Axios: The US expresses dissatisfaction with Israel's strike on Iran's fuel infrastructure
US officials said, "The president didn't like this attack. He wants to keep the oil, not have it burned. This will also remind people that gas prices will be higher."
US officials said that the attack on 30 fuel depots on March 7 marked the first serious disagreement between the US and Israel since the operation began.
Washington is concerned that such strikes could be strategically detrimental to itself, as the attacked facilities also serve civilians. The US believes this could unite Iranian society around the government while pushing up global oil prices.
However, both US and Israeli sources said that the Israeli military had informed the US of the attack plan beforehand. But a US official said Washington was surprised by the scale of the operation.
A senior US official said, "We don't think this was a good idea."
Israeli sources revealed that the US reaction to the attack was: "What the hell?"
In addition, US officials are worried that images of the fuel depot fires could scare the oil market and lead to further increases in energy prices.
A Trump advisor told Axios, "The president didn't like this attack. He wants to keep the oil, not have it burned. This will also remind people that gas prices will be higher."
The Israeli side said that Iran's fuel depots serve both civilian and military purposes. An Israeli military official said that one of the purposes of the strike was to send a message to Tehran to stop attacking civilian infrastructure.
It is expected that the two allies, the US and Israel, will discuss this disagreement and subsequent war strategies at a high-level political level.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1859142771188812/
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