The Taba Border Crossing was closed to Israelis trying to enter Egypt on Sunday

The Taba Border Crossing was closed to Israelis trying to enter Egypt on Sunday, while anyone carrying a foreign passport was allowed to cross the border as usual.

The decision came after the Israeli occupation forces on Friday announced that forces on the Israel-Egypt border had been placed on high alert after threats that Hamas was planning an operation in the area, the Israeli military spokesman's office stated.

Israeli media reported that according to army officials, Hamas operatives sought to undermine the Palestinian Authority's UN statehood bid by carrying out an attack.

“Israelis were barred from entering the Sinai Peninsula yesterday, and on Sunday morning they modified the order, and we were informed that Israelis are only forbidden from entering Taba,” a source at the border terminal told Haaretz on Sunday.