Israel and Iran launched new attacks on each other during the night until Sunday, fanning the fears of a broader conflict after Israel expanded its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike in the world’s largest gas field.
Israel launched an aerial offensive against Iran on Friday, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a declared attempt to stop Tehran to build an atomic weapon, which the latter has constantly denied, saying that its uranium enrichment program is for civil purposes.
A day after Israel eliminated the upper level of Iran’s military command, he hit Iran’s oil and gas industry for the first time. They will then partially suspend the production of gas at the South Pars Gass Gass, which he shares with Qatar.
Netanyahu said that Israel’s attacks had delayed Iran’s nuclear program “possibly for years” and rejected international restriction calls.
Tehran canceled the nuclear conversations that Washington had said that they were the only way to stop Israel’s bombardment, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the attacks were nothing compared to what I would see in the coming days.
The last wave of Iranian attacks began shortly after 11 pm on Saturday (1 AM PKT on Sunday), when the sirens of air attacks in Jerusalem and Haifa sounded, sending about one million people to bomb shelters.
Around 2:30 am local time (4:30 am PKT), the Israeli army warned of another flood of incoming missiles and urged residents to seek refuge.
The explosions echoed through Tel Aviv and Jerusalem when the missiles were scratched in the heavens, since interceptor rockets were thrown in response. The military raised their refuge warning in the place almost an hour after issuing the warning.
The ambulance service said that at least seven people were killed during the night, including a 10 -year -old boy and a woman of about 20 years, and more than 140 were injured in multiple attacks.
Search and rescue workers reviewed the debris of residential buildings destroyed in multiple strikes, using flashlights and dogs to search for survivors.
Israeli media said at least 35 people were missing after a hit of Bat Yam Hit, a city south of Tel Aviv. A spokesman for emergency services said a missile hit an eight -story building there and, although many people were rescued, there were deaths.
It was not clear how many buildings were beaten during the night.
Until now, at least nine people in Israel have been killed and more than 300 wounds since Iran launched their retaliation attacks on Friday.
In Iran, almost 140 people have been killed since Friday, with 78 the first day of the Israel campaign, and notes more in the second, including 60 when a missile knocked down a 14 -story apartments block in Tehran, where 29 of the dead were children.
Shahran’s oil deposit in Tehran was attacked in an Israeli attack, Iran said, but added that the situation was under control.
A fire had exploded after an Israeli attack against an oil refinery near the capital, while Israeli attacks also attacked the building of the Ministry of Defense of Iran, causing minor damage, the semi-official. Tasnim The news agency said.
Iran’s revolutionary guards said that the Iranian missiles and drones went to the Energy Infrastructure and Israel facilities for the production of fuel for combat airplanes. Elite’s force warned that Tehran attacks will be “heavier and more extensive” if Israel continues its hostilities.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, had warned Iran of worse to come, but said it was not too late to stop the Israeli campaign if Tehran accepted a strong decrease in its nuclear program.
A round of nuclear conversations from the United States.
Gas field attack
In the first apparent attack to hit Iran’s energy infrastructure, the official semi Tasnim The news agency said Iran partially suspended production in the world’s largest gas field after an Israeli strike caused a fire there on Saturday.
The South Pars Field is located on the high seas in the province of southern Bushehr in Iran and is responsible for the participation of the lion in the production of gas in Iran, the third largest gas producer in the world after the United States and Russia.
The strike caused a fire, which has been extinguished, the Iranian oil ministry said. The fire exploded in one of the four units of Phase 14 of South Pars, stopping the production of 12 million cubic meters of gas, Tasnim saying.
Iran produces around 275 billion cubic meters (BCM) of gas per year or about 6.5pc of global gas production, and consumes it nationwide since it cannot export gas due to sanctions.
Iran shares the field with Qatar, which calls the Field North field. Qatar produces 77 million tons of liquefied gas in the field with the help of world specialties such as Exxon and Shell and supplies the gas to Europe and Asia.
The fears of possible interruptions in oil exports in the region had already increased oil prices from 9 percent on Friday, despite the fact that Israel saved oil and Iran’s gas the first day of its attacks.
An Iranian general, Esmail Kosari, said on Saturday that Tehran was checking whether to close the hormuk narrow, controlling access to the gulf for oil tankers.
With Israel saying that his operation could last weeks, and Netanyahu urges the people of Iran to face their rulers, fears have grown in a regional conflagration that crawls into external powers.
B WTEM, an Israeli human rights organization, said on Saturday that, instead of exhausting all the possibilities for a diplomatic resolution, the Israel government had chosen to start a war that endangers the entire region.
Tehran warned of Israel’s allies that their military bases in the region would also be criticized if they helped demolish Iranian missiles.
Israel sees Iran’s nuclear program as a threat to its existence, and said the bombing was designed to avoid the latest steps for the production of a nuclear weapon.
Tehran insists that the program is completely civil and does not look for an atomic bomb. However, the UN nuclear control agency reported this week that violated the obligations under the global non -proliferation treaty.
