About 50, 000 people live in Eilat, and tens of thousands of holidaymakers visit every year.

BBC: Eilat rocket strike: Israeli city hit from Sinai

And she said, believe me, I called every hotel in Eilat and they are booked 100 percent solid.

NPR: Haifa Adjusts as Hezbollah Rockets Rain Down

Petersburg, the Moscow Easter Festival, the Gergiev Rotterdam Festival, the Mikkeli International Festival, and the Red Sea Festival in Eilat, Israel.

UNESCO: Valery Gergiev

Eilat, a popular tourist destination on the Red Sea, has previously been hit by rockets fired by militants in neighbouring Egypt and Jordan.

BBC: Eilat rocket strike: Israeli city hit from Sinai

The vessel was seized by Israeli forces in international waters in the Red Sea early on Thursday and is being held in the port of Eilat.

BBC: Arms ship captain acted 'under orders'

Ditto joint infrastructure projects, announced with much fanfare but still to be begun, such as an airport at the head of the Red Sea, to serve both Eilat and Aqaba.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Arab world

Speaking at a legal conference in Eilat last Tuesday, Weinstein bragged that he forced Netanyahu to table discussion of the bill that would require Knesset hearings for Supreme Court nominees.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Democracy strikes back

The Israeli military said an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery - designed to intercept short-range missiles - which was positioned near Eilat earlier this month was not deployed in the latest attack.

BBC: Eilat rocket strike: Israeli city hit from Sinai

If you hang around long enough, a propeller-driven aircraft -- probably bringing holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Eilat -- will swoop in low for a landing, passing so close you may feel the urge to reach out and touch it.

BBC: Cycling the Tel Aviv coast