Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s leader, confirmed that there will be no more attacks on Iran’s energy sites because U.S. President Donald Trump requested it.
On 19 Mar 2026 GMT+7, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, issued a statement saying Israel acted "alone" in attacking a processing station linked to Iran’s South Pars gas field, part of the world’s largest natural gas reserve, last Wednesday.
Netanyahu added that U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel to refrain from attacking Iran’s critical energy sites, and he would comply with that request.
"President Trump asked us to delay future attacks, and we are following that," Netanyahu said during a press conference on Thursday night.
Earlier, Donald Trump said in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that he had spoken with Netanyahu and ordered him to stop attacking Iran’s oil and gas production facilities.
"I told him, ‘Don’t do that,’" Trump said. "And he won’t do that."
The attack on the South Pars gas field represents a significant escalation of the conflict, as both the U.S. and Israel had previously avoided direct strikes on Iran’s oil and gas production sites.
In retaliation, Iran attacked major energy facilities in several neighboring Gulf countries, including the Ras Laffan energy complex, which Qatar reported suffered severe damage, causing energy prices to spike sharply. Analysts warn that the damage at Ras Laffan could lead to a prolonged global gas shortage.
Netanyahu’s statement comes as Israel continues operations targeting sites linked to Iran amid rising concerns about the war’s expansion and its effects on the global energy market.
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Source: CNN