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An explosion erupts from a building following an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Israel would make no more attacks on Iran’s major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again the U.S. would retaliate and “massively blow up the entirety” of the field. An AP source says the U.S. was informed of Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field but did not take part. U.S. and Israeli strikes are taking place across Iran on Wednesday while Israeli forces are attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, displacing over a million people. Iran has targeted Gulf energy facilities and made the Strait of Hormuz nearly impassable. Oil jumped more than 5% to above $108 a barrel.
Iran intensified its attacks on Gulf oil and gas infrastructure Thursday in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, dramatically raising the stakes in a war that's sending shock waves through the global economy. Fuel prices soared around the world. President Donald Trump warned that if Iran continues striking its neighbors’ energy infrastructure, the U.S. would retaliate and “massively blow up the entirety” of its gas field. A senior administration official told the AP that the Pentagon asked the White House for another $200 billion as the war shows no signs of ending soon.
