Israel said it had killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, the latest member of Tehran’s top leadership to be wiped out this week

The United States was informed about plans for an Israeli strike on Iran’s massive offshore South Pars natural gas field Wednesday but did not take part in it, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that the military killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. Khatib’s killing follows Israel killing top Iranian security official Ali Larijani and the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force.

Iran is capable of sharply escalating its campaign against energy infrastructure in the Gulf, analysts have warned, after Tehran carried out its first successful strike on an operational oil and gasfield.

Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel and Persian Gulf states after Israel said it killed two top Iranian officials. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata has more.

Iran said the US and Israel struck its giant South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, the latest attack on energy assets in the region-wide conflict.

Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran's leaders in an effort to weaken the country's ruling theocracy, killing its third top official in two days.

Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran's leaders in an effort to weaken the country's ruling theocracy, killing its third top official in two days.