Israeli tourists in Sinai peninsula of Egypt have been urged to leave immediately amid warning of possible attacks, Israeli daily the Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday.

 

The warning came as Egyptian security forces began a large- scale search throughout Sinai on Saturday for four Palestinian terrorists suspected of planning attacks against Israelis.

 

Intelligence garnered by Egyptian security showed that the four Palestinians, who belong to one of the extreme Palestinian factions, had infiltrated into Egypt five days ago and planned to carry out attacks against Israeli targets as a retaliation against Israel's action in the Gaza Strip.

 

Egypt has called upon owners of various tourist hot-spots throughout the Sinai Peninsula to notify police of every Palestinian staying at their resorts.

 

Since 2004, the resorts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula had been hit by three major terror attacks -- Taba in October 2004, Sharm el- Sheikh in July 2005 and Dahab on April 24 of 2006. More than 110 Egyptians and foreigners have been killed and dozens of others injured in the attacks.   

 

(Xinhua News Agency December 4, 2006)