EL-ARISH (Egypt) - AN ISRAELI tourist vacationing with his family at an Egyptian Red Sea resort was stabbed and lightly wounded by Libyan laborer on Monday, said the local governor.
South Sinai governor Mohammed Hani Metwalli said that the tourist, who was staying at Nuweiba resort, was taken to the Israeli coastal city of Eilat for treatment.
A spokeswoman for the Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat confirmed that a man with a stab wound had been treated.
'A man was brought in this morning from Sinai. He had been stabbed in the face, he received stitches and was released,' said Naomi Yitzhak.
The Libyan fled after Monday's attack, but left behind his passport. Authorities are searching for him.
Israel last week issued a stern travel warning telling its citizens to stay out of the Sinai, citing new intelligence about plans to attack Israeli tourists. -- AP
