Israel’s strike against Iran’s South Pars gas field was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration, the American news website Axios reported, citing two senior Israeli officials.
The report says a US defence official also confirmed the claim.
The offshore gas field in the Persian Gulf, which Iran shares with Qatar, is the largest such facility in the world. Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman, Majed Al Ansari, described the targeting of the field — an extension of Qatar’s North Field — as a “dangerous and irresponsible step”.
Iran said on Wednesday that airstrikes had hit the infrastructure of the vast South Pars offshore gas field, the largest attack on Iran’s energy production since the war began nearly three weeks ago, which could worsen the country’s already severe domeAn Israeli airstrike killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, on Wednesday, continuing Israel’s systematic targeting of high-ranking officials that has decimated the upper ranks of the government in Tehran. The Israeli military said in a statement that Mr. Khatib’s ministry had overseen espionage and covert operations against Iranians as well as Israeli and American targets across the world.
More than 960 people have now been killed in Lebanon and at least 2,400 others wounded in the two weeks since war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. At least 110 children are among the dead, the ministry said.
The Senate intelligence hearing has concluded. Perhaps the newsiest comment was from Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, who said at the hearing’s outset that while the Iranian leadership has been “largely degraded” by U.S. and Israeli attacks, the government still “appears to be intact.” Gabbard said that overall Iran’s military protection has been destroyed, weakening Iran’s strategic position
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