Israel says Haifa oil refinery hit in Iranian missile attack

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen says ‘no significant damage’ reported after Iranian attack on Haifa oil refinery.Israel says an oil refinery in the northern city of Haifa has been struck in an Iranian missile attack, but no “significant” damage was reported, as Tehran continues to retaliate across the region for strikes on its energy infrastructure.In a statement on Thursday, Energy Minister Eli Cohen said power was briefly disrupted as a result of the attack on the Oil Refineries Ltd facility before being restored for most customers.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Death toll surpasses 1,000 in Lebanon as Israeli bombardment continueslist 2 of 3Iran attacks cut 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to 5 years: QatarEnergylist 3 of 3“It’s time to end the war.” UN’s Guterres urges US, Israel to cease attacksend of list“The damage to the power grid in the north is localised and not significant,” Cohen said.“Also, in the barrage towards the north, there was no significant damage to Israeli infrastructure sites.”Iran has carried out a wave of missile and drone strikes across the Middle East since Israel and the United States launched a war against the country late last month.This week, Tehran targeted several oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in response to an Israeli attack on its South Pars offshore gasfield on Wednesday.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that his country would show “ZERO restraint” if its infrastructure is struck again, as the Israeli attack on the South Pars gasfield continued to spur condemnation.Reporting from the Iranian capital Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that it fired towards Haifa and Ashdod, a city in southern Israel.“The Iranians are saying that this is in retaliation for the attacks on the South Pars facility,” Hashem said.It was not immediately clear whether the Ashdod facility was hit.