Egypt sentences two Israelis to five years in jail for assaulting hotel workers

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court has sentenced two Israeli citizens to five years in jail for assaulting hotel workers in the Red Sea town of Taba near the border with Israel last year, an Egyptian security source said on Saturday.

In August, three Arab Israeli tourists and two Egyptian hotel workers were injured when a fight broke out at a hotel after one of the tourists insulted one of the employees, security sources said at the time.

(Reporting by Ahmed Shalaby; writing by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Kevin Liffey)