(NEWS) Israel Gas Pipeline Threatened; Egypt Beefs Up Security

"Egyptian authorities tighten security around pipeline supplying gas to Israel after Sinai Bedouins threaten to attack it; Egypt provides about third of Jewish State's natural gas.

Egyptian police beefed up security around a Sinai Peninsula pipeline that supplies Israel with natural gas after a group of wanted Bedouins threatened to sabotage it, security officials said on Monday.

The Bedouin group, which consists of at least a dozen armed fugitives, has clashed with police since its leader Salim Lafi escaped from a prison truck in an ambush that killed a policeman in February."