<p>Cairo/Jerusalem: Projectiles hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns on Friday injuring several people, sources and officials said, showing the risk of regional spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict.</p><p>The explosions hit Taba on the border with Israel and Nuweiba about 70 km (43 miles) further away, two Egyptian security sources told <em>Reuters</em>, saying they were still gathering more information.</p><p>There was no claim of responsibility, but Egypt's state-linked Al-Qahera News said the missile that hit Taba appeared to be connected to fighting between Hamas militants and the Israeli military around Gaza, about 220 km (137 miles) away.</p><p>Egypt's health ministry said six people were injured in Taba, with four already discharged from hospital, after an ambulance facility and residential building were hit.</p><p>Witnesses in both places, who asked not to be named, confirmed explosions and smoke rising. Israel's military said it was aware of a security incident outside its borders.</p>.Hamas official says ceasefire needed before hostages can be freed.<p>Taba and Nuweiba, both in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, are popular with tourists.</p><p>Bordering both Gaza and Israel, Egypt is exposed to the conflict that blew up after Hamas' October 7 assault on Israel and the subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip.</p><p>Cairo has been prominently advocating for aid flows into Gaza, the release of Hamas' hostages and a ceasefire.</p><p>Last weekend, several Egyptian border guards were injured after being accidentally hit by fragments of a shell from an Israeli tank. Israel apologised for the incident.</p><p>On Wednesday, Hamas said it had targeted the Israeli town of Eliat, adjacent to Taba across the border, with a missile in what appeared to be the Islamist group's longest-range Palestinian attack of the flare-up since October 7.</p><p>Adding to an increasingly risky situation in the region, the US military said last week a Navy warship in the Red Sea intercepted projectiles launched by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi group potentially toward Israel. </p>
<p>Cairo/Jerusalem: Projectiles hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns on Friday injuring several people, sources and officials said, showing the risk of regional spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict.</p><p>The explosions hit Taba on the border with Israel and Nuweiba about 70 km (43 miles) further away, two Egyptian security sources told <em>Reuters</em>, saying they were still gathering more information.</p><p>There was no claim of responsibility, but Egypt's state-linked Al-Qahera News said the missile that hit Taba appeared to be connected to fighting between Hamas militants and the Israeli military around Gaza, about 220 km (137 miles) away.</p><p>Egypt's health ministry said six people were injured in Taba, with four already discharged from hospital, after an ambulance facility and residential building were hit.</p><p>Witnesses in both places, who asked not to be named, confirmed explosions and smoke rising. Israel's military said it was aware of a security incident outside its borders.</p>.Hamas official says ceasefire needed before hostages can be freed.<p>Taba and Nuweiba, both in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, are popular with tourists.</p><p>Bordering both Gaza and Israel, Egypt is exposed to the conflict that blew up after Hamas' October 7 assault on Israel and the subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip.</p><p>Cairo has been prominently advocating for aid flows into Gaza, the release of Hamas' hostages and a ceasefire.</p><p>Last weekend, several Egyptian border guards were injured after being accidentally hit by fragments of a shell from an Israeli tank. Israel apologised for the incident.</p><p>On Wednesday, Hamas said it had targeted the Israeli town of Eliat, adjacent to Taba across the border, with a missile in what appeared to be the Islamist group's longest-range Palestinian attack of the flare-up since October 7.</p><p>Adding to an increasingly risky situation in the region, the US military said last week a Navy warship in the Red Sea intercepted projectiles launched by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi group potentially toward Israel. </p>