By Meridith McGraw
President Trump said he told Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack oil and gas fields in Iran. "I told them, don't do that. We didn't discuss. You know, we do--we're independent. We get along great. It's coordinated, but on occasion, he'll do something," Trump said.
"We're not doing that anymore," Trump said of attacks on energy sites.
On Wednesday, Israel struck facilities linked to Iran's South Pars gas field, triggering retaliatory strikes by Tehran on a Qatari gas facility and energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the U.S. was informed of the plan to target South Pars infrastructure ahead of time and had no issues with it, according to American and Israeli officials. Trump approved of the strike, U.S. officials said, to pressure Iran to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the Journal reported.
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