At least three tourists, including two foreigners, were today killed and 27 wounded in an explosion on a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, near the Israeli border.
Israeli police confirmed that two South Korean tourists were among those killed in the blast.
The identity of the remaining casualties remained unknown, although Israeli authorities said that no Israelis were wounded in the blast.
Across the border, security sources in South Sinai said all three fatalities were South Koreans, while 27 were injured in the blast, Al-Ahram reported.
Israeli rescue services sent ambulances to their side of the border terminal to receive any casualties from the incident.
"The incident happened on the Egyptian side, but we are making our preparations," an Israeli police spokesman said.
"The blast appears to be an internal Egyptian incident, which occurred on Egyptian territory," another spokesperson said.
Islamists in Egypt have carried out several attacks against government forces since President Mohammed Morsi's ouster in July last year.
There have also been an increasing number of attacks in Cairo and the Nile Delta region in recent months. The main targets have been police and military installations in the Sinai.
