Today: The Taba crossing to Sinai will be open to only 300 crossings without a vehicle on a temporary route until April 12. • Vardit from Herzliya:
Vardit Alon on the border
Photo:
Yehuda ben Itach
The Menachem Begin land border crossing in Taba will be opened today for Israelis going on vacation in Sinai.
This, after the government approved that from today until April 12, the Taba crossing will be opened on foot (without vehicles). The crossing will be open to only 300 people daily only the public vaccinated against Corona or recovering sources.
the transition will be open Monday through Friday, excluding weekends. for vacationers to purchase before reaching the border crossing fee applies purchased online system.
only those who purchased the fee online will be able to leave at the Taba crossing to Sinai, and the fee is currently requested Anyone who goes on vacation to Sinai, whether vaccinated or recovering, will be required to undergo a corona test 72 hours before leaving Israel and a corona test up to 72 hours before returning to Israel. The Egyptians also require vacationers to undergo a further check at the border crossing.
Vardit Alon from Herzliya arrived at the border crossing in Taba on Monday morning.
"We were not sure when to open the border and we wanted to be the first, so we booked a vacation at a hotel in Eilat," she said.
According to her, the fact that the border is closed on weekends shortens the holiday.
"We booked a vacation in Nuweiba, where we will also do the test 72 hours before we return to Israel," she noted, "because the crossing only opens on Tuesdays and closes on Fridays and Saturdays, we were actually scheduled for a two-day vacation in Sinai, but it was worth the effort."
