TEHRAN, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's army said on Sunday it has targeted petrochemical industries and petroleum products storage facilities in southern Israel, as well as U.S. equipment depots, satellite communication units and troops in a base in Kuwait.
In a statement published on its website, the army said that the drone attacks, which began early Sunday, were carried out in response to U.S. and Israeli "crimes" against Iran and that Israeli targets were located near Dimona, while U.S. facilities and headquarters were on Bubiyan Island in Kuwait.
Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that it struck on Sunday a gathering place of U.S. commanders and officers near Mohammed Al-Ahmad Naval Base in Kuwait with several ballistic missiles and a large number of kamikaze drones.
In a statement published by its official outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said that, in the 97th wave of its attacks on Israel and U.S. bases in West Asia, it also struck an Israeli-linked commercial vessel named the King Dao Star in the Jebel Ali Port canal in the United Arab Emirates with "Ghadir" cruise missiles.
It noted that since Saturday, it has prevented several vessels without a necessary permit from entering the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC said the forces of its Aerospace Division also targeted an industrial area affiliated with the Israeli army in the city of Be'er Sheva on Saturday.
On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded by launching waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and U.S. assets in the Middle East, while tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz by denying safe passage to vessels belonging to or affiliated with Israel and the United States. ■
