Israeli tourists were urged to leave Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula for fear they could be kidnapped. The Israeli government’s Counter-Terrorism Unit issued an advisory Monday against travel to Egyptian Red Sea resorts, citing “concrete” intelligence warnings of a terrorist plot to abduct Israelis.
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