UNKNOWN saboteurs bombed an Egyptian gas pipeline in Sinai at dawn on Wednesday, forcing authorities to cut supplies to neighbouring Israel and Jordan, a security official told AFP.
The attack took place near the village of Al-Sabil in the El-Arish region, the official said, adding that the bomb was activated remotely.
There were no reports of casualties and the extent of the damage was not immediately known.
The pipeline was previously sabotaged on February 5 during a popular uprising that forced former president Hosni Mubarak from power on February 11.
Supplies of gas to Israel and Jordan from that disruption resumed eventually on March 16.
Egypt supplies about 40 per cent of Israel’s natural gas which is used to produce electricity.