Infrastructure Escalation: Iran Targets Israel's Largest Power Station, IDF Strikes Karaj Residential Zone

Day 26 saw a significant escalation in infrastructure targeting across both sides of the conflict. Iran fired a missile at the Orot Rabin power plant in Hadera — Israel's largest electricity generation facility at approximately 2,590 MW capacity — which impacted a few kilometers short of the target in a near-miss. An explosion was separately reported near the power station. A successful strike on Orot Rabin would have caused nationwide electricity disruption affecting millions of Israeli civilians. On the Iranian side, Israeli forces struck a four-storey residential building in Kamalshahr, Karaj — Iran's third-largest city in Alborz Province west of Tehran — injuring 18 people and destroying the building. Additional strikes were reported on warehouses in Chaharbagh county and Golsar city within Alborz. The Karaj area is adjacent to significant military-industrial zones. Combined with the Day 26 drone strike on Kuwait International Airport that sparked a major fuel tank fire, Day 26 marks the conflict's clearest single-day pattern of deliberate infrastructure targeting: power grids, airports, and residential/industrial urban zones.

Key facts

• •Iranian missile near-misses Orot Rabin power plant (Hadera) — Israel's largest station at ~2,590 MW
• •Explosion separately reported near Hadera power station; no confirmed plant damage
• •IDF strike destroys 4-storey residential building in Karaj (Alborz Province) — 18 injured
• •Karaj additional strikes: warehouses in Chaharbagh and Golsar — Alborz military-industrial zone
• •Kuwait airport drone fire (Day 26) + Hadera power grid attempt = conflict expanding to civilian infrastructure