The pipe that carries gas from Egypt, Israel invaded the sixth time in less than a year.Three men shot at the pumping station going north of Sinai on Tuesday morning, according to reports. The tube then exploded.
The tube also serves as Jordan. At present it is unknown what the impact of the explosion is a gas deliveries to Israel and Jordan.
Egypt provides Israel with over 40 percent of its natural gas needed to generate electricity.
The first attack came on the tube in February during the revolts against the deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The final blow came in July, when the men passed the guards with machine guns and blew the Sinai resort.
Gas sales to Israel has been unpopular in the Egyptian street since the opening of the pipeline in 2008. Mubarak has been accused of giving Israel a gas deal darling, when Egypt lost more than 714 million U.S. dollars on the face
