Israel’s Air Force struck Iran’s main facility for producing naval missiles and sea mines in Yazd overnight, the IDF confirmed Friday morning. The site was used to plan, develop, assemble, and store advanced missiles launchable from cruise platforms, submarines, and helicopters, and was where the Iranian Navy manufactured the majority of its sea mines.
The operation, guided by Military Intelligence Directorate and Naval Intelligence Division targeting data, constitutes a direct strike on the production capability sustaining the Hormuz blockade. Sea mines remain the structural obstacle preventing commercial transit; Iran’s stockpile of 3,000-6,000 mines is largely intact, but the factory that replenishes them is now damaged.
Yazd was one of dozens of targets hit overnight as part of Netanyahu’s 48-hour blitz to destroy Iran’s remaining arms manufacturing capacity before a potential ceasefire. Additional strikes in the Tehran area hit ballistic missile component factories, IRGC weapons production sites, anti-aircraft storage, and battery manufacturing facilities. The IAF also struck ballistic missile launch sites, air defense systems, and IRGC surveillance posts across the country.
Brent held at ~$108. The April 6 energy strike deadline gives Israel 9 more days of unrestricted conventional strikes.