Major General Mahmoud al-Hefnawy, South Sinai security chief, denied reports in Israeli media that rockets were fired from the Sinai Peninsula into Eilat. He described the security situation in Sinai as "excellent."
Major General Khaled Fouda, the governor of South Sinai, described the Israeli remarks as “rumors that Israel spreads when tourism increases in Sinai, as occupancy rates have reached 60 percent in South Sinai."
Sheikh Mohamed al-Ahmar of the Nuweiba tribes said Israel seeks to harm Sinai economically and that it always warns its citizens about going to Sinai ahead of Jewish holidays, especially with the return of tourists from Europe.
Sherif al-Ghamrawy, a tourism expert in Taba, accused Israel of spreading those rumors to prevent its tourists from spending their vacations in Sinai. He said that he doesn’t receive Israeli tourists in his resort in Taba.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
