The Sinai Peninsula is located of the rest of Egypt. It also lies of the Red Sea.

The Sinai Peninsula is the part of Egypt on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, so it is east of the rest of Egypt. It lies between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba, which are arms of the Red Sea; thus, the fitting choice for the first blank is east.

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