Supplies of natural gas from Egypt to Israel, which were halted on November 10 after saboteurs blew up a Sinai pipeline, have resumed, a shareholder in the consortium that exports the gas to Israel said on Sunday.
Ampal-American Israel Corp said "it was advised by East Mediterranean Gas Co, in which Ampal has a 12.5 percent interest, that gas supply to EMG, and subsequently to EMG's Israeli customers, which was interrupted on November 10, 2011, has resumed yesterday".
Saboteurs blew up the Sinai pipeline in the sixth such attack since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. Pumping had only resumed on October 24 after repairs from a previous attack.
Egypt's 20-year gas deal with Israel, signed in the Mubarak era, is unpopular with the Egyptian public, with critics arguing that the Jewish state was not paying enough for the gas. An EMG board member said in July that shareholders in the firm were pursuing legal claims against Egypt for $8 billion in damages from contract violations in gas supplies.