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Elath Ghost Town as Aqaba blockade paralyzes resort
Elath Israel, a Red Sea resort with 13 000 residents, becomes a ghost town as Egypt’s blockade of the Tiran Strait halts port and air traffic. Few residents on streets, mostly mothers and children fill Tel Aviv bound planes, while 120 tourists lounge on a deserted beach amid stark desert scenery and a moonlike landscape.
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Elath
Israel
Red Sea
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Gulf of A
Jordan
Egypt
Aqaba
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Tiran Strait
Flath
Negev Desert