Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli airstrikes wiped out most of Iran’s steel production capacity and he called it a major blow to the Revolutionary Guards.
- Iran’s Khuzestan Steel Company and Mobarakeh Steel Company reported their plants are offline and said repairs and restructuring will take months.
- The Revolutionary Guards launched missile and drone attacks on industrial sites in the region and in Israel in response and warned of more strikes if raids continue.
- Steel feeds weapons factories because it is a core material for missiles, drones, and ships, so lost capacity could slow production and sap revenue.
- Netanyahu said Israel is working with the United States to hit Iranian infrastructure and to remove key commanders.