[Ha'aretz] Revital Levi-Stein and Mijal Grinberg - A bus overturned near the Sinai peninsula town of Nuweiba on Tuesday, killing at least 11 Israeli Arab tourists. Yehuda Shushan, director of the Magen David Adom ambulance service's southern district, said efforts were made by the IDF, border officials, and the Foreign Ministry to allow the entry of Israeli rescue forces into Sinai to care for the injured and evacuate them to Israel. Egyptian authorities, however, informed Israel that they do not need help to rescue those injured in the accident.
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