Trump Condemns Israeli Strike on South Pars Gas Field, Warns Iran of Massive U.S. Retaliation if Qatar Is Hit Again

President Donald Trump sharply criticized Israel’s overnight strike on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field and issued a stern warning to Tehran following Iran’s retaliatory attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City.

In a Truth Social post on March 19, 2026, Trump stated that Israel “has violently lashed out at a major facility known as the South Pars Gas Field in Iran.” He emphasized that the United States “knew nothing about this particular attack” and that Qatar “was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.”

South Pars, the world’s largest natural gas field shared between Iran and Qatar, supplies critical energy exports to both nations. Israel struck a relatively small section of the Iranian portion.

Iran responded by launching missiles at Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG facility — the world’s largest liquefied natural gas export terminal — causing extensive damage but no reported casualties.

Trump declared that Israel would make “NO MORE ATTACKS” on South Pars unless Iran escalates by striking Qatar again. He warned: “In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will 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.”

Trump added that he does not want to authorize such destruction “because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran,” but said he would not hesitate if Qatar’s LNG facilities are attacked again.

The exchange marks a new escalation in the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran that began February 28. No immediate responses were issued by Israeli or Iranian officials.

Oil and natural gas prices rose sharply following the developments.