(Egypt Independent-Al Masry Al-Youm) The Egyptian military on Thursday countered an attack on a natural gas facility in northern Sinai located 10 km south of el-Arish. Masked men in two vehicles approached the facility and attempted to plant explosives, but found the armed forces and local guards lying in wait. After repairing damage to the pipelines caused by a series of bombings, Egypt resumed pumping eight days ago to consumers in Israel and Jordan.
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