Strike on Iran gas field exposes US-Israel rift as Trump claims he did not know
US president says he told Netanyahu ‘don’t do that’ as he distances himself from attack that has angered Gulf alliesThe US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gas field angered US allies in the Gulf and...
<p>US president says he told Netanyahu ‘don’t do that’ as he distances himself from attack that has angered Gulf allies</p><p>The US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/18/iran-intelligence-minister-esmail-khatib-killed-israel-claims">an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gas field angered US allies in the Gulf </a>and prompted Donald Trump to say he knew nothing in advance about the attack – a claim that Israeli officials disputed.</p><p>Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said he had spoken to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu following the strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field – part of a reserve shared with Qatar – and had told the Israeli prime minister to refrain from further attacks that could escalate a regional war on energy infrastructure.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/israeli-strike-iranian-gas-field-trump">Continue reading...</a>
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