Posted by NEWS on 7/10/2004, 22:26:44 A large number of people were wounded in the blast, the radio stations said, and many were being evacuated to a hospital in Eilat. Witnesses at the scene reported seeing part of the hotel on fire and said that a ceiling may have collapsed. "The hotel is on fire on the eastern side, the entry point, the lobby. People are trying to get out," a reporter for Israel Radio said from the scene in Taba. Israeli security forces had warned Israeli travelers against visiting Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea, saying they might be targeted by militants.
Explosion in Hotel at Israel-Egypt Border
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An explosion rocked at hotel in the Egyptian border town of Taba, near Israel, on Thursday and a large number of casualties were reported, Israel Radio reported.
Israeli radio stations reported the blast was apparently caused by a gas leak, but a radio reporter at a hospital in Eilat reported that one woman wounded in the blast had said it was caused by two suicide bombers.
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