إيران تضرب طائرة F-35 الشبحية الأمريكية، تدمر مصفاة نفط إسرائيلية بصاروخ وتهدد بـ ‘عدم التردد صفر’ إذا تم استهداف مواقع الطاقة مرة أخرى مع ارتفاع أسعار النفط: تحديثات مباشرة

An Israeli oil refinery has been struck by a missile after it came under attack from Iran.

Israeli media outlets have shared footage of black smoke billowing from oil facilities at Bazan in the port city of Haifa.

According to reports, there have been no casualties.

Israel’s military insists there is no major damage at the site and stressed the impact was caused by debris as a result of a missile interception.

It marks the latest retaliation from Tehran after Israel bombed Iran’s South Pars gas field, the world’s biggest gas facility, yesterday.

Iran warned attacks on its energy infrastructure were a ‘big mistake’ and warned any repeat would lead to strikes on ‘your energy infrastructure and that of your allies until their complete destruction.’

An American F-35 fighter jet has been forced to make an emergency landing in the Middle East after it came under attack from Iranian fire.

The plane was taking part in combat operations over Iran when it was struck and damaged, causing the pilot to land at a nearby US air base.

Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the aircraft landed safely, and the incident is under investigation

‘The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,’ Hawkins added.

The incident marks the first time an American F-35 jet has been hit since the war began.

The US and Israel are flying F-35s across the region, which cost upwards of $100 million.

Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has boasted Iran’s retaliation to an attack on the South Pars gas field showed a ‘fraction’ of its power.

Araghchi added Tehran has held off from further attacks because of requests for de-escalation but insisted ‘zero restraint’ would be shown if other sites are attacked.

It comes after Donald Trump threatened to ‘massively blow up’ the South Pars field if Iran continues to strikes more energy facilities across the Gulf.

Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel acted alone on its attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field.

Donald Trump threatened to ‘massively blow up’ the field but claimed he was not made aware of the Israeli attacks which sparked a wave of furious retaliatory strikes by Iran on Gulf sites.

Iran vowed to show ‘zero restraint’ if its energy infrastructure comes under attack again.

Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi boasted the regime’s retaliation to the attack on the gas field only showed a ‘fraction’ of its power.

Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed it is ‘fake news’ that he dragged Donald Trump into the war with Iran.

Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, quit his role on Tuesday, accusing Israel of pressuring the US into a conflict he says was built on lies.

The Israeli PM said those suggestions were ‘ridiculous’.

He claimed the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would have aggressively pressed on with his nuclear programme, which he suggested would be used to target US cities including California and Texas.

Benjamin Netanyahu claims the Middle East has changed ‘beyond recognition’ and Iran is ‘weaker than ever’.

The Israeli Prime Minister added his country is ‘stronger than ever’.

‘We have brought our friend the US to a cooperation never seen in history,’ he said.

‘The great collaboration between myself and my good friend Trump is unprecedented.’

Netanyahu added: ‘It’ll take as much as it needs, as much as necessary’.

Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran no longer has the ability to enrich uranium following 20 days of war.

At a press conference in Jerusalem, the Israeli Prime Minister said the regime is also unable to produce ballistic missiles.

He claimed Israel has three objectives

1. To ‘completely annihilate’ Iran’s nuclear programme
2. To ‘completely annihilate’ Iran’s ballistic missile programme
3. To create conditions that allow Iranians to ‘take their fate in their own hands’

by Phillip Nieto, US Political Reporter

Iran’s military claimed a symbolic victory on Thursday as it aired footage purporting to show a US F-35 stealth fighter being struck by anti-aircraft artillery.

A black and white video shows what appears to be a US jet being hit by a missile before the footage abruptly ends. It would mark the first time an American F-35 has been successfully struck by enemy fire in combat.

US Central Command confirmed that the fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing while ‘flying a combat mission over Iran.’

‘The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,’ Captain Tim Hawkins said. It is unclear if the pilot was injured.

Less than an hour later, Donald Trump told reporters that Iran’s anti-aircraft weaponry was eliminated, adding: ‘Nobody is even shooting at us.’

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Iran for its ‘reckless’ attacks in a phone call with the leader of Qatar.

The Prime Minister said Britain will stand with the country and its Gulf allies amid ongoing Iranian attacks on gas infrastructure in the region.

Sir Keir told Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani that the attacks were ‘reckless’ and risked pushing the Middle East ‘further into crisis and worsening the severe economic impacts being felt globally’, a Downing Street spokesperson said.

‘The leaders agreed that the immediate priority must be de-escalation and that they would stay in close touch in the coming days and weeks,’ they added.

Smoke has billowed above an oil refinery in the Israel city of Haifa after an Iranian attack.

But the strike, which hit Israel’s Oil ​Refineries in the northern port city, did not cause ‘significant damage’, Israel’s Energy Ministry claimed.

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said power was briefly disrupted, with electricity restored to ​most of those who were affected.

Donald Trump has said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop attacking Iranian oil fields.

The President insisted he was not made aware of an attack on the South Pars gas field yesterday which sparked a series of retaliatory attacks on Gulf energy sites.

Trump insisted no further attacks will take place on Iranian energy infrastructure but warned the US will ‘massively blow up’ South Pars if the attacks on Gulf allies continue from Tehran.

Earlier Israeli officials told Reuters the attack on Iran’s gas field was co-ordinated with the United States.

Donald Trump made a joke about Pearl Harbor in the White House, declaring ‘who knows better about surprises than Japan?’

Trump made the quip after he was asked why US allies were not informed before the launch of Operation Epic Fury on February 28.

Watch the exchange below: