out in El Arish between pro- and anti-Morsi groups, and on
Saturday night the Egyptian army announced that it was moving troops and
tanks into Sinai in order to root out Brotherhood and pro-Morsi groups.
In addition to the unrest in Sinai, the Anti-Terror Unit said that it
had been made aware of terror attacks that groups were seeking to
execute against Israelis. “Israelis are likely to be targeted in the
coming days, with terror groups seeking to kidnap them” for ransom or
political purposes.
The Unit “strongly warns against traveling to Sinai, and strongly suggest that those already there return home immediately,” it said in a statement.
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