Highway 12

Highway Near Sinai Border Re-Opens to Traffic

Chief of Staff orders that Highway 12, which runs near the Sinai border, be re-opened to traffic.

Because of the danger posed by fighting between ISIS and Egyptian military, the southern road will be off bounds.

Eilat resident Moshe Yosef says that local residents do not feel safe in the wake of the terrorism in Egypt.

Ten months after terrorist attacks that killed eight Israelis on Highway 12, the road will be opened to nighttime traffic as of Sunday.

First Sgt. Moshe Naftali of Ofra will receive a posthumous citation from Southern Command Head.

Driving between the Sayarim Junction and the Netafim border crossing permitted between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Israel's ambassador to Egypt has quit Cairo six months after the embassy was attacked by paid rioters, expelled by Islamists over Gaza.

Authorities have arrested a Hamas terrorist in connection with a plot to carry out a new attack near Eilat, and kidnap another IDF soldier.