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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is attacking Iran's money-making industries.
NPR's Daniel Estrin reports Israel also aided the U.S.
With the rescue of an American service member in Iran.
An Israeli military official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity,
tells NPR that Israel shared intelligence with the U.S.
And halted Israeli strikes in the . . . . . . .
Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israel's military strikes in Iran
have destroyed the majority of Iran's capabilities to manufacture steel.
And Saturday, Israel said it bombed a petrochemical complex needed for manufacturing missiles.
Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
European Union governments are pushing for a new tax on energy companies aimed at profits driven by the war in Iran.
Terry Schultz reports the revenue could help ease high energy prices.
Finance and economy ministers from Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain want the European Commission,
the EU's executive body, to introduce what they call a solidarity levy on energy companies,
similar to one imposed when Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created an energy crisis.
The call comes amid soaring fuel prices sparked by the Iranian regime's closing of the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S.
And Israel launched military strikes on Iran.
The five ministers made the recommendation in a letter to EU Climate Commissioner Volker Hoster,
urging him to take the action to signal to EU citizens and businesses that the bloc