Egypt gas pipeline to Israel hit by explosion

Saboteurs blew up a pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan on Monday, forcing a shutdown in the flow of gas, Egyptian security sources said.

The explosion took place in the early morning at a station along the pipeline in the northern Sinai Peninsula at Bir Abd, 60 km east of the Suez Canal, the sources said. A security source said men with machine guns in a small truck forced guards at the station to leave, then planted explosive charges. (Reuters)