CAIRO, Egypt — Three Arab-Israeli tourists and four Egyptian workers were wounded Friday in a hotel fight in the Egyptian seaside town of Taba, state-linked media reports.
One of the workers sustained “serious injuries” and was being treated at the local hospital, along with “three Arab 48 tourists,” a security source tells Al-Qahera News.
“Arab 48” is a term that refers to Palestinians and their descendants who remained in Israel following its creation in 1948.
Friday’s fight broke out between hotel staff and the tourists “who attempted to obtain services from the hotel without charge,” the channel reports.
Al-Qahera News, which is linked to state intelligence, reports security authorities were investigating the incident.
A high-level security source denies Israeli media reports describing the altercation as a “stabbing operation.”
The incident occurred in the Egyptian town of Taba in South Sinai, which is on the border with Israel and a popular tourist destination for Israelis.
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