On 16 February 2014 , a bomb exploded on or under a tour bus of a South Korean church group in the Egyptian city of Taba , which borders the Gulf of Aqaba and Eilat , Israel . The bombing killed 4 people – 3 South Koreans and the Egyptian bus driver – and injured 17 others . According to '' The New York Times '' , the bombing could " offer worrying new evidence that militants who have been attacking Egypt 's security forces for months were broadening their campaign against civilians . " On 24 October 2014 , 31 army and police soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in North Sinai . The attack was the largest ever since the start of the war on terror in Sinai . As a result of the attack , president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared a state of emergency in the governorate after meeting with the National Defence Council for several hours . The state of emergency was to last for three months and to include a daily curfew from 5 pm to 7 am until further notice
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