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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Route 12

Poor visibility caused by a sandstorm in Eilat, May 18, 2017. (Youtube screenshot)
May 18, 2017, 6:25 pm
Huge sandstorm blankets Eilat, shuts airport
Main roads leading into Red Sea resort also closed due to thick cloud of orange sand
By Sue Surkes
View of the fence along the Israeli-Egyptian border, June 2, 2014 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
July 3, 2015, 8:34 am
IDF shuts route along Egypt border after IS-linked Sinai attack
Military chief orders closure until further notice; comes after Defense Ministry announces mysterious Iron Dome upgrade
By ToI Staff
A plane (illustrative photo: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)
February 6, 2013, 4:34 pm
Eilat airport closed due to flooding
Heavy rains also close portions of Routes 90 and 12, the main roads to Israel’s southernmost city
By Gabe Fisher
Illustrative: A gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula sabotaged by a jihadist group in 2012. (AP/File)
July 25, 2012, 8:04 pm
Sinai terror group claims responsibility for gas pipeline blasts
Ansar Al-Jihad, based in the Sinai Peninsula, claims its fighters bombed the Egypt-Israel pipeline 14 times since early 2011
By Gabe Fisher
An IDF scout looks for tracks along the Israel-Egypt border (photo credit: Mosh Shai/Flash90)
February 27, 2012, 6:22 pm
IDF thwarts bid to smuggle in explosives across Egyptian border
Man spotted trying to cross the fence, fled and left device behind
By Aaron Kalman
February 26, 2012, 10:58 am
Heavily fortified road to Eilat reopens
Route 12 was closed in August following attacks by infiltrators from Egypt
By Gabe Fisher
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