Egypt admits rocket attack from its own soil

The deadly rocket attacks on Israel and Jordan's Red Sea ports were carried out by the militant Palestinian Hamas group operating from Egypt, an Egyptian official said Wednesday after days of denials.

Immediately after a barrage of rockets crashed into the sea near Israel's Eilat resort town and killed a taxi driver in Jordan's Aqaba port, Egyptian officials had strongly denied they had come from its soil.

The security official said Hamas had fired seven rockets, including one which misfired and left debris near a security facility in the town of Taba.Full Story