The IDF closed Eilat Airport to incoming flights on Thursday evening following a security assessment.
The closure was not due to any ongoing security incident. The airport was to remain open for northbound departing flights, Israel Radio said.
The IDF order came as Egypt's army said on Wednesday that it had killed 60 militants in the lawless Sinai Peninsula in the month since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.
Citing widening "terrorist operations" in "recent times", the army said it was conducting an intensified campaign in Sinai in coordination with the interior ministry to crack down on militants that "threaten Egyptian national security." Militants based mainly in North Sinai near Israel's border have escalated attacks on security forces and other targets since July 3, when the army deposed Morsi and installed a new government.
[Israeli] Defense Minister Ya’alon Moshe said last month that Egypt has inserted additional military forces – including assault helicopters – into Sinai after receiving permission from Israel, in line with the peace treaty between the two countries.
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No wonder Obama, the RINOs, the EU and others are doing their best to get rid of the new Egyptian leaders. Killing 60 terrorists (Beduins and Palis) in one month. And they didn't even use drones. Barbaric! /s