Attack: Four people were injured after five rockets were fired at the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat this morning
One person has been killed and at least three people have been injured after several rockets were fired into Israel's southern port of Eilat this morning.
Five rockets are believed to have been fired from a location in Egypt during the attack.
Two of the missiles are believed to have overshot their targets and landed in the Red Sea, while another one struck the nearby Jordanian port of Aqaba.
Explosions: Israeli police inspect the site where one of the rockets exploded on the outskirts of Eilat. One of the missiles hit the nearby Jordanian port of Aqaba
Attack: Four people were injured after five rockets were fired at the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat this morning
District port commander Moshe Cohen told Israel Radio when asked where the salvo was launched said: 'It's a little early to say, but it is reasonable to assume that it came from the southern area.'
The injured people were believed to have been caught in the blast which hit Aqaba.
Eilat, Aqaba and nearby Egyptian Red Sea resorts have seen several violent attacks attributed to Islamist militants.
At least one rocket struck Aqaba on April 22, but failed to cause any casualties. Amman said the rocket had been fired from outside Jordan and Israeli media said the Sinai desert could be a possible launch point.
In 2005, rockets were fired at U.S. warships in Aqaba's port but missed their target and killed a Jordanian soldier on land. A group claiming links with al Qaeda said it was behind the attack.
Two years later, a Palestinian suicide bomber infiltrated through Sinai and killed three people in an Eilat bakery.
Jordan and Egypt are the only Arab states to have full peace accords with Israel.
But those ties were frayed by Israel's crackdown in 2000 on a Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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