Saboteurs blew up an Egyptian pipeline distribution station in northern Sinai on Tuesday that supplies natural gas to Israel, the official MENA news agency said. It was the fourth attack on facilities supplying Egyptian gas to Israel this year. MENA quoted witnesses as saying that the assailants attacked the Al-Tawil security guard before the station, located near the northern town of Al-Arish, was blown up in the early of Tuesday.
The security guard and some members of his family were believed to have been hurt, the agency said, quoting witnesses. The state's Nile television said flames from the station could be seen up to 20 kms (12 miles) away. It gave no details on the causes of the explosion or the extent of the damage. MENA said the station pumps gas to another station in an area called Sheikh Zwayed, which exports gas to Israel. The agency earlier reported that the station was used to "export Egyptian gas abroad". Egypt also sells gas to Israel and Jordan among other countries.
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