Two Israelis killed and five injured minutes from the border after beach holiday

A message from Boyer Boarding School to parents and students spoke of “a terrible tragedy. We’ve lost our loved ones.”

The five who were injured were taken to a medical centre near the border before being transported to Yoseftal Medical Centre in Eilat.

The Israel Defence Force (IDF) had attempted to send helicopters to repatriate the injured to Israeli hospitals, but the media  reported that they were not allowed to land in Egypt, which delayed their return by several hours.

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Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the Egyptian authorities initially gave the helicopters permission to land, before reversing the decision. The injured were taken to a border crossing and handed over to Israeli authorities instead.

Kan news agency spoke to the father of one of the injured Israelis, whose daughter blamed the driver for the crash saying: “The driver was travelling at a crazy speed, overtook [another vehicle], and crashed into an oncoming car.”

He expressed his relief at his daughter’s survival: “I was given my daughter as a gift.”