Trump says Israel will stop attacking Iranian gas field, but US will attack it if Iran strikes Qatar

President Trump said that Israel will stop attacking an Iranian gas field, but that the U.S. will attack it if Iran strikes Qatar again.

"Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit," Trump posted on Truth Social late Wednesday. "The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.

"Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar - In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before," he continued.

"I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP."

Trump's comments followed the Israel Defense Forces striking the gas field the prior day, the Times of Israel reported.

In response to the Israeli strike, Iran attacked targets across the Gulf states, including a Qatari gas hub, and oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.

Following the strikes on the Gulf states, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that additional attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure would result in “uncontrollable repercussions whose effects extend to engulf the entire world.”

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that if attacks on Iran’s energy sites continue, then attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure “will not stop until it is completely destroyed.”