(AFP) - The Islamic State terror group said on Monday it blew up a gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula, claiming in a statement posted on its Telegram chat groups that "caliphate soldiers targeted... the natural gas line linking the Jews and the apostate Egyptian government".
Security sources earlier said the pipeline hit was a domestic one that connects to a power station in El-Arish, powering homes and factories in central Sinai. Some media reports in Egypt and Israel had said the section of pipeline was part of Israel's Leviathan offshore field that connects the two countries -- claims denied to AFP by the Leviathan consortium.