Top updates: Israel says Haifa refinery struck, Iran warns of ‘zero restraint’ if energy sites hit
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Israel on Thursday said that an Iranian missile attack struck an oil refinery in the northern city of Haifa, but the damage was not “significant”, reported Al Jazeera.
The strikes by Iran came in retaliation for Israel’s attack on energy facilities linked to its South Pars gas field, the world’s largest gas reserve that it shares with Qatar.
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on Thursday that the damage from the Iranian strikes was “localised”.
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Cohen also said that power was briefly disrupted after the strike on the Oil Refineries Limited facility, before being restored for “most customers”, reported Al Jazeera.
Meanwhile, Iran has warned that it will show “zero restraint” if the country’s oil infrastructure is attacked again. “Our response to Israel’s attack on our infrastructure employed fraction of our power,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a social media post. “The ONLY reason for restraint was respect for requested de-escalation.” Araghchi added that any end to the conflict in West Asia “must address damage to our civilian sites”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Tel Aviv acted alone when it struck facilities linked to the South Pars gas field. “[United States] President [Donald] Trump asked us to hold off on future attacks and we are holding...