israel has reportedly been supplying natural gas to Egypt since late 2019. A supply line was attacked late on Sunday in the Sinai Peninsula, according to a report by Al Jazeera Arabic .
Tel Aviv has commented on an Al Jazeera Arabic report of an attempt to sabotage the Egypt-israel pipeline. Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz stated that the gas supply remains unaffected and a probe into the attack has been launched.
“At this time, the natural gas is flowing from Israel to Egypt. The matter of the explosion, as it was, was examined by the ministry in coordination with all relevant parties”, Steinitz said, cited by the Israeli state-run Kan (Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation) media outlet.
Earlier on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported that the attack against Egypt-Israel pipeline took place in Egypt's Bir Al-Abd, located in the northern Sinai area. The attackers reportedly remain unidentified, and no militant or terrorist group has claimed responsibility.
A tweet reads: “Urgent | Sources to Al Jazeera: Gunmen blow up the gas line between # Egypt and Israel in the Bir al-Abd area in North Sinai”.
Netizens have shared alleged footage from the scene of the incident, blaming militants for the Sunday's attack.
The same gas lines were blown up three times during the first six months of 2011, before Cairo suspended gas supplies to Tel Aviv, The Jerusalem Post said.
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