Israel Escalates Iran Conflict, Striking World's Largest Gas Field: Reports
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Israel has reportedly escalated its ongoing conflict with Iran, striking the world's largest gas field and other energy infrastructure as part of a two-day assault that had otherwise largely targeted sites and personnel tied to the Islamic Republic's armed forces and nuclear program.
Iranian semi-official media outlets, including Tasnim News Agency and Fars News Agency, reported on Saturday that an Israeli drone struck Iran's South Pars Gas Field, which is shared with Qatar, where it is known as the North Dome Gas Field. The attack was said to have targeted Phase 14 refineries of the Iranian section, with at least one unit reportedly on fire, leading to a suspension in operations.
Footage circulating on news channels and social media appeared to show flames and smoke rising from a section of the complex, which is located in the Kangan area of Iran's south coast Bushehr province.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has yet to confirm the attack. Newsweek has reached out to the IDF for comment.
Israeli officials continued to announce operations Saturday in line with what's been dubbed "Operation Rising Lion," a sweeping and unprecedented series of attacks launched late Thursday targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, military infrastructure and senior personnel, including commanders and nuclear scientists.
Vowing severe retaliation, Iran commenced a retaliatory "Operation True Promise III" on Friday and fired several waves of missiles and drones against Israel. Iran claims to have severely damaged a number of Israeli military bases, while the IDF has said the majority of incoming attacks have been intercepted.
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Amir Iravani said Friday that the Israeli strikes had thus far killed 78 people, the majority of them civilians, and injured more than 320. Among the dead are Iranian Armed Forces chief of staff Major General Mohammed Bagheri, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief Major General Hossein Salami and IRGC Aerospace Forces commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, as well as several nuclear scientists.
Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service director Eli Bin reported Friday that the toll of Iranian attacks on Israel included at least 44 wounded.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
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Danish ambassador to Israel says the Tel Aviv high-rise where he resides was hit by an Iranian rocket; he was not hurt and was helped out by Israeli first responders – 27a — i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) June 14, 2025 The IAF said it struck air defense targets in and around Tehran overnight to improve its freedom to operate in the skies over Iran. 'After an active day in which we struck hundreds of targets, including dozens of surface-to-air targets, we conducted a series of precise strikes of operational and national significance which improved our aerial superiority and our freedom of activity in Iran,' Commanding officer of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, said at a situational assessment after the strikes. 'For the first time since the beginning of the war, over 1,500 km from Israeli territory, the IAF struck defense arrays in the area of Tehran.' 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Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace unit, and his senior staff ignored a directive against congregating in one location. They held an emergency war meeting at a military base in Tehran and were killed when Israel struck the base.' By Friday evening, 'the government was just beginning to grasp the extent of damage from Israel's military campaign that began in the early hours of the day and struck at least 15 locations across Iran, including in Isfahan, Tabriz, Ilam, Lorestan, Borujerd, Qom, Arak, Urmia, Ghasre Shirin, Kermanshah, Hamedan and Shiraz,' four Iranian officials told the publication. 'Israel had taken out much of Iran's defense capability, destroying radars and air defenses; crippled its access to its arsenal of ballistic missiles; and wiped out senior figures in the military chain of command,' the Times explained. 'In addition, the aboveground part of a major nuclear enrichment plant at Natanz was severely damaged.' 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Additional reports had said that another destroyer of this type was also being repositioned for a potential forward deployment to the region if necessary. Both are designed to provide air and missile defense. The comments from the U.S. and IDF officials confirm earlier media reporting of how American assets and personnel are being used to help defend Israel against Iran. Saturday morning, The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran has launched 200 ballistic missiles and 200 drones at Israel and that the 'U.S. military is operating in the air, on land and at sea to shoot down Iranian missiles fired at Israel…' 'Before the retaliatory strikes even began, U.S. jet fighters, Navy destroyers and ground-based air-defense systems had positioned to help counter any attack,' the Journal added. In addition, U.S. Army Patriot surface-to-air missile systems and THAAD missile defense systems helped shoot down incoming Iranian ballistic missiles as well, Fox News has reported. The U.S. Army is assisting in shooting down incoming Iranian missiles with Patriot Pac-3 missiles and with Thaad, officials tell Fox's @LucasFoxNews — Liz Friden (@Liz_Friden) June 13, 2025 'The Pentagon is still waiting for a battlefield assessment to determine how many projectiles the U.S. intercepted,' U.S. officials told the Journal. 'A number of overnight impacts were reported around the Tel Aviv area, causing three deaths and property damage.' This is not the first time the U.S. has used its assets and personnel to defend Israel against Iran. During an Iranian attack on Israel in April 2024, U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles also helped swat down Iranian drones. Meanwhile, Arleigh Burke class destroyers are among the assets the U.S. military has used to defend Israel from previous Iranian attacks in the past year or so, as well as THAADs and Patriots. The U.S. Army's first combat use of the THAAD system came last December, to interdict a medium-range ballistic missile fired at Israel by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen. Amid the ongoing Israeli attacks, senior Iranian leaders appear to be fleeing the country, Netanyahu claimed. 'We have indications that senior leaders in Iran are packing their bags, they know what's coming… We knew that had we not acted, Iran would've given nukes to its terror proxies,' he said. Netanyahu: We have indications that senior leaders in Iran are packing their bags, they know what's coming… We knew that had we not acted, Iran would've given nukes to its terror proxies. — i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) June 14, 2025 While we cannot confirm that, flight trackers reported a bizarre instance of an Iranian Boeing 747 departed from Tehran today. This would appear to be a very risky move considering a major airpower is in the middle of an air campaign focused on sanitizing the airspace and air defenses. 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Incoming ballistic missiles and interceptions seen over Northern Israel. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025 Exoatmospheric and other interceptions filmed over Haifa in Northern Israel. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025 A large barrage of ballistic missiles launched by Iran come down over Northern Israel, with a number of interceptions and impacts seen near Haifa. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025 Iranian missiles on Haifa. — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 14, 2025 Situation in Haifa — Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) June 14, 2025 Reports of a direct impact from an Iranian ballistic missile on a residential neighborhood in the Arab city of Tamra to the east of Haifa, with multiple injuries, including several serious. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025 There are reports that an oil refinery in Haifa may have been hit, which is in line with Iranian threats to expand its target list to include Israel's oil and natural gas infrastructure. A fire and smoke can be seen rising from the Haifa Oil Refinery in Northern Israel, following a possible impact from a ballistic missile fired by Iran. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025 Israel's Haifa is burning. — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 14, 2025 Israel has also carried out another wave of strikes in Iran, including around Tehran. Israeli forces were reportedly in the process of carrying out their missions while the Iranian missiles were inbound. While the IDF is operating to intercept missiles launched from Iran, the IAF is currently striking military targets in Tehran. — LTC Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) June 14, 2025 Additional footage showing oil refineries and depots burning tonight in the Iranian capital of Tehran. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025 Oil depot in Tehran is burning. — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 14, 2025 NOW: hit oil depots. — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 14, 2025 Israel has also conducted a new strike against Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with military chief of staff Muhammad Al-Ghamari being the reported target. The target of the Israeli strike in Yemen was Houthi military chief of staff Muhammad Al-Ghamari, according to Israeli results of the strike are unknown, and the IDF has not yet officially commented. — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 14, 2025 Israeli media has reported that U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Israeli counterpart, Netanyahu, that he would consider using American forces to strike Iran's Fordo nuclear enrichment facility if that was what was necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Fordo is a deeply buried target that would be very challenging for Israel to reach with the conventional weapons it is known to possess. 'Trecently told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would consider striking Iran's underground Fordo nuclear facility if such a move would become necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon' a/c to @BarakRavid — Shashank Joshi (@shashj) June 14, 2025 Ground level view shows the speed of these incoming ballistics in terminal phase. — Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) June 14, 2025Israel states that F-35Is were present over Tehran for two hours today and struck multiple targets. They are clearly working their way to achieving air dominance over the entire country, including target sites in Iran's east, which could drastically expand tactical possibilities. As we noted when this started, once the IAF controls the skies, it will be very hard for Iran to regain air sovereignty of any kind. As such, reconstituting any of their nuclear or missile program will be nearly impossible as Israel will destroy them with ease from the air. In other words, this access is unlikely to be temporary and this is by design. According to the WSJ, Israel says Iran's top leadership, including Khamenei, are not off limits. Israeli official says targeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is 'not off limits'Source: WSJ — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 14, 2025 Israelis are hiding in tunnels as the incoming ballistic missile threat looms large. In Haifa, people were hiding from the bombing in a tunnelIran used at least one hypersonic missile to strike the city, according to media reports. — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 14, 2025Another barrage of ballistic missiles has impacted Israel. We appear to be seeing faster, larger, more cable TBMs mixed in with these barrages. These are harder to intercept, especially during a saturation attack. Insane footage showing the impact of an Iranian ballistic missile earlier in Tel-Aviv, Central Israel. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 15, 2025 Footage of in Iranian missile slamming right into a building in southern #TelAviv tonight as missiles fly all over #Israel for the second night in a row. — Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) June 15, 2025 Damage seen from the inside of the high-rise building struck earlier in Bat Yam, to the south of Tel-Aviv. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 15, 2025 Footage from one of the ballistic missile impact sites in Tel-Aviv, with serious damage seen to several nearby residential buildings. — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 15, 2025 Aftermath of a ballistic missile impact in is ash. — 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ︎ (@NiohBerg) June 15, 2025 The Iranian regime wants to destroy now it's trying to rain armageddon on Israeli cities to protect its nuclear weapons project. 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