Students wave Palestinian and Egyptian flags by Cairo's Israeli embassy, on April 27, to protest Egypt's gas exports to the state.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- A Mubarak-era gas deal between Egypt and Israel is causing controversy
- It has become a touchstone for anti-Israeli sentiment in the new Egypt
- Attacks on the al Sabil gas terminal are keeping it in the spotlight
- Investigators checking if Mubarak allies illegally profited from the deal
(CNN) -- Flames shot into the sky in the northern Sinai desert, close to Egypt's border with Israel. It was the second attack this year on the al-Sabil gas terminal - and the third attempt to sabotage a network of pipelines that supplies Israel with natural gas.
It's not clear who carried out the attack on April 27 - but it once more drew attention to a controversial deal to supply natural gas to Israel - a deal that allegedly involved the ousted President, Hosni Mubarak, his family and close associates..
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