Israel says it has attacked key Iranian petrochemical facility

Israel's defence minister Israel Katz has released a statement saying they have struck a petrochemical facility in Iran, as he says the IDF has been instructed to continue to attack Iranian infrastructure "with all force".<br /><br />"The IDF has now strongly attacked the largest petrochemical facility in Iran located in [Asaluyeh]," he says, adding the facility produced around half of the country's petrochemicals.<br /><br />The new attack follows an attack on another facility "last week", Katz says.<br /><br />"Now the two facilities, which together are responsible for about 85% of Iran's petrochemical exports - have been taken out of service and are not functioning," the statement from Katz reads.