- part of the world's largest natural gas field. Tehran retaliated by striking an energy complex in Qatar, causing "extensive damage" and leading to a spike in energy prices. While Israel has not officially confirmed its attack on the gas field, the US president said the US "knew nothing" about its ally, which had "violently lashed out" at Iran "out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East". Conflict across the region continues after the US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February. Tehran has responded by launching attacks on Israel and US-allied states in the Gulf. Israel is also fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where more than a million people have been displaced. Oil prices leapt to nearly $110 (£83) a barrel after Israel's attack on the South Pars site, which is located offshore between Iran and Qatar. Following the Israeli attack, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of "consequences beyond control, the scope of which would engulf the entire world". Verified images of the strike showed smoke rising from at least two impacts. Iran retaliated by striking Qatar's Ras Laffan site on Wednesday and early on Thursday. Ras Laffan is an industrial area that contains the world's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility. Following the first attack, state-owned petroleum company, QatarEnergy, said "extensive damage" had been caused to the site, but all personnel were accounted for. After the site was hit for a second time, Qatar's interior ministry said all fires at the energy facility had been brought under control without any reported injuries. (BBC)