Three explosions at Egyptian resorts near the border with Israel have killed at least 21 people, although some reports speak of a higher death toll. The main blast happened at the Hilton hotel in Taba on the Sinai peninsula, a resort popular with Israelis. .  October 8th 2004/

The 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks were a series of bomb attacks on July 23, 2005, targeting the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Eighty-eight people were killed and over 150 were wounded by the blasts, making the attack the deadliest terrorist action in the country's history. The bombing coincided with Egypt's Revolution Day, which commemorates Nasser's 1952 overthrow of King Farouk.