Israel did inform the U.S. that it was planning to strike South Pars, a major gas field in Iran, a U.S. official familiar with the information told NBC News, contradicting Trump’s claim that the U.S. “knew nothing” about it. 

The U.S. and Israel have been coordinating strikes and targets, especially strategically significant ones, the U.S. official said.

The attack on South Pars, the Iranian side of a natural gas field it shares with Qatar that is the world’s largest, is a major blow to Iran, which relies on it for about 80% of its domestic needs. Iran quickly retaliated by striking energy sites in neighboring Gulf states, including a critical natural gas facility in Qatar.

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In a social media post, Trump said the U.S. “knew nothing about” the attack before it happened. He said South Pars would not be attacked again unless Iran continues to strike energy facilities in Qatar, in which case the U.S. “will massively blow up the entirety” of the gas field.

Earlier, a senior official close to Qatar’s leaders also told NBC News that Trump’s assertion that the U.S. “knew nothing” about the impending attack was not true. Qatar is livid with Iran but also the U.S. and Israel, the official said, because a war that was partly justified as necessary to protect international flows of oil and gas is now setting Qatar’s vital infrastructure ablaze.

Asked for comment, the White House pointed to Trump’s post on Truth Social.