Egypt comes under fire for signing $35bn gas import deal with Israel, with people online saying gas resources originally belonged to the Palestinians

Israel's Leviathan natural gas field has signed the largest export agreement in the country's history, worth up to $35 billion to supply gas to Egypt, NewMed , one of the partners in the field, said on Thursday.

Egypt will boost its contracted purchases of natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan field under a new agreement starting next year, deepening the country’s dependence on imports of the fuel for the long haul.