A bomb exploded in an Egyptian gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, sending flames into the sky and cutting supplies to the Zionist entity and Jordan.

A bomb exploded in an Egyptian gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, sending flames into the sky and cutting supplies to the Zionist entity and Jordan.

Officials said a car had parked near the pipeline shortly before the explosion, adding that the bomb was activated remotely.
The attack took place in the Bir al-Abd area, 80 kilometers from the north Sinai town of El-Arish.

It was the third attack since February, when an uprising toppled former president Hosni Mubarak and saw power handed over to a military council.

Emergency services were deployed to the area to try to bring the fire under control, an official said.
Witnesses said the flames reached as high as 10 meters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

On April 27, the pipeline in the Al-Sabil area in north Sinai was also attacked, cutting off international gas supplies.
In February, attackers used explosives against the pipeline in the town of Lihfren in north Sinai, near the Gaza Strip.

Jordan, which buys 95 percent of its energy needs, imports about 240 million cubic feet (6.8 million cubic meters) of Egyptian gas a day.
Egypt supplies about 40 percent of the Zionist entity’s natural gas.