Donald Trump threatened to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gasfield after Israeli strikes on the Iranian site prompted Tehran to step up attacks on energy facilities across the Middle East. Israel’s decision to target the South Pars gasfield on Wednesday marked a major escalation of the war, heightening fears of significant disruption to international energy supplies. Large fire at South Pars gasfield after Israeli strikeThe US “knew nothing” of the Israeli attack on South Pars, Trump claimed on social media on Wednesday night. A spokesperson for the Qatari foreign ministry described the Israeli attack on South Pars as “dangerous” and “irresponsible”, urging all sides not to target energy facilities. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, spoke with Trump and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, emir of Qatar, after Wednesday’s strikes on gas facilities.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2026 13:42 UTC