Israel Shrugs Off Trump’s Rebuke Over Attack on Iran Gas Field

A natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field in Asaluyeh, Iran in 2019. 

Photographer: Vahid Salemi/AP Photo

Israeli officials are riding out a rare public rebuke from US President Donald Trump over the handling of the Iran war, a break from previously tight military coordination between the two allies.

After an Israeli airstrike on Iran’s giant South Pars gas field on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic retaliated by stepping up attacks against energy assets across Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.