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3. Strikes Rock Iran Energy Site While Explosion Hits Pro-Israel Center in Europe

U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday targeted a petrochemicals hub in southwestern Iran, wounding five people, Iranian media cited an official as saying.

"Explosions occurred in the Special Petrochemical Zone of Mahshahr," said the Fars news agency, citing the deputy governor for Khuzestan province, Valiollah Hayati.

He said the "U.S.-Israeli attack on Mahshahr" hit three companies in the area, while the Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying that "the extent of the damage remains unknown."

Five people were wounded as a result of the strikes, but it was not immediately clear if there were any deaths, he added.

Explosion Hits Pro-Israel Center in the Netherlands

On the other hand, a blast hit a pro-Israeli center in the Netherlands, police said Saturday, adding it caused minimal damage and no injuries.

A police spokeswoman told AFP no one was inside the site run by Christians for Israel, a non-profit, in the central city of Nijkerk when the explosion went off outside its gate late on Friday.

An investigation was ongoing.

The incident comes after a string of similar nighttime attacks on Jewish sites in the Netherlands and neighboring Belgium in recent weeks that has heightened concerns over antisemitism in the wake of the war in the Middle East.

AFP