Egypt will slow down large state projects that involve high fuel and diesel consumption for at least two months, while fuel allocations for all government vehicles will be cut by 30%, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Saturday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is days away from hitting all the targets in Iran it classes as “top priority,” a spokesperson said today.
Targets are broken down into different groups, “it could be ballistic missiles, (weapons) production, nuclear, command and control centers, and so on,” said Nadav Shoshani, the IDF’s international spokesperson. Within each group, there are different categories – “essential, important and additional,” Shoshani explained.
Iran strike hits industrial zone in southern Israel
Emergency crews respond to Neot Hovav as authorities close Route 40 and warn residents to shelter in place.
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Iran has launched a campaign, called “Janfada” or “Sacrificing Life,” to recruit volunteers to fight American forces amid reports the U.S. may launch a ground operation against the Islamic republic, according to a text message sent to mobile subscribers in Iran.
“Simultaneously with the threats of the American-Zionist enemy against the islands and borders of Iran, the national Janfada campaign has been launched to declare readiness to defend the country's territory,” the text message said.
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Iran strike hits industrial zone in southern Israel
Emergency crews respond to Neot Hovav as authorities close Route 40 and warn residents to shelter in place.www.israelhayom.com
ADAMA, a maker of active ingredients and crop protection materials, said its Makhteshim plant in southern Israel had been hit either by an Iranian missile or debris from an intercepted missile on Sunday, but no injuries were reported.
ADAMA, part of Chinese-owned Syngenta Group, said the extent of any damage to the plant was not immediately known.
Israel's fire and rescue service said a fire broke out in an industrial area in southern Israel that houses several chemical manufacturing and industrial plants following an Iranian missile attack, likely debris from a missile that was intercepted.
It urged the public to stay away from the Ne'ot Hovav industrial area due to the presence of "hazardous materials" as 34 firefighting crews worked to contain the blaze. It said there was no danger to the public beyond a distance of 800 meters from the industrial area.
"Residents in the vicinity are instructed to remain indoors, close windows and ventilation openings, and follow the instructions of security and emergency forces until full control of the incident is achieved," it said in a statement.
Ne'ot Hovav is located about 13 km (8 miles) from Beer Sheva, the largest city in southern Israel. There are several Israeli military bases located in the area.
Last weekend, Iranian missiles struck the southern cities of Arad and Dimona, injuring dozens in one of the worst attacks of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran so far on Israeli soil.
A personal message from Iran’s supreme leader was delivered to the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), a major Iraqi Shiite political party established in Iran in 1982, according to Iran’s Jamaran news agency.
The message was handed to the party’s head, Sheikh Hammam Hamoudi, by the Iranian ambassador to Iraq during a meeting.
The contents of the supreme leader’s message are unclear, but Jamaran reported that the ambassador praised Iraq’s Shiite religious authority for its stance on the US-Israeli war as well as Hamoudi’s “sincere positions.”
Khamenei has remained elusive and has not appeared in public since his father and former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was assassinated last month in joint US-Israeli strikes. Only written statements have been issued in his name.
Earlier this month, a source familiar with the situation told CNN that he had suffered a fractured foot and other minor injuries on the first day of the US and Israel’s bombardment campaign. In addition to his injured foot, Khamenei, 56, received a bruise around his left eye, as well as minor lacerations to his face, the source said.
Pakistan hosted a quadrilateral meeting attended by the country's foreign minister, as well as the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey, where they discussed proposals put forward to Iran to end the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Wall Street Journal, which quoted the mediators in the negotiations, the chances of achieving a ceasefire in Iran remain low, as both Washington and Tehran are making demands that are unacceptable to the other side.
