Qatar has denied claims that it halted its liquefied natural gas production due to Iranian strikes. The country's Ministry of Defence stated that Iranian drones struck two sites, one of which was owned by QatarEnergy. A senior Qatari official accused Israeli media of attempting to drive a wedge between Qatar and the US. He accused Netanyahu's media allies of using this period of global instability to create further tension and division across the region. The suspension of Qatar's LNG production has strained the global LNG market, with the country supplying 20 percent of the world's L.