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Israel hits Iran’s largest petrochemical plant
Israel Katz said Israel has carried out what he described as one of its most damaging attacks yet on Iran’s economy, announcing that the Israeli military struck the country’s largest petrochemical facility.
According to Katz, the target was a major complex in Asaluyeh in southern Iran, which he said is responsible for nearly half of the country’s petrochemical production.
In a statement reported by Israel War Room, Katz declared that the attack had inflicted losses worth “tens of billions of dollars” on the Iranian government.
The strike marks a significant escalation in Israel’s campaign against Iran’s strategic infrastructure. Israeli officials said the facility was part of the wider South Pars energy zone, one of the most important industrial and export centers in Iran.
Katz stated that the latest attack followed an earlier strike on another large petrochemical site in Mahshahr. He claimed that together, the two operations have now put out of service facilities responsible for around 85 percent of Iran’s petrochemical exports.
Iranian media confirmed that explosions struck utility and support companies linked to the Asaluyeh complex, causing major power disruptions across the area. Reports said the Mobin and Damavand companies, which supply electricity, water and industrial gases to the petrochemical facilities, were among the targets.
Iran has rejected a proposed 45-day truce in its war with the United States and Israel, state media reported Monday, demanding a permanent halt to hostilities.
“Iran has conveyed to Pakistan its response to the American proposal to end the war,” the news agency IRNA said, without revealing what the offer contained.
“In this response — set out in ten points — Iran… has rejected a ceasefire and insists on the need for a definitive end to the conflict.”
Earlier, Iran’s army spokesman said the country will continue fighting the United States and Israel for as long as its political leaders deem necessary, emphasizing the “need to reach a point of security and not witness another war,” as Washington weighed a proposed temporary ceasefire.
“We can continue the war as long as the political authorities see fit,” Mohammad Akraminia told ISNA, adding that “the enemy must definitely regret it because, after this war, we need to reach a point of security and not witness another war.”
United States President Donald Trump has declared that he is “not at all” worried about the potential of committing war crimes.
This statement came after his warning to obliterate Iran’s bridges and power plants if Tehran fails to comply with his Tuesday 8pm ET deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
In the meantime, Israel and the United States targeted 17 civilian sites on Tuesday morning, as reported by the Iranian Red Crescent.
Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations have condemned the actions of the US and Israel as war crimes.
In a statement shared on X, the Iranian Red Crescent asserted that there is no justification for assaulting defenseless civilians, labeling such actions as war crimes.
Trump reiterated on his platform, Truth Social, that he is “not at all” concerned about the possibility of committing war crimes.
A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed the Associated Press on Monday that international law prohibits attacks on such infrastructure.
“Even if certain civilian infrastructure were to be deemed a military target,” Stephane Dujarric stated, an attack would still be forbidden if it poses a risk of “excessive incidental civilian harm.”
Emergency services are currently responding to reports of a missile strike in central Israel.
Footage from the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom depicted an overturned vehicle next to a collapsed construction frame and disturbed ground.
According to the Times of Israel, the damage resulted from cluster submunitions released by an Iranian ballistic missile, with no immediate reports of injuries.
An Iranian attack on a residential area in northern Kuwait injured six people on Monday, the Gulf country’s health ministry said.
It followed a post on X by Kuwait’s army earlier in the day saying the nation’s air defences were working to intercept incoming missiles and drones.
“Falling projectiles and debris in a residential area in the north of the country after an Iranian aggression,” the ministry said.
“The total number of injuries rose to six, with varying degrees of wounds.”
Overnight from Sunday to Monday, Kuwait had also said it was responding to similar attacks.
Gulf nations, including Kuwait, have borne the brunt of Iran’s retaliatory strikes since the US and Israel launched attacks in late February that ignited a regional war.
Iran accuses its neighbours of allowing US forces to carry out attacks from their territory, but Gulf states have repeatedly denied those claims.
AFP
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