Brent crude futures rose $3.30, or 3.9%, to $87.39 a barrel at 0300 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $3.05, or 3.8%, to $82.31 a barrel. Middle East tensions flare upIran’s Revolutionary Guards leadership later said it had launched several ballistic missiles at a U.S. air base and facilities linked to U.S. Central Command in Jordan. U.S. crude inventories fallU.S. crude oil inventories fell by around 3.3 million barrels in the week ending July 24, market sources said on Tuesday, citing data from the American Petroleum Institute. OPEC+ may pause output increasesFurther supporting oil prices, OPEC+ is likely to suspend planned production increases for three months starting in October, according to sources cited by Reuters. The move would come after the producer group completes its scheduled return of barrels that had been removed from the market through voluntary cuts.