The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it has launched its 75th missile wave against Israeli and US targets, adding in a statement that it has targeted new Israeli military deployment sites.
Israeli media reported that the latest Iranian missile attack targeted central and southern Israel, amid attempts to intercept a missile in the Negev.
Israel’s Channel 14 reported that fragments of an Iranian missile fell in eight locations in central Israel. Yedioth Ahronoth confirmed reports of fragments of an Iranian cluster missile falling in central Israel.
Haaretz also reported that the missile launched from Iran was a cluster missile, noting reports of fragments falling in several locations in central and southern Israel.
According to Israel’s Channel 12, ambulance crews were dispatched several locations in central Israel where missile fragments had fallen.
Strait of Hormuz developments
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that the Strait of Hormuz is not closed, explaining that the reluctance of ships to pass through is due to insurance company concerns over the war.
Araqchi wrote on the X platform, “Ships are hesitant because insurance companies fear the war that you (the US and Israel) have chosen, not Iran.”
He added, “Neither insurance companies nor Iranians will be impacted by further threats.”
“There can be no freedom of navigation without freedom of trade. Respect both, or don’t expect either.”
