In February 2014, a coach taking tourists to Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai exploded in Taba shortly before crossing the border to Israel.

[2] The crossing was closed for a week in April 2017 after bombing attacks at Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt.

Privately owned Israeli cars may cross through the terminal and stay in the confines of the Egyptian border terminal (this includes the parking lots of the Hilton Taba and Mövenpick Taba Resort); further travel into the Sinai is possible after change of license plates, registration and the payment of a tax.

The fee is quoted in NIS and is updated once a year (on January 1) linked to the Consumer Price Index.

An additional service charge of 6 NIS (per payment, not per traveler) is added if the fee is paid on-site, and not online.