Abu Ali Express reports that a railway bridge was attacked near the village of Ak-Kala in Iran's Golestan province. No further details on the timing, method, or perpetrators are available.
Abu Ali Express, a source tracking Middle East developments, reported early Thursday that the railway bridge struck in the overnight attack on northern Iran was located near the village of Ak-Kala in Golestan province. The report is the first specific location attributed to the strikes, which were confirmed earlier this morning by a senior US official as a US cruise missile operation targeting two railway bridges. No further details on the timing of the attack, the extent of damage, or casualties have been provided by Abu Ali Express.
Overnight, The Zioneer tracked the story as it unfolded: at 02:36 Jerusalem, initial reports from Ynet said a railway bridge was attacked in northwestern Iran. By the same time, The Zioneer published multiple updates — Barak Ravid (N12) reported that the US military used cruise missiles to strike two railway bridges, and a senior US official confirmed the strikes, calling them the first US attack on Iranian infrastructure since the April 8 ceasefire. Unverified footage later showed damage to the bridges.
The strike marks a significant escalation in the US–Iran shadow war, as it is the first direct US attack on Iranian infrastructure after months of relative calm. The ceasefire signed on April 8 had held until this operation.
The location of the second bridge among the two struck remains unknown. No official damage assessment or casualty figures have been released, and the Abu Ali Express report has not been independently verified.
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