Two Israeli citizens were sentenced on May 3, five years in prison by the Criminal Court of South Sinai for their participation in an attack against the hotel staff in Taba, a Red Sea city near the border with Israel.
The Toke Place incident in August last year when a dispute exploded in a hotel. Security sources said the argument begged after one of the Israeli tourists assaulted a hotel employee after refusing to pay a drink. The fight caused injuries to three Israeli tourists and two Egyptian hotel workers. One of the Egyptian victims was seriously injured with a skull fracture that has left it almost disabled after being attacked by the tourist.
A video of the shared fight on social networks at that time captured more than people of dishes that moved, with shouts and shouts echoing in the background. At one point, an employee of the hotel was hit at the head from behind and fell to the ground, which led others to hurry to help.
The media reports indicated that the Israeli guests refused to pay alcohol and other services they had recovered. According to Kan’s public broadcaster, Israel’s national broadcaster, the two Israeli had consumed a substantial amount of alcoholic beverages, but refused to pay, insisting that they had bought a package with all inclusive.
In recent years, the number of Israeli tourists visiting Egypt has been significant, with more than 700 thousand Israeli who travel annually to Egypt. For example, in 2022, approximately 735 thousand Israelis visited Egypt, with 566 thousand entering the Taba and 169 thousand pass arriving through flights to Sharm el-Sheikh and Cairo
