Soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula have thwarted on Sunday a bombing attempt aimed at disrupting the state’s gas supplies to ’Israel’

Soldiers in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have thwarted on Sunday a bombing attempt aimed at disrupting the state's gas supplies to 'Israel'.

Six gunmen in northern Sinai Peninsula planted explosives in the pipeline that supplies natural gas to the Zionist entity and Jordan, but soldiers at the gas terminal managed to defuse the devices.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) said the gas supply to Israel remains intact.

The pipeline, running from El Arish, northern Egypt, to Ashkelon in “Israel”, has been the subject of attacks since the Egyptian revolution that started on January 25 and resulted in the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak on February 11.

Although the gas flow was stopped during the unrest in the African nation, supplies were resumed on March 16.

Also earlier in February, unknown attackers exploded a pipeline in Egypt's El Arish area of north Sinai pumping natural gas to “Israel” amid protests against the then-President Mubarak.