Israel Strikes Iran's Largest Gas Field, Escalating Tensions

0:00Israel just hit a major petrochemical plant and Iran's south-pars natural gas field, the world's biggest, and took out two top revolutionary guard, commanders. This comes right as mediators push a 45-day ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. with President Trump's deadline hitting Monday night Washington. Time to reopen the strait of Hormuz. Trump's threatening to bomb power plants and bridges if Iran doesn't let shipping through, saying Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern could be the day. Israel calls the plant a key cash cow for Tehran, separate from energy threats, but Iranian media points fingers at both the U.S. and Israel. Folks in Tehran are hearing bombs, jets, and air defenses non-stop, with one resident saying strikes will occur up nearby. Gulf states like Kuwait, UAE, and Saudi Arabia fired up defenses against Iranian missiles and drones, while Haifa and Israel saw four dead from a treaty and missile strike on a home. Strikes also nailed three Tehran airports, Sharif University, Tehran's MIT, and spots

1:05around cities like Eslamshar and Kham, killing over 25 in. Iran alone, oil prices are spiking hard from the strait shutdown, which handles a fifth of global oil, shaking economies everywhere. With casualties piling up over 1900 in Iran, thousands displaced in Lebanon and deaths across the region. This flare-up tests every, diplomatic thread, leaving the Middle East on a razor's edge as deadlines tick down. That's the story for today, Vancouver News Today, driven by AI, I'm Cory with the story.