Iran vows to kill Israeli PM Netanyahu as war impact widens
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Tehran vowed to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to threaten oil supplies in the Gulf.
Iran’s IRNA news agency said, “IRGC promises to track down and kill ‘child murderer’ Netanyahu if he is alive.” said in a post on Xrefers to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel, in turn, targeted key members of the Iranian leadership over the weekend.
Israel Defense Forces”eliminatedTwo senior Iranian intelligence officials from the “Hatam al-Anbiya” Emergency Command.
Late Saturday, the IDF said in a post on channel X that it had hit the main research center of the Iranian Space Agency and an air defense system production factory.
Iran continued to retaliate against targets in the region. Israeli emergency services reported a “recent missile attack” on central Israel but said there were no known injuries.
Israeli security forces check damage to vehicles following a rocket attack on Holon in the Tel Aviv District on March 15, 2026. (Photo: JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images) /
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Meanwhile, oil loading operations at the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah port resumed on Sunday after being disrupted a day earlier due to a fire caused by debris falling from a stalled drone, according to media reports.
A spokesperson for Abu Dhabi’s state oil giant ADNOC, which operates in Fujairah, referred CNBC to the Fujairah Media Office, but did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.
The ongoing war has effectively cut off energy supplies passing through the narrow Strait of Hormuz separating Iran and the UAE.
On Friday, Brent crude oil futures closed above $100 a barrel for the second consecutive day, with the global oil benchmark up more than 40% since the start of the war in Iran.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had instructed US Central Command to launch a bombing raid that would hit military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island for the first time. Trump has repeatedly called on allies to deploy warships to help the United States secure the Strait of Hormuz, while threatening more attacks on Iran’s oil export hub.
Kharg Island has become a focus of global attention as it is considered one of Iran’s most sensitive economic targets. The terminal accounts for approximately 90% of the country’s crude exports and has a loading capacity of approximately 7 million barrels per day.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on social media that his country was “ready to establish a committee with regional countries to investigate the attacked targets. Our attacks only target American bases and interests in the region.”
In a Telegram to mail “So far, we have not targeted any civilians or residential areas in the countries of the region,” Araghchi said on Sunday, adding, “Occupying Kharg Island would be a bigger mistake than attacking it.”
The impact of the war now affects important events in the Gulf region. Formula 1 announced that it canceled the Grand Prix races planned to be held in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April.
Formula 1 said, “Although alternatives are being evaluated, no changes will be made in April.” to mail In X.
