Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure

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Key details reported by multiple sources:

• Israel bombed Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field, the largest natural gas field in the world, shared with Qatar (ABC, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran retaliated by launching strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas complex, causing extensive damage and knocking out about 17% (or 12.8m tons/year) of its LNG export capacity (ABC, Guardian, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• QatarEnergy estimated $20 billion in damage to Ras Laffan and repairs could take three to five years (ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that Saudi Arabia’s Samref refinery (Yanbu), UAE’s al-Hosn gasfield, and Qatar’s Mesaieed petrochemical complex were ‘direct and legitimate targets’ (Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran’s strikes also hit Saudi Arabia’s Samref refinery (near Yanbu), Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries, and UAE’s Habshan gas processing facility (Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Brent crude oil prices spiked to around $110–$119 per barrel following the strikes (ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran and Qatar jointly control the South Pars/North Dome gas field, with Iran operating about a third of it (ABC, Guardian, Guardian).
• US President Donald Trump claimed he knew nothing about the South Pars attack in advance, but Israeli officials disputed this, stating the US was informed (Guardian, ABC, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, Guardian).
• Trump later said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack South Pars again, and Israel confirmed it would not repeat the strike (Guardian, ABC, Guardian, ABC).
• Iran’s state media identified the South Pars gas field as part of the world’s largest natural gas reserves, shared with Qatar’s North Field (Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran’s attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure followed a warning of ‘zero restraint’ if its infrastructure was targeted again (Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed due to Iranian threats, disrupting about 20% of global oil supply (ABC).
• European gas prices jumped by up to 24% and Brent crude by 3.3% on the day of the strikes (Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran’s South Pars gas field is the foundation of Iran’s energy supply, generating about 80% of its electricity (ABC).
• Iran has not enriched uranium since Israel’s 2025 attack on its nuclear infrastructure (Guardian).
• Iran’s Majnoon oilfield in Iraq and UAE’s Fujairah port were also targeted by Iranian drones and missiles (Guardian).