produces 50% of the country’s gasoline and diesel

The port city’s refinery, one of Israel’s main energy facilities, is responsible for producing around 50% of the gasoline and diesel consumed in the country, making it a key strategic objective for the economy and domestic supply.

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said the damage to the northern power grid was “localized and not significant.” He explained that the power supply was briefly interrupted, but that It has already been restored for the majority of those affected.

He Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps He claimed to have attacked the refinery in Haifa and another in Ashdod, in the south of the country, “along with a series of security objectives and military support centers of the Zionist regime”, which, he indicated, “were hit by precision missiles.”

Despite Iran’s claim, Israel has not yet confirmed whether the Ashdod refinery was affected.

The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection reported, for its part, that Remains of an intercepted missile fell in Haifa and are being examined as a hazardous materials incident.

The company Israel Electric Corp ISECO.UL also reported that A power line in the Haifa area was hit by shrapnel, which caused a brief blackout, but that power was restored to all customers in approximately 45 minutes.

Israel’s fire and rescue services reported that debris fell in two parts of the oil refinery, causing a fire that interrupted the power supplybut there were no victims.

Last June, a Oil refinery in Haifa was hit by an Iranian missile, which caused the death of three people and the paralysis of operations.