Iran War Latest: Conflict will End ‘A Lot Faster than People Think’, says Netanyahu

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested the Iran war will end “a lot faster than people think”, as he defended strikes on an Iranian gas field. Donald Trump, meanwhile, says he won’t put boots on the ground in Iran. Follow the latest.

Iran war, day 21 – what you need to know as energy prices surge

We’re updating this post as developments happen.

• Oil and gas prices have surged after strikes on facilities in Iran and Qatar at the world’s largest natural gas field;
• As a result, the UK could be set for a surge in inflation and multiple interest rate hikes;
• The latest energy price surge started when Israel attacked Iranian facilities in Iran’s section of the South Pars field. Iran then retaliated at Qatari sites;
• Donald Trump has threatened to “massively blow up” Iran’s major gas field if Tehran attacks Qatar again;
• The US president also said he won’t be putting troops anywhere, adding “if I was I wouldn’t tell you”;
• Qatar has said its energy exports could take years to recover, just because of the attacks so far;
• Trump also criticised Israel’s attack, and claimed the US had no knowledge of Israel’s plan to strike at Iranian gas facilities;
• Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel acted alone on the attack, and said that the war will end “a lot faster than people think”;
• Iran’s military has threatened the “complete destruction” of the energy infrastructure of the US and its allies if its energy facilities are targeted again;
• Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran overnight, while several other Gulf nations – including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain – intercepted missiles;
• The killing of Iran’s supreme leader will “destroy global legal norms”, says the country’s president;
• The UK and five other nations say they are “ready to contribute” to ensuring safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz;
• The FBI has seized four website domains it says were used by an Iran-based hacking group;
• Israel has moved to eliminate Iranian leaders, with intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib being killed on Wednesday – a few hours after Iranian state media confirmed the deaths of Iran’s powerful security chief Ali Larijani and the head of the IRGC’s Basij paramilitary force. Iran’s new supreme leader vowed Larijani’s killers will “pay”.

Source: Sky News