Iran Attacks Israeli Oil Refinery and Fuel Tankers

JAKARTA - Iran on Tuesday (10/3) said its forces attacked an oil refinery and fuel storage tanks in Haifa, Israel.

"The Iranian air force, in response to the attack on Iranian oil storage facilities, used drones to attack oil and gas refineries and fuel storage facilities belonging to the Zionist regime in Haifa," the Iranian military said in a statement quoted by the state-run media, IRIB, as reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Tuesday, March 10.

The statement added that the attack took place in recent hours.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it detected another missile launch from Iranian territory towards Israel and that the air defense system was actively trying to intercept the threat.

A RIANovostimelaporkan siren air raid sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel after the latest rocket attack from Iran, while explosions were heard in the sky allegedly coming from missile interception operations.

According to the Israeli rocket warning system, alarms were activated in most of central Israel, including the Jerusalem area and the West Bank.

On Monday (9/3), one person was killed and several others were injured in central Israel as a result of falling rocket fragments.

On February 28, the United States and Israel attacked a number of targets in Iran, including in Tehran, which caused damage and civilian casualties.

Iran then responded by attacking Israeli territory as well as US military facilities in the Middle East.