Iran has attacked the desalination and power plant in Kuwait as the US/Israel, Iran crisis intensifies.
Al Jazeera reports that one Indian national was killed in the attack and 10 soldiers injured.
Desalination plants are a crucial source of water supply in Gulf states. They are paired with power plants because the large amount of energy required to extract the salt from the water makes it drinkable.
The Kuwait Electricity Ministry said the strike also destroyed the plant’s service building.
The ministry’s spokesperson, Fatima Haya, said, “A service building at a power and water desalination plant was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to the building.”
Yemen’s rebel group, Houthis, launched another barrage of ballistic missiles against Israel.
The Israeli military also disclosed that it intercepted two drones from Yemen early Monday morning.
Concern is mounting over the far-reaching implications of the month-old war for both the region and the global community.
The Houthis said the attack was retaliation for the continued attacks on Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine.
The group said the operations would continue until the US and Israel end their act of “aggression.”
The spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said strikes “will continue until the declared objectives are achieved and until the aggression against all fronts of the resistance cease.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Navy has also confirmed the death of its commander, Alireza Tangsiri.
The country’s defence ministry died after suffering severe injuries from a US-Israel strike.
This adds to the growing list of key Iranian top officials killed by US-Israel strikes since the start of the war.
Israel Defence Minister, Israel Katz, earlier said, “In a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the commander of the IRGC Navy, Tangsiri, along with senior naval command officials.”
President Donald Trump also said he is considering seizing Iran’s Kharg Island and taking its oil.
(Premium Times)
