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| Gunmen blow up gas pipeline between Egypt & Israel – reports | Gunmen blow up gas pipeline between Egypt & Israel – reports |
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| Armed insurgents have blown up a gas pipeline in the northern Sinai connecting Egypt and Israel, according to media reports. | Armed insurgents have blown up a gas pipeline in the northern Sinai connecting Egypt and Israel, according to media reports. |
| Al-Jazeera Arabic reported the apparent sabotage attack on Sunday evening, citing local sources. Follow-up reports suggested that the pipeline remained "functional." | Al-Jazeera Arabic reported the apparent sabotage attack on Sunday evening, citing local sources. Follow-up reports suggested that the pipeline remained "functional." |
| The attack took place in the Bir al-Abd region of the Sinai area, where gas pipelines have been frequent targets before. In 2011, the Egypt-Israel pipeline was blown up on three separate occasions. | The attack took place in the Bir al-Abd region of the Sinai area, where gas pipelines have been frequent targets before. In 2011, the Egypt-Israel pipeline was blown up on three separate occasions. |
| Egypt began supplying gas to Israel and Jordan in 2008, but the agreement was met with widespread public opposition, due to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. | |
| The pipeline targeted by militants on Sunday had just this month began supplying Egypt with Israeli gas, a reversal of its role since 2008. | |
| The Sinai peninsula was seized from Egypt by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, and handed back in 1982 after the signing of a peace treaty three years earlier. In recent years, this rugged desert has become a hotspot of insurgency, where Islamic State-linked militias have engaged in sporadic battles with Egyptian security forces. | The Sinai peninsula was seized from Egypt by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, and handed back in 1982 after the signing of a peace treaty three years earlier. In recent years, this rugged desert has become a hotspot of insurgency, where Islamic State-linked militias have engaged in sporadic battles with Egyptian security forces. |
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