Israel's largest refineries face years of repair after Iran airstrikes: Report

Israel's largest oil refineries have sustained far heavier damage from retaliatory Iranian missile strikes during the latest round of US-Israeli aggression against Iran than Israeli authorities previously acknowledged, Israeli media reports say. 

Israel's Channel 12 News reported that the refineries in Haifa Bay, in the north of the occupied territories sustained severe damage after two separate Iranian strikes earlier this year.

One oil derivatives storage tank struck during an attack in March is beyond repair. The refineries had also sustained damage last year, during Israel's 12-day war of aggression against Iran.

It said three Bazan employees were killed after Iranian missiles pierced the US-backed Iron Dome mobile air defense system in June 2025.

The report further said that the ministry of interior has now approved large-scale reconstruction works, which are expected to be completed in 2028.

Meanwhile, Yeshiva World, citing an official report by the ministry, said damage was reported at gas turbines, steam boilers, electrical rooms and other auxiliary systems.

The latest reports emerge as real damage had not previously been publicly acknowledged by Israeli authorities.

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Israel’s minister of energy Eli Cohen and Bazan, the company operating the site, had claimed no material damage had been recorded. 

Bazan told the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in March that the roof of a distillate tank had sustained "localized damage" and that all production facilities were operational.

"The company estimates that the damage is not significant. As of the time of this announcement, all the company's facilities remain operational," Bazan said at the time.

Bazan also estimated the losses at $150-200 million, while Israeli officials maintained that fuel supplies would not be affected.

The Bazan refineries, built during the British occupation of Palestine, are among Israel's most strategically important industrial sites, supplying oil products for domestic consumption.

The refineries have the capacity to produce approximately 26,000 tons of oil per day and can process about 9.8m tons of crude oil annually.

During the the latest round of US-Israeli aggression, Iran struck several strategic sites across the occupied territories, including the Kirya in Tel Aviv, the Israeli military-affiliated Weizmann Institute, the Nevatim airbase, and the Haifa port area.

Earlier this month, the Times of Israel reported that a hangar at the Ramat David airbase had been damaged.

In recent years, Israel has refused to disclose the full extent of the damage caused by Iranian missile strikes, applying strict military censorship.

According to +972 Magazine, Israeli military censorship reached its highest level in 2024 since the outlet began collecting data in 2011, with approximately 8,000 articles either banned outright or partially censored.

While military censorship declined last year, with around 5,000 articles banned or partially censored, +972 Magazine still recorded the second-highest annual total of censored articles since 2011.

Iranian retaliatory attacks also left at least 20 US military sites damaged since the start of the US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, a recent analysis of satellite images and videos shows, indicating the strikes were more extensive than publicly acknowledged.

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