Trump and Netanyahu explored all Iran options including attack, Israeli official says

Oil prices shot up on Wednesday in one of the sharpest spikes since the war began on February 28, with a joint Israeli-U.S. aerial bombing campaign in Iran. Tehran responded with strikes on Israel and Gulf states.

Israel had not taken part in the latest two-week U.S. bombing campaign this month that provoked Tehran to fire on U.S. bases in response, but it has warned Tehran that it would respond forcefully if attacked.

Israel sees its biggest threat from Iran's nuclear program and wants to be sure it can never get a nuclear weapon, the official said. Tehran has insisted it is not seeking a bomb.

On Wednesday, the United States and Saudi Arabia struck Iran-backed paramilitary groups in Iraq, and Trump vowed to "beat the fucking shit" out of Iran for firing on U.S. troops days after he halted air strikes.