The Sinai Desert Peninsula is bordered to the northeast by the Gaza Strip and shares the eastern border with Israel.
An unidentified plane was shot down off the Egyptian coast of Sinai, on the border with Israel, according to Egyptian media close to the secret services, in addition to several witnesses, on Tuesday.
An unidentified flying object was shot down two kilometers off the coast of Dahab, a coastal city in Sinai, located 150 kilometers south of the border with Israel, Cairo News TV reported, acknowledging that it may be a “drone.” (unmanned flying device).
One witness told Agence France-Presse: “We heard the sound of an explosion coming from the sea, then we saw a strange object falling into the sea.”
The Sinai Desert Peninsula is bordered to the northeast by the Gaza Strip and shares the eastern border with Israel.
Egypt, the historic mediator between Palestinians and Israelis and holder of the only gateway to the world from Gaza that is not in Israeli hands, has been on the front line since Hamas' bloody attack on Israeli territory on October 7, and Israel's devastating retaliatory bombing of Gaza.
In the middle of this month, the Egyptian Air Force shot down an “unidentified” drone off the coast of Dahab, according to a security source.
At the end of October, six people were injured in Egypt after two drones were shot down in Sinai.
Egypt stated at the time that the drones came from “the south of the Red Sea.”
In recent weeks, Yemen's Houthi rebels have intensified their attacks near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, which separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.
The Yemeni rebels, backed by Iran, warned that they would attack ships sailing in the Red Sea (off the coast of Yemen) that have links to Israel, in solidarity with Gaza.
American, French, and British warships patrolling the area shot down several missiles and “drones.”
