[News] Iran strikes Israeli chemical complex linked to white phosphorus production

[Anti-Imperialist News]

 Iran strikes Israeli chemical complex linked to white phosphorus production

The Islamic Republic has escalated its retaliatory drone and missile
operations against Israel in the last few days

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

MAR 25, 2026 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/iran-strikes-israeli-chemical-complex-linked-to-white-phosphorus-production
(Photo credit: AA via Getty Images)

An Iranian ballistic missile made direct impact at the ICL Rotem chemical
complex in the Negev on 25 March, causing a large blast and the outbreak of
a fire near the site.

The facility is located in the Rotem Industrial Zone near Dimona, and
houses infrastructure belonging to several industrial and technology
companies, including ICL Rotem, which supplies white phosphorous to the US
military, according to research compiled by *Resistance News Network*
<https://t.me/PalestineResist/91143> (RNN).

Footage of the missile impact site was geolocated to the facility. Damage
to a structure was reported.

“The phosphate extracted from the Rotem site is exported to several ICL
facilities in the United States. Most dangerously, ICL is the sole supplier
of white phosphorus to the US military, internationally-banned munitions
used by the occupation army in Gaza and Lebanon to burn homes, bodies, and
agricultural lands,” RNN reported, adding that the “only source of uranium
in occupied Palestine is the Dead Sea phosphate ICL has exclusive rights
to.”

ICL Group is the largest chemicals company in Israel. It was owned by the
Israeli government until the 1990s, and holds exclusive rights to extract
Palestinian resources from the Dead Sea until 2030, as the sea’s water
levels continue to decline at an alarming pace.

The phosphate extracted at Rotem is exported to several ICL-linked
facilities abroad, including in the US. It is a supplier of white
phosphorus – used by Israeli forces against civilians in Lebanon and Gaza –
to the US military, according to RNN’s research.

The attack comes as part of a recent string of major retaliatory missile
operations
<https://thecradle.co/articles/hamas-praises-iranian-missile-strikes-says-tehran-defending-all-muslims>
by the Islamic Republic.

Earlier on Wednesday, an Iranian missile struck the vicinity of the Orot
Rabin Power Plant in Hadera.

An Iranian missile made impact in the northern city of Safad on Tuesday
evening, with Al Jazeera reporting heavy Israeli military censorship over
the incident. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it hit
satellite sites linked to the Israeli army.

Tehran
<https://thecradle.co/articles/us-drafts-15-point-ceasefire-plan-for-iran-war-as-tehran-says-washington-negotiating-with-itself>has
escalated its massive and unprecedented campaign of retaliatory strikes on
Israel and US military assets across the region. It has also closed the Strait
of Hormuz
<https://thecradle.co/articles/friends-have-a-special-place-iran-grants-thai-tanker-safe-hormuz-passage-free-of-charge>to
Washington and its allies and has targeted vessels attempting to cross in
violation of its warnings.

US military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, and elsewhere in the region have been
battered by Iranian drones and missiles.
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