[JimSEA]

If the chemical plants are anything like Houston's they are specifically and redundantly designed not to explode. Most likely, they have been emptied and have nothing in process as a safety measure.

My concern would be such things as chlorine tanks. They would take a direct hit but could be nasty. Underground tanks might be an option as the gas is heavier than air. It would be hard to "fail safe" a chemical plant but I would doubt the nuclear equivalent verbiage. Israel likely has at least as good a system as our industry does.

[TexanToTheCore]

I think they have a lot of those problems solved. Gas can be moved from one tank to another and with the crappy missiles that Hesbollah is using, the chance of a hit is very low.

They also may have evacuated the area around the plants, as they would be a definite target.

I am not at all sure that a direct hit with a Katyushin missile would breach the tank. I think it might take a sustained barrage to open one up.

[NewConservTexan]

I understood the "chemical plants" were refineries that were running. Yes, a chemical plant or refinery could be emptied to make it significantly safer. Given the time line we have had my guess is that would be occurring right now. I doubt the plants were done before the attacks started.

My assumption would be that Israeli chemical plants or refineries would be even more protected that our own plants. Even with all of that JimSEA is right a direct hit to the wrong spot on a Chlorine Tank or something like that could be problematic. Given the translated message earlier it looks like that was Hezbollah's plan. I believe all the rocket attacks on Haifa are meant to hit a petrochemical asset.