Tel Aviv/Tehran: The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had struck two key naval cruise missile production sites in Tehran, facilities operated under Iran’s Ministry of Defence.
“In recent days, the Israeli air force acting on IDF intelligence struck two key naval cruise missile production sites in Tehran,” the IDF stated. According to the military, the facilities were used to “develop and manufacture long-range naval cruise missiles, which are capable of rapidly destroying targets at sea and on land.”
The announcement coincided with fresh Iranian missile launches across the region. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had fired a new salvo at Israel, as well as bases hosting US forces in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain. This escalation followed US President Donald Trump’s overtures toward Tehran, which steadied jittery global markets, as reported by The Hindu.
On Tuesday, Trump expressed optimism about ending the conflict, dispatching a peace plan to Iran. Tehran reciprocated by pledging to allow “non-hostile” oil vessels through the vital Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for global energy supplies.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump highlighted the gesture: “They did something yesterday that was amazing actually. They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. That meant one thing to me — we’re dealing with the right people.”
Markets reacted swiftly, with Brent crude oil — the global benchmark — plunging nearly six percent on Wednesday.
Violence also intensified in Lebanon, where Israeli strikes killed at least nine people, state media reported. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), citing the Health Ministry, detailed four deaths in an “Israeli enemy raid” on the town of Adloun, two more in a strike on an apartment in the Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon that left four wounded.
