Egypt Gas line to “Israel”, Bombed

An Egyptian pipeline carrying natural gas to the Zionist entity as well as to Jordan has been bombed.

Egyptian officials informed that a car had parked near the pipeline in the "Bir al-Abd" area, 80 kilometers (about 50 miles) from the north Sinai town of El-Arish shortly before the blast occurred.

"Unknown men with machine guns in a small truck forced guards at the station to leave, and then planted explosive charges," Officials clarified.

"Emergency services were dispatched to the area to try to bring the fire under control," a security official told AFP.
The natural gas company that runs the pipeline closed it down after the explosion, the source added.
The Monday attack was the third such incident since the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime was toppled down after revolution.

As no group claimed responsibility of the attack, the explosion comes only 24 days since Egypt resumed pumping natural gas to "Israel" after supplies were halted for more than a month due to an act of sabotage.