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Netanyahu says Israel acted alone on South Pars and will hold off at Trump's request
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At his first in-person news conference of the war, Netanyahu said Israel alone struck the Asaluyeh gas complex and was holding off further attacks on the South Pars field because Trump asked it to. He also claimed Iran could no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles.
Why it matters
The pause took the South Pars-Ras Laffan tit-for-tat off the table for now, but exposed a public gap between Washington and Israel on striking Iran's energy economy.
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