President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Israel will not conduct further strikes on Iran's South Pars natural gas field, aiming to curb escalation after Iranian attacks on regional energy infrastructure.

In a Truth Social post early Thursday, Trump stated, "NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL about this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar." He warned that if Iran targets Qatar again, the United States would "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."

The directive came after Israel struck a section of the South Pars field on Wednesday, prompting Iran to launch retaliatory strikes on Thursday on Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG facility, Saudi Arabia's SAMREF refinery in Yanbu, the UAE's Habshan gas facility, a Kuwaiti oil refinery, and other sites. Qatar's facility sustained significant damage, including fires, potentially reducing exports by 17% and costing $20 billion in annual revenue, with repairs possibly taking five years.

Trump claimed the U.S. had no prior knowledge of Israel's action, though Israeli officials said coordination occurred. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel "acted alone" in the strike and confirmed it would heed Trump's call to refrain from further attacks on the field.

The incident is part of the 2026 Iran war, which began February 28 with U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and targeting nuclear and military sites. U.S. Operation Epic Fury and Israel's Operation Roaring Lion have degraded Iran's air defenses, navy, air force, and missile capabilities, killing over 1,300 in Iran, including top leaders. Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, U.S. bases, and Gulf states, closing the Strait of Hormuz and disrupting 20% of global oil supply.

Casualties exceed 2,200 across the region, with Iranian reports of over 18,000 civilians injured and 204 children killed. At least 13 U.S. service members have died.

The energy strikes have spiked Brent crude above $119 per barrel and doubled European natural gas prices. Trump, meeting Japan's prime minister, reiterated that no U.S. ground troops would deploy and predicted the conflict would end soon. Gulf nations condemned Iran's actions at a U.N. Security Council meeting, urging a halt.

Netanyahu said Iran's defenses are "useless" and expressed hope for regime change, while Iran vows continued retaliation.