<div id="readability-page-1">JERUSALEM, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Israel has approved a deal that will supply natural gas to Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, describing it as the country's &#34;largest ever&#34; gas deal. Israel signed the export agreement in August, to supply up to $35 billion of gas to Egypt from the Leviathan natural gas field. &#34;I have today approved the largest gas deal in Israel's history. The deal is for 112 billion shekels ($34.67 billion),&#34; Netanyahu said in a televised statement. &#34;This deal with the American Chevron company, with Israeli partners, will supply gas to Egypt.&#34; He added that the deal, which had been held up over some outstanding issues, would help secure stability in the region. It should ease an energy crisis in Egypt, which has spent billions of dollars on importing liquefied natural gas since its own supplies fell short of demand. Egypt's production began declining in 2022, forcing it to abandon its ambitions to become a regional supply hub. It has increasingly turned to Israel to make up the shortfall. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; editing by Mark Heinrich, Kirsten Donovan)</div>

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以色列已批准與埃及達成價值 346.7 億美元的天然氣協議，標誌着其歷史上最大的天然氣協議。該協議涉及從利維坦油田向埃及供應天然氣，由雪佛龍和以色列合作伙伴促成。此協議旨在穩定該地區並解決埃及的能源危機，因為埃及在 2022 年的生產下降，導致對以色列天然氣的依賴增加

內塔尼亞胡表示，以色列已批准與埃及的天然氣協議