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| Israeli Air Force eliminated a mobile ballistic missile launcher in Iran’s Tabriz region |
| 2026-04-05 |
Text: Israeli Air Force eliminated a mobile ballistic missile launcher in Iran’s Tabriz region, releasing footage of the precise strike. The IDF says the ongoing operation targets Iranian fire arrays to reduce missile threats against Israeli civilians, with this strike successfully preventing launches from western Iran. Note that the link on the twitter pic is actually from a Telegram account, which is why it doesn't show. IDF hits Iran infrastructure [IsraelTimes] Israeli jets hit petrochemical facility; strikes also reported at cement plant and on perimeter of Bushehr nuclear power plant The IDF said it carried out a wave of strikes on Saturday targeting infrastructure in Tehran but did not give details. An AFP journalist saw a thick haze of gray smoke covering the city’s skyline after hearing several blasts over the capital. It was not immediately clear what had been targeted. Iranian media also reported strikes in southern Iran targeting petrochemical facilities, a cement factory and and attack that hit the perimeter of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, killing one person. The Fars news agency reported that several facilities at the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Zone in the Khuzestan Province were hit by strikes. The IDF later confirmed that the Israeli Air Force had bombed the petrochemical facilities, saying the sites were used by the Iranian regime to manufacture materials for ballistic missiles. According to the military, the strikes halted all production of chemical materials and were expected to cause billions of dollars in financial damage. The deputy governor for Khuzestan province Valiollah Hayati told Fars that the attacks hit three companies in the area, while the Tasnim news agency quotes him as saying that “the extent of the damage remains unknown.” Five people were wounded as a result of the strikes but it is not immediately clear if there were any deaths, he added. Footage posted to social media showed thick black smoke billowing up into the air at the scene. Last week, The Times of Israel reported that Israel’s political leadership instructed the IDF to shift to striking “economic targets” in Iran, aimed at causing massive financial damage to the regime. Iranian media also reported that strikes hit a cement factory in southern Iran. No casualties were caused by the “American-Zionist attack on the Bandar Khamir cement factory,” the Tasnim news agency reported, citing a Hormozgan Province security official. The report also said that “no disruption has occurred in the production chain” at the factory. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said in a social media post Saturday that an airstrike near its Bushehr nuclear facility killed a security guard and damaged a support building. It is the fourth time the facility has been targeted during the war. The Bushehr nuclear power plant uses low-enriched uranium from Russia, along with Russian technicians, to supply about 1,000 megawatts of power for Iran. Its pressurized-water reactor can power hundreds of thousands of homes and other businesses and industries. But it contributes only 1% to 2% of Iran’s total power needs. Iran has been trying to expand the facility to multiple reactors. In 2019, it began a project that ultimately plans to add two additional reactors to the site, each adding another 1,000 megawatts apiece. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has been informed by Iran about the strike and that “no increase in radiation levels was reported.” Earlier Saturday, the Israeli military said that it hit air defense sites and missile storage facilities during a wave of airstrikes in Tehran on Friday. The IDF said that the targets included several air defense sites, including one belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, where anti-aircraft missiles were stored. The IAF also struck a military site tasked with “safeguarding the Iranian terror regime’s weapons research and development facilities,” the military said, adding that it struck a ballistic missile storage site and a weapons production, research and development site. |
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