2004 Sinai bombings

2004 Sinai bombings
Collapsed wing of Taba Hilton Hotel

Hilton
Taba
Ras
al-Shitan
LocationTaba and Nuweiba, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Coordinates29°07′24.43″N 34°41′05.12″E / 29.1234528°N 34.6847556°E / 29.1234528; 34.6847556
29°29′24.20″N 34°53′58.50″E / 29.4900556°N 34.8995833°E / 29.4900556; 34.8995833
Date7 October 2004
Attack type
car bombings
Deaths34
Injured171
Perpetratorsmasterminded by Iyad Saleh and carried out by a Palestinian group
Motivepresumably the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli rescue team in the aftermath of the attack

The 2004 Sinai bombings were three bomb attacks targeting tourist hotels in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on 7 October 2004. The attacks left 34 people dead and 171 injured.