Tel Aviv, March 20 -- After the emergence of conflicting accounts regarding whether Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu coordinated with US President Donald Trump ahead of Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars gas field, Netanyahu said Israel acted independently.
"Fact number one, Israel acted alone against the Asaluyeh gas compound," he said. "Fact number two, President Trump asked us to hold off on future attacks, and we're holding off."Trump had earlier said the strike was not coordinated with Washington and indicated Israel would avoid further attacks on Iranian gas infrastructure, while warning the US could intervene if Iran continued targeting Gulf energy sites.
He later said he had personally instructed Netanyahu not to hit oil and g...