It was part of a wider effort to prepare for a scenario where a war could lead Russia to cut natural gas supply to Europe.
The platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. officials wanted to check the possibility that Israel could deliver more natural gas to Egypt in order to process it there to liquid natural gas and ship it to Europe, the Israeli official said.
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