埃及西奈半岛靠近以色列的度假区7日晚连续发生3起爆炸事件，至少19人丧生。与埃以边境通道仅有数米之隔的塔巴希尔顿饭店首先发生强烈爆炸，部分建筑坍塌。两小时后，位于塔巴以南的两个度假区分别发生规模较小的爆炸。这两个度假区也是大批以色列旅游者经常光顾的地方。爆炸事件发生后，一个自称“世界伊斯兰团”的组织声称，这样做是为在巴勒斯坦和伊拉克受害的阿拉伯人复仇。外电报道如下：Blasts from a car bomb and a suicide bomber tore through a resort hotel in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula where Israelis were vacationing at the end of a Jewish holiday Thursday night, officials said. There were at least 19 dead and the toll was likely to rise. Blast的意思是“爆炸引起的强烈气浪（尤指核爆炸引起的冲击波）”。例如：Enormous numbers of people would be killed by blast.（核爆炸冲击波会使很多很多人死亡）。