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#Iran said Wednesday airstrikes had hit the infrastructure of the vast offshore #SouthParsGasField, the largest attack on Iran’s #energy production since the #war began 3 weeks ago.

#Oil & natural #gas prices spiked following reports of the strikes, which hit oil & #petrochemical facilities in the southern city of #Asaluyeh, Iran said. Gas from the #SouthPars field, under the #PersianGulf, is pumped to Asaluyeh for processing.

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Iran War Live Updates: Oil Spikes After Energy Site Strikes; Attack Kills 3 in West Bank

Several others were injured in the Iranian attack that was the first to kill Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the war began. Residents in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran describe lives gripped by fear and anger.

The New York Times
Mar 18 at 3:21pmWeb
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The global benchmark crude #oil approached $110 a barrel.

#Qatar, which shares the expansive offshore field with #Iran, blamed #Israel for the strikes & warned that targeting joint #energy #infrastructure was a “dangerous & irresponsible step” that could put global energy security at risk. Israel previously struck the #SouthPars field during its war with Iran last year.

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Earlier on Wednesday, #Iran intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, becoming the latest high-ranking Iranian official #assassinated in the #war. The Israeli military said in a statement that Khatib’s ministry had overseen espionage & covert operations against Iranians as well as #Israel & #US targets across the world.

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His death came a day after an Israeli strike killed the head of Iran’s National Security Council & the country’s de facto leader, #AliLarijani, whose funeral Wednesday drew large crowds in Tehran. State media showed his coffin draped in the Iranian flag & surrounded by mourners who chanted, “Death to America,” & “Death to Israel.”

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Also Wednesday, the Israeli military intensified its attacks on #Lebanon with strikes in #Beirut & other major cities, towns & villages. Several #Israel strikes hit central Beirut, away from the #Hezbollah stronghold south of the capital — adding to fears that areas of the capital once considered safe are in danger.

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Israel’s strikes came at times without warning. An unannounced Israeli attack on the central Zuqaq al-Blat & Basta areas of #Beirut early Wednesday killed at least 10 people & injured 27 others, according to the #Lebanon health ministry. Another building in Zuqaq al-Blat was struck later without a warning, igniting a fire on its upper floors.

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