Iran vows to kill Israel's Netanyahu as impact of war on Gulf region widens
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Israel says it has killed two senior Iranian intelligence officials as oil loading reportedly resumes in the UAE's Fujairah port following a fire.
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Tehran on Sunday vowed to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran continued to threaten oil supplies in the Gulf. "IRGC vows to pursue and kill 'child-killer' Netanyahu if he is still alive," Iran's IRNA news agency said in a post on X , referring to the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israel in return targeted key members of Iran's leadership over the weekend. The Israel Defense Forces said they had " eliminated " two senior Iranian intelligence officials of the "Khatam al-Anbiya" Emergency Command. Late on Saturday, the IDF said in a post on X that it had struck the primary research center of the Iranian Space Agency and an aerial defense system production factory. Iran continued to retaliate against targets around the region. Israeli emergency services reported a "recent missile barrage" fired at central Israel, but said there were no known injuries. Israeli security forces check the damage to cars after a rocket strike in Holon, in the Tel Aviv District on March 15, 2026. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images) / Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images Meanwhile, oil-loading operations in the United Arab Emirates' port of Fujairah resumed on Sunday according to media reports, after being interrupted a day earlier due to a fire caused by falling debris from an intercepted drone. A spokesperson for Abu Dhabi's state oil giant, ADNOC, which operates in Fujairah, directed CNBC to the Fujairah Media Office, which did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment. The ongoing war has effectively choked off energy supplies moving through the narrow Strait of Hormuz which separates Iran and the UAE. On Friday, Brent crude oil futures closed above $100 per barrel for the second straight day, and the global oil benchmark has surged more than 40% since the war in Iran began. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he directed the U.S. Central Command to carry out a bombing raid, hitting military targets on Ira...
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