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Oil prices surge 9% on heels of Israeli strikes, set for largest single-day gains in about five years
-Israel launched a “targeted military operation” against Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address.
Crude oil futures jumped as much as 13% Thursday evening after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran without U.S. support.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate
was last up 9.66% at $74.64 per barrel, while global benchmark Brent
surged 9.27% to $75.79 per barrel, setting them on course for the largest single-day gains since 2020.
Israel launched a “targeted military operation” against Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address. Israel hit Iran’s main enrichment site at Natanz, its leading nuclear scientists, and struck the heart of its ballistic missile program, Netanyahu said.
“This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat,” Netanyahu said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear that Israel had taken “unilateral action against Iran” without U.S. support. Rubio warned Iran against targeting U.S. interests.
“We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Rubio said in a statement. “Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense.”
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a special state of emergency in Israel in anticipation of Iran launching a missile and drone attack in retaliation.
Iranian state media also reported that Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps [IRGC] was killed in the strikes.
Oil markets are now concerned that Iran will retaliate by attacking either Israeli or American targets, leading to a major military escalation and a potential oil supply disruption, said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates.
“Iran knows full well that President Donald Trump is focused on lower energy prices,” Lipow told CNBC, adding that actions by Iran affecting Middle Eastern oil supplies and consequently raising gasoline and diesel prices for Americans are politically damaging to the U.S. president.
The oil markets have largely been shrugging off geopolitical risks for the last year, so these recent developments are a “wake-up call” that these risks are more “tangible and imminent” than many expect, said Saul Kavonic, head of energy research at MST Marquee.
“But the attacks will see some form of retaliation, which could easily - even if unintentionally - spiral out of control,” said Kavonic, who cautioned that Thursday’s airstrikes may also embolden hardline elements in Iran that see further escalation become more likely.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/oil-prices-surge-after-israel-launches-airstrikes-against-iran.html
Key uranium enrichment site in Natanz ‘hit several times,’ Iranian state media says
Israel’s attack on Iran hit a key uranium enrichment facility in the country’s center multiple times, Iranian state TV reports.
The “Natanz enrichment facility has been hit several times,” state TV reported, showing footage of heavy smoke billowing from the site.
The extent of the damage is unclear — Iranian state television only briefly showed the live picture with a reporter.
Natanz is partially above ground, partially below ground, with multiple halls of centrifuges spinning uranium gas for its nuclear program.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier that Israel targeted the site in this morning’s strikes. Natanz has previously been targeted by the Stuxnet cyberattack and multiple sabotage campaigns widely attributed to Israel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/key-uranium-enrichment-site-in-natanz-hit-several-times-iranian-state-media-says/
Iran state media names two nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strike
Iran’s state TV says nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi were killed in an Israeli strike earlier this morning.
Israel has said it believes a number of members of the military’s top brass and senior nuclear scientists were killed in the IDF’s opening strikes on Iran.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-state-media-names-two-nuclear-scientists-killed-in-israeli-strike/
Report: Mossad carried out covert sabotage operations against Iranian air defenses, long-range missiles
The Mossad carried out a series of covert sabotage operations against Iranian air defenses and missile facilities in tandem with the widespread strikes at a number of locations across Iran.
“A senior Israeli official told me that other than airstrikes, the Israeli Mossad, the foreign intelligence agency, conducted several operations inside Iran against Iranian air defenses and against Iranian long-range missiles,” Axios reporter Barak Ravid tells CNN.
On X, Ravid describes them as “covert sabotage operations deep inside Iran.”
Dozens of targets across Iran related to the nuclear program, military facilities and military commanders have been struck by the Israeli Air Force. Israel is now bracing for the expected response from Tehran.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-mossad-carried-out-covert-sabotage-operations-against-iranian-air-defenses-long-range-missiles/
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NOW - LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell just shattered the “peaceful protester” narrative.
What’s happening in Los Angeles isn’t civil unrest—it’s urban warfare.
“They have weapons of all kinds.”
McDonnell said officers made several arrests during the citywide curfew—and what they discovered was alarming.
“We arrested a number of people last night for curfew violations, that I think 14 and 3 out of the 14 were armed with weapons, handguns.”
“And so when you look at that, what appears to be one thing is something very different.”
Backpacks weren’t just backpacks—they were mobile arsenals.
“We’ve seen in those backpacks that they’ll have hammers, they’ll break up curb stones and concrete bollards, break up into smaller pieces, which they’ll then throw at police.”
“They put them in backpacks and walk around like that.”
“I’ve seen somebody today walking around with golf balls in a backpack, so all sorts of weapons, all very potentially dangerous.”
Even the fireworks were modified to be more deadly.
“We’ve seen commercial grade fireworks being fired at our people, with shrapnel being put in, from what I’m told, into some of these packages.”
“Again, that is that is pretty scary stuff when you look at it.”
“Liquid being thrown on our officers.”
Despite the violence, McDonnell says his officers held the line with discipline.
“The attitude of our officers and the professionalism and restraint that they’ve shown is remarkable.”
“They’ve done a tremendous job out there and I’m very proud of them.”
https://x.com/overton_news/status/1932975868751798723
California EV mandate is dead, and it’s never coming back
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