Iran launched seven barrages of ballistic missiles at Israel on Thursday, sending millions running to bomb shelters, as the Israel Defense Forces kept up its strikes on Iranian military and regime targets on the sixth day of the war.

No one was reported wounded in the Iranian missile salvos. One missile struck an open area in a central town. Eleven people in total have been killed in Israel over the course of the war, which began on Saturday.

Iran has launched over 500 ballistic and cruise missiles and over 2,000 drones since the start of the war, a military source told the Iranian Fars news agency on Thursday. The report claimed that 40 percent of the Iranian attacks targeted Israel and the other 60% targeted American sites in the region, despite Iranian attacks hitting civilian sites in Gulf nations.

Those regional strikes have met condemnation from countries in the Middle East as well as European governments, some of which have sent defensive forces to the region.

The Iranian missile fire came as the IDF said it had destroyed more than 300 missile launchers in nonstop sorties over the Islamic Republic, and as the US-Israeli attacks are reportedly moving to strike Iranian sites underground.

Amid the repeated volleys of missiles targeting Israel, Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed it had launched missiles with one-ton explosive warheads aimed at “the heart of Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, and the 27th Squadron base of the Israeli Air Force at this airport.”

Those claims appeared to be false, as there is no 27th Squadron in the Israeli Air Force. The claim was likely referring to Airbase 27, or Lod Airbase, which was once part of Ben Gurion Airport but was closed for good in 2010.

Iran also claimed to have hit “targets in Tel Aviv as well as Meron radar base” with drones. There were no reports of any drone impacts in Israel. The military has reported shooting down more than 100 drones since the start of the war.

מתחילת מבצע ״שאגת הארי״: חיל-האוויר תקף מאות אתרי שיגור והוציא מכלל שימוש יותר מ-300 משגרי טילים בליסטיים חיל-האוויר השלים בשעות הבוקר (ה') את גל התקיפה ה-113 נגד תשתיות של משטר הטרור האיראני במערב ובמרכז איראן. בגל התקיפה הטילו מטוסי חיל-האוויר חימושים רבים על עשרות אתרים, מהם… pic.twitter.com/s7W9v6vmaq — Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) March 5, 2026

מתחילת מבצע ״שאגת הארי״: חיל-האוויר תקף מאות אתרי שיגור והוציא מכלל שימוש יותר מ-300 משגרי טילים בליסטיים

חיל-האוויר השלים בשעות הבוקר (ה') את גל התקיפה ה-113 נגד תשתיות של משטר הטרור האיראני במערב ובמרכז איראן.

בגל התקיפה הטילו מטוסי חיל-האוויר חימושים רבים על עשרות אתרים, מהם… pic.twitter.com/s7W9v6vmaq

— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) March 5, 2026

Two sources familiar with Israel’s military campaign told Reuters that the war is now entering a second phase that will see the targeting of ballistic missile sites buried deep underground.

Many such strikes would likely be carried out by the US, with its heavy bombers capable of carrying bunker-busting bombs that can reach the sites.

New high-resolution satellite images released by @vantortech show the aftermath of strikes on a missile base in Garmdarreh, east of the city of Karaj. Before: 22 FebruaryAfter: 4 March pic.twitter.com/U8Yn7pSspR — Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) March 4, 2026

New high-resolution satellite images released by @vantortech show the aftermath of strikes on a missile base in Garmdarreh, east of the city of Karaj.

Before: 22 FebruaryAfter: 4 March pic.twitter.com/U8Yn7pSspR

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) March 4, 2026

Satellite images published Thursday by Vantor, a defense intelligence firm, showed damage to a building at a missile base in Garmdarreh and destruction caused to a building and tunnel entrances at the Khorramabad missile complex, as a result of strikes carried out so far.

Strikes in Tehran target IRGC, Basij, internal security forces

The Israeli Air Force on Thursday carried out a wave of airstrikes against Iranian military sites in western and central Iran, destroying ballistic missile launchers and air defense systems. That attack marked its 113th such sortie in those regions, alongside 13 over the capital city.

In two waves of airstrikes in the Tehran area, the IDF struck the headquarters of the Islamic Republic’s special forces, bases of the Basij paramilitary force, and other regime sites.

The IDF said that the “headquarters of the special units of the Iranian terror regime” in the Alborz province, just west of the city, “commands all of the regime’s special units in the province and serves to direct the regime’s armed forces.”

Some 90 IAF fighter jets participated in the strikes on Iran’s capital and its surroundings, hitting some 40 targets with around 200 bombs, according to the military.

Elsewhere in Tehran, the IDF said, it struck targets of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Basij bases, the headquarters of the internal security forces, and dozens of other command centers and weapon storage sites.

Mohammad-Sadegh Motamedian, Tehran’s governor, urged citizens to avoid stockpiling necessities in order to keep markets calm.

Across the capital, metro stations were less crowded than before the war, as trains continued running. Authorities said they were equipping dozens of subway stations to serve as bomb shelters, as they did during the 12-day war last June.

Funerals for dead Iranian security officers were held around the country, including in Kerman, Isfahan and Tabriz. Hard-liners also gathered Wednesday night in town squares and intersections to mourn and express support for the theocracy while religious songs blared from their cars.

Iran’s state-run Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said the death toll from US and Israeli strikes on the country had risen to 1,230. The toll has not been independently verified, and does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The World Health Organization said it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid the war, and that it was checking reports that four medics were killed and 25 others injured. Both the US and Israel say they are not targeting civilian sites and infrastructure in Iran.

IDF: More than 550 aerial refuelings since the war’s start

According to the IDF, more than 550 aerial refuelings have been carried out over the skies of the Middle East since the war began, allowing hundreds of IAF fighter jets to operate in Iran, located over 1,500 kilometers (nearly 1,000 miles) from Israel.

The IDF said 5 million pounds of fuel were transferred by the IAF’s refuelers during the current conflict, which constitutes more than half the quantity of the total refuelings carried out during June 2025’s 12-day war.

The IAF has also relied heavily on the US military’s aerial refueling capabilities, as the US military has equipment comprising roughly 10 times Israel’s refueling fleet. Dozens of US refueling tankers have been stationed in Israel amid the conflict.

An IAF Boeing 707 refueling plane refuels a fighter jet over the Middle East, in a handout video issued on March 5, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Iran fires seven missiles at UAE, one impacts

Amid the fighting, Iran has continued its attacks on neighboring Arab countries – including, but seemingly not limited to, sites of US airbases.

EU and Gulf ministers called on Iran Thursday to immediately end its “indiscriminate” attacks against the Gulf countries, warning the strikes threatened international security.

In recent days, several EU countries, as well as the United Kingdom, have dispatched naval or air defense forces to the region, or expanded the permissions they’ve given the US to use their bases.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK is sending four additional Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar “to strengthen our defensive operations in Qatar and across the region.”

The United Arab Emirates said Iran fired seven ballistic missiles at it on Thursday, of which one impacted inside the country.

In total, Iran has fired 196 ballistic missiles at the UAE, of which 181 were intercepted, 13 fell into the sea, and two directly impacted, according to figures released Thursday. Three people have died in the attacks — a Pakistani, a Nepali and a Bangladeshi. Ninety-four people have been injured.

Iran has also fired a total of 131 drones at the UAE, of which only six impacted. The rest were intercepted, said the Emirati Defense Ministry. Falling debris from an intercepted drone injured six people in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

The World Health Organization’s chief said the war had forced it to suspend operations at its emergency logistics hub in Dubai.

Qatar was also subjected to a missile attack on Thursday. Several blasts were reported across the city, and from the capital city of Doha, a column of black smoke was seen rising on the horizon.

Saudi Arabia accused Iran of attacking the US diplomatic compound in Riyadh with drones. Iran’s ambassador to the kingdom denied the attack, telling AFP: “If the operations command in Tehran attacks somewhere, it takes responsibility for it.”

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said one of its facilities in the Maameer industrial zone, housing an oil refinery, was attacked.

Iran has also been accused of firing at Turkey. Ankara, meanwhile, condemned a drone attack on Azerbaijan, which Baku blamed on Iran and vowed to retaliate for, and Iran blamed on Israel.

Additionally, Iran’s army said it launched a drone attack on a US site in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil.

The announcement came after a flurry of reports that the US may be working with Iranian Kurds to fight the regime on the ground.

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