The IDF has Assumed Command
02:22 Oct 08, '04 / 23 Tishrei 5765
(IsraelNN.com) The IDF has assumed overall command of the efforts dealing with the attacks in Egypt, rescue of victims, as well as the evacuation of Israelis from Egypt. This has been confirmed a short time ago by spokeswoman Brigadier-General Ruth Yaron.
Israeli medical personnel help an injured person from an ambulance outside the Joseftal hospital in Eilat, southern Israel October 7, 2004 in this frame grab taken from video footage. Suspected bomb blasts hit three Egyptian Red Sea resorts used by vacationing Israelis on Thursday and at least 23 people were feared dead from the biggest explosion, Israeli media said. A blast at Taba's Hilton hotel, just metres from the border crossing point, was followed shortly by explosions at two other resort towns in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula popular with Israelis.
An injured person is helped from an ambulance outside the Joseftal hospital in Eilat, southern Israel October 7, 2004 in this frame grab taken from video footage. About 100 people were taken to a hospital in the Egyptian border resort of Taba after a huge blast tore through an Egyptian hotel, a hospital source said. Photo by Reuters Tv/Reuters A blast at Taba's Hilton hotel, just metres from the border crossing point, was followed shortly by explosions at two other resort towns in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula popular with Israelis.