Iran Missile Strike Hits ICL Rotem Chemical Complex in Negev
Iran intensified its retaliatory campaign on March 25 with a ballistic missile directly striking the ICL Rotem facility in the Negev, near Dimona. The impact triggered a massive blast and fire at the plant, which extracts phosphate rock and produces fertilizers and phosphoric acid. Independent research links the complex to white phosphorus production for the US military and notes its exclusive rights to Dead Sea phosphate resources until 2030 under ICL Group, Israel’s largest chemicals company. This assault follows earlier Iranian strikes on sites near the Orot Rabin power plant in Hadera and satellite installations around Safad. Tehran has also targeted US military assets in the region and suspended transit through the Strait of Hormuz as part of its broader reprisal operations.
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