JAKARTA - Israeli Defense Minister (Menhan) Katz said that Israel had launched an attack on energy facilities in Iran's largest petrochemical complex.
"The military [Israel] has just carried out a devastating attack on Iran's largest petrochemical facility, located in Asaluyeh - a key target responsible for about 50 percent of the country's petrochemical production," Katz said in a statement via video on Monday, April 6, quoted from AFP.
Israel has carried out preemptive strikes targeting energy infrastructure in its war against Iran starting with destroying a refinery in Tehran on Saturday night local time.
On Saturday, April 4, Israel again carried out an attack on the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Zone in the southwestern Khuzestan Province. Iranian officials in the local area said that five people were killed as a result of the attack.
"At this point, both of these facilities, which together account for about 85 percent of Iran's petrochemical exports, have been disabled and are no longer functioning," Katz said.
"This is a severe economic blow worth tens of billions of dollars for the Iranian regime," he continued.
Israel also carried out an attack last month on a gas facility in the South Pars Special Economic Zone in Asaluyeh.
The giant South Pars/North Dome gas field - the world's largest known natural gas reserves - is jointly owned by Iran and Qatar.
In recent days, Israel has targeted key industrial sectors as part of an ongoing military offensive against Iran.
On Friday, April 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli strikes had destroyed about 70 percent of Iran's steel production capacity, significantly weakening Tehran's ability to produce weapons.
Steel is a strategically important material used in industrial and military production, including for missiles, drones, and ships.
Katz said he and Netanyahu had ordered the military "to continue to attack Iran's national infrastructure with full force."
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