Trump threatens to strike world’s largest gas field if Iran attacks Qatar again

Major developments we’re following:

• The United States was informed about Israel’s plans to strike Iran’s massive South Pars natural gas field, but did not take part in it, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, would not say if the U.S. administration agreed with the Israeli decision to attack the gas field.

• Global oil prices rose on news of the Pars field attack due to fears of Iranian retaliation on Gulf energy infrastructure. Hours later, authorities in Qatar said a ballistic missile hit the country’s key natural gas site, sparking a fire that caused “extensive” damage, and Qatar ordered some Iranian Embassy officials out of the country.

• The Israeli military killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, the latest in a series of high-profile deaths of Iranian leaders that have worked to destabilize the nation’s institutions and industry. Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, warned of retaliation in a rare statement following Ali Larijani’s killing.

• The Palestinian Red Crescent said at least three people were killed in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Awa as Iran fired missiles toward Israel. At least 13 others were injured. The Israeli military told the AP that it was an Iranian missile — not shrapnel from an interception — that had hit the structure in the West Bank. Officials described it as a cluster munition that got past Israel’s air defense system. The fatalities are the first in the occupied West Bank during the Iran war.