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Israel strikes Iran natural gas facility in coordination with U.S.

Barak Ravid

Thick gray smoke billows from a damaged building in a dense Beirut neighborhood at dusk as people gather in the street watching. — Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Beirut's Bachoura neighborhood on March 12, 2026, following an evacuation warning, amid a new wave of strikes on the Lebanese capital. Photo: Toufic Rmeiti/AFP via Getty Images

The Israeli Air Force struck a natural gas processing facility in southwestern Iran, two senior Israeli officials said.

Why it matters: This is the first time Israel has struck natural gas facilities in Iran, which are key to Iran's economy.

The Israeli officials said the strike was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration.
The semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that several facilities in the South Pars gas field near Bushehr were targeted. According to the report, emergency teams were on the scene and trying to extinguish the fire.

Flashback: The Trump administration objected to Israel's earlier strike on oil depots in Tehran and asked Israel not to hit energy infrastructure without U.S. approval.

What they are saying: "Remember, for all of those absolute 'fools' out there, Iran is considered, by everyone, to be the NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR. We are rapidly putting them out of business!" President Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the Israeli strike.

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