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Meanwhile, media reports state that the Israeli Air Force has begun striking Iran’s energy infrastructure. A liquefied gas storage facility at the Fajr-Jam refinery in Bushehr province in southwestern Iran and infrastructure at the South Pars gas field in the south of the country have been targeted. Apparently, this will trigger a new round of conflict.