A woman was caught with three crocodiles strapped to her waist at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked “strangely fat”, officials said.

Three nearly simultaneous bombings hit a Egyptian beach resort popular with foreigners yesterday, killing at least 23 people on streets filled with holiday-makers and Egyptians enjoying a long weekend marking a national holiday.

Three terrorist bombs tonight hit the Egyptian resort of Dahab at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 150.

Three explosions tonight rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 18 people and wounding more 150 at just one hotel, according to police and rescuers.