US-Israel-Iran War News Live: Trump and Netanyahu split on gas field attack, US Prez says ‘I told him, don't do that…’

US-Israel-Iran War News Live: A clear divergence has emerged between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s strike on a key Iranian gas field, marking their most significant disagreement since the 20-day conflict with Iran began, as reported by AP.

Israel’s attack on the South Pars gas field triggered Iranian retaliation against energy facilities across the Middle East, pushing already high global energy prices even higher. The escalation also prompted Gulf allies to urge Trump to restrain Netanyahu.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and the United States were “winning” the war against Iran, claiming the country was “decimated” and had lost key military capabilities, as reported by AFP.

“We are winning and Iran is being decimated,” he said.

Netanyahu also asserted, “Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium and manufacture ballistic missiles,” adding that Israel was targeting “the industries that make it possible to build missiles.”

On coordination with U.S. President Donald Trump, he remarked, “I don’t think any two leaders have been as coordinated as President Trump and I. He’s the leader. I’m, you know, his ally.”

Rejecting claims that he had influenced Trump’s involvement, Netanyahu said, “Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?” and added, “He didn’t need any convincing.”

Trump says Israel will not carry further attacks

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Israel not to carry out further attacks on Iran’s natural gas infrastructure, as retaliatory strikes on energy facilities drove global prices sharply higher and intensified the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.

But he said he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to repeat the attack on energy infrastructure. "I told him, 'Don't do that', and he won't do that," he told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, AFP reported.

Trump’s remarks came as energy markets surged following Iran’s retaliation to an Israeli strike on a major gas field. Tehran targeted Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, responsible for roughly one-fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas, causing significant damage expected to take years to repair.

At the same time, Saudi Arabia’s key Red Sea port, which had been used to reroute exports amid Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, was also struck.

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