Haifa refinery says more damage near site discovered, but most production online

The Bazan oil refinery in Haifa says it discovered additional damage to its site overnight following an Iranian missile attack yesterday, which will take “a few days” to restore.

The refinery says in a regulatory filing to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that damage was caused to “exterior infrastructure belonging to a third party, which is essential to the [refinery’s] activities, located outside the refinery site.”

It says most production is active and the rest is on its way to being restarted.

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said yesterday that “no significant damage to infrastructure sites” had been caused in the attack after fragments from a missile interception hit the facility.

According to the filing, the company initially believed the impact had been limited to power lines and an open area next to a management building.

There were no injuries in the attack.

Iran has been targeting energy infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf after its South Pars gas installation was bombed earlier this week.

Responding to the report, Avihu Han, Haifa’s Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Haifa Bay Cities Association for Environmental Protection, urges the government to shutter the refineries as soon as possible, in line with its own decision to transition to importing and safely storing petroleum distillates in different locations.

“We can’t continue playing Russian roulette with the lives and security of the residents of the Haifa metropolis and the energy security of the citizens of the State of Israel,” he says.

“Yesterday’s incident and today’s announcement about the shutdown of the facilities are further proof that refineries in the heart of a civilian metropolis represent a failure of energy (policy) and security.”

During the June 2025 war with Iran, three Bazan workers were killed in a fire after an Iranian missile strike.