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The “first major disagreement” between the United States and Israel over the Iran war came over Israel’s attacks on 30 Iranian oil facilities, Axios reported on Sunday.
reporter Barak Ravid and Mark Caputo wrote that the attack “far exceeded Israel’s expectations when it notified the United States in advance.”
The Axios report cited “a U.S. official, an Israeli official and a person familiar with the matter.”
Israel attacked oil facilities on Saturday night, “shooting huge fireballs and smoke into the air and blasts that rocked Tehran and the neighboring city of Karaj,” as evidenced by viral social media video, “Verified” New York Times” in this media report.
The Axios report continued, “The United States is concerned that Israeli attacks on infrastructure that serve ordinary Iranians could backfire strategically, mobilizing Iranian society behind the regime and driving up oil prices.”
The IDF claimed in a statement that the fuel depots were “used by the Iranian regime to supply fuel to various consumers, including its military establishment.” Axios quoted an Israeli military official as saying, “Part of the purpose of this attack is to tell Iran to stop targeting Israeli civilian infrastructure.”
A senior U.S. official told Axios, “We don’t think it’s a good idea,” while “an Israeli official said the U.S. message to Israel is ‘WTF'”.
Neither the White House nor the Israel Defense Forces commented on Axios’ report.
However, a Trump adviser told the outlet, “The president doesn’t like the attack. He wants to save the oil. He doesn’t want to burn the oil. And it reminds people of higher gas prices.”
The attack caused “petroleum-filled rain” to fall from the sky in Tehran, CNN’s senior international correspondent reported Frederick Platgen.
“This is what Tehran woke up to this morning, with thick dark clouds covering the city,” Pletgen reported. “It was also raining, but you could see that the rain was actually black. [It’s] It looks saturated with oil. “
political trends Colin Ruger A video was released showing “black rain pouring down on Tehran, Iran, following an Israeli attack on oil facilities on Saturday night”.
“‘I want to show you something…’ says CNN’s @fpleitgenCNN,” Large wrote, adding, “It’s a white car…the rain is actually obviously soaked in oil. You can see on my finger that it’s completely black, which is what’s been raining most of this morning.”
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