THEY WERE WARNED

The Israeli press has been full of security alerts about possible terror attacks against Israelis in Sinai. The press interviewed lots of Israelis who poopooed the warnings and said they felt perfectly safe. I sat here and watched in total disbelief. I KNEW there was going to be an attack there and sure enough there was. The Taba Hilton and two other places (apparently-according to unconfirmed reports) had massive explosions tonight. They are talking about hundreds of casualties, but no firm numbers yet. Many dead. The border between Eilat and Egypt is open and many Israelis went out of Sinai on their own. We have rescue crews on the way, and there's confusion as to whether the Egyptians are cooperating or not. We only have the best disaster rescue crews in the world.......it's a mess. Why oh why can't Israelis listen? There were alerts all during the holiday period about possible attacks, and arrogant,spoiled,haughty, Israelis ignored them and went there anyway with their families. The police are talking about 30 dead Israelis at the Taba Hilton, including children. ZAKA is on the way. Bless them. They have the horrifying job of picking up the pieces of the bodies and making sure that absolutely nothing is left behind-not a drop of blood or bone fragment. What a mess.
It's very spooky sitting here listening to the reports, having known it was going to happen. I can't explain the feeling. It defies words.
It seems the Egyptians are being difficult about letting Israelis cross the border, and that their border police are trying to impose order in the midst of the chaos. No one knows about casualties from the other two places that had explosions. A few Israelis managed to call out and report. If the Egyptians don't get their asses in gear, it could get ugly. Helicopters and ambulances from all over the south of the country are evacuating people to the hospital in Eilat and Beer Sheva. Preliminary reports say it was the Muslim Brotherhood, who have ties with Al Qaida. Ok, Alon, Irit from my previous post reports that the Egyptians are now cooperating fully with our rescue crews. Or not. Someone else just reported that the border is closed.......like I said, chaos. Now they are looking for returning Israelis to interview. Oooooh, one the places is called Ras al Satan-Satan's head. They say that our rescue helicopters are being allowed to go directly there. Good, Alon says the Egyptians are letting our rescue crews in, even those in Army uniforms. Oh, great, there are some Israelis-you know- those brave tourists who said nothing would happen are sitting in the water of the Red Sea too scared to come out.
And I thought I'd be going to sleep early tonight. All I did was go over to Israel 1 to get the end of holiday update and this was already on. This one is BAD. Obviously an attack against the Israelis who go to Sinai, but in an Arab country.......ok, ok, Egyptians aren't technically Arabs, but it sure is a Muslim country. I guess the Hilton Taba won't be a good place for a vacation any time soon. The whole west side is gone. A ZAKA ambulance is already down there. They are mostly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Bnei Brak. Bet they broke a few speed limits to get there that fast. Bless them and their sacred mission.