{"id":44339,"date":"2026-03-19T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/iran-hits-us-f-35-stealth-fighter-jet-destroys-israeli-oil-refinery-with-missile-and-threatens-zero-restraint-if-energy-sites-are-hit-again-as-oil-price-soars-live-updates\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:34:00","slug":"iran-hits-us-f-35-stealth-fighter-jet-destroys-israeli-oil-refinery-with-missile-and-threatens-zero-restraint-if-energy-sites-are-hit-again-as-oil-price-soars-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/iran-hits-us-f-35-stealth-fighter-jet-destroys-israeli-oil-refinery-with-missile-and-threatens-zero-restraint-if-energy-sites-are-hit-again-as-oil-price-soars-live-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran hits US F-35 stealth fighter jet, destroys Israeli oil refinery with missile and threatens ‘zero restraint’ if energy sites are hit again as oil price soars: Live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By ADAM POGRUND, REPORTER<\/a> <\/span><\/a> and OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER<\/a> and JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Iran<\/a>has vowed to show ‘zero restraint’ if its energy infrastructure comes under attack again as it hit a US fighter jet and destroyed an Israeli<\/a> oil refinery following overnight attacks on itsSouth Pars gas field.<\/p>\n

Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi boasted the regime’s retaliation to the attack on the gas field only showed a ‘fraction’ of its power.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump<\/a>threatened to ‘massively blow up’ the South Pars field but claimed he was not made aware of the Israeli attacks which sparked a wave of furious retaliatory strikes by Iran on Gulf sites.<\/p>\n

Iran attacked an American F-35 fighter jet and anoil refinery in Haifa as Tehran presses ahead with its ‘full-scale economic war’ against the US and Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The $100 million warplane was flying over Iran during a combat mission when it was hit and damaged forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing at a US air base in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the aircraft landed safely with no injuries to the pilot, adding the incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n

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An Israeli oil refinery has been struck by a missile after it came under attack from Iran.<\/p>\n

Israeli media outlets have shared footage of black smoke billowing from oil facilities at Bazan in the port city of Haifa.<\/p>\n

According to reports, there have been no casualties.<\/p>\n

Israel’s military insists there is no major damage at the site and stressed the impact was caused by debris as a result of a missile interception.<\/p>\n

It marks the latest retaliation from Tehran after Israel bombed Iran’s South Pars gas field, the world’s biggest gas facility, yesterday.<\/p>\n

Iran warned attacks on its energy infrastructure were a ‘big mistake’ and warned any repeat would lead to strikes on ‘your energy infrastructure and that of your allies until their complete destruction.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US F-35 fighter jet forced to make emergency landing after Iranian attack<\/h2>\n
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An American F-35 fighter jet has been forced to make an emergency landing in the Middle East after it came under attack from Iranian fire.<\/p>\n

The plane was taking part in combat operations over Iran when it was struck and damaged, causing the pilot to land at a nearby US air base.<\/p>\n

Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the aircraft landed safely, and the incident is under investigation<\/p>\n

‘The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,’ Hawkins added.<\/p>\n

The incident marks the first time an American F-35 jet has been hit since the war began.<\/p>\n

The US and Israel are flying F-35s across the region, which cost upwards of $100 million. <\/p>\n