Egyptian security forces announced and the news agency MENA said the pipeline that transports gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan
اعلنت اجهزة الامن المصرية ووكالة انباء الشرق الاوسط ان الانبوب الذي ينقل الغاز المصري الى اسرائيل والاردن تعرض لانفجارين ليل الاربعاء الخميسوقال مصدر امني ان الانفجار الاول وقع عند الساعة 100 2300 تغ الاربعاء على بعد 40 كلم من مدينة العريش، شمال شبه صحراء سيناء
وقال شهود عيان انهم رأوا رجالا مسلحين في المكان، حسب المصدر نفسه الذي لم يستطع القول ما اذا كان هناك ضحايا
ومن ناحيتها، ذكرت وكالة انباء الشرق الاوسط المصرية نقلا عن شهود عيان ان حريقا اندلع بعد الانفجار
واوضحت الوكالة ان انفجارا ثانيا وقع بالقرب من محطة ضخ في هذا القطاع مضيفة ان الجيش انتشر في المنطقة
وتعرض هذا الانبوب لستة اعتداءات منذ شباطفبراير الماضي ما ادى الى وقف ضخ الغاز الى اسرائيل والاردن
ويعود اخر اعتداء الى ليل 2627 ايلولسبتمبر الماضي كما تم احباط عدة اعتداءات ايضا خلال الاشهر الماضية
واعلنت السلطات المصرية مرات عدة عن اجراءات لتعزيز حماية هذه المنشآت وحاولت توقيف منفذي هذه الاعتداءات
وتستورد اسرائيل 43% من حاجاتها للغاز الطبيعي من مصر وهي تنتج 40% من الطاقة الكهربائية من الغاز المصري المستورد
وكذلك يستورد الاردن 80% من حاجاته من الغاز المصري لانتاج الكهرباء اي 68 مليون متر مكعب من الغاز المستورد يوميا
suffered two explosions Wednesday night A security source said that the first explosion occurred at 100 am 2300 GMT Wednesday 40 km from the town of El Arish North Sinai peninsula
Witnesses said they saw armed men in the place as the same source who could not say whether there were any casualties
For its part state news agency MENA quoting eyewitnesses that a fire broke out after the explosion
The agency said that a second explosion occurred near a pumping station in this sector adding that the army deployed in the region
This tube and subjected to six attacks since February last which led to cessation of pumping gas to Israel and Jordan
The last night of the 2627 attack in September last year Were also foiled several attacks in recent months
The Egyptian authorities have announced several times for measures to strengthen the protection of these facilities and tried to arrest the perpetrators of these attacks
Israel's imports and 43% of its needs of natural gas from Egypt which produces 40% of the power of Egyptian natural gas importer
As well as Jordan imports 80% of the needs of the Egyptian natural gas to produce electricity ie 68 million cubic meters of imported gas a day
Witnesses said they saw armed men in the place as the same source who could not say whether there were any casualties
For its part state news agency MENA quoting eyewitnesses that a fire broke out after the explosion
The agency said that a second explosion occurred near a pumping station in this sector adding that the army deployed in the region
This tube and subjected to six attacks since February last which led to cessation of pumping gas to Israel and Jordan
The last night of the 2627 attack in September last year Were also foiled several attacks in recent months
The Egyptian authorities have announced several times for measures to strengthen the protection of these facilities and tried to arrest the perpetrators of these attacks
Israel's imports and 43% of its needs of natural gas from Egypt which produces 40% of the power of Egyptian natural gas importer
As well as Jordan imports 80% of the needs of the Egyptian natural gas to produce electricity ie 68 million cubic meters of imported gas a day