The two recovered bodies put the death toll in the maritime accident to 13 fishermen, while 13 others were injured and brought ashore, said the report.
Egyptian rescue teams, aided by one helicopter, are still scouring the area near South Sinai town El-Tor in search of 14 fishermen who are still missing.
The Egyptian boat, named Badr Islam, had 40 fishermen onboard when a Kuwaiti cargo ship rammed into it at dawn time.
The container ship, en route from Italy to Jeddah port, smashed into the fishing vessel 50 kilometers away from Hurghada port, MENA quoted spokesman for the Red Sea Port Authority Abdel Rahim Moustafa as saying.
Meanwhile, Egyptian naval forces seized the cargo ship that caused the sinking of the Egyptian fishing vessel in Gebel El Zeit s Red Sea area between Ras Ghareb and Tor Sinai port.
Egypt has a shocking history of sea disasters; the worst was in 2006 when some 1,000 people, mostly Egyptians, were killed when a passenger ferry sailing from Saudi Arabia to Egypt caught fire and sank in the Red Sea.
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