With a ceasefire in Iran taking effect early Wednesday morning, the full scope of the joint Israeli-American 40-day campaign against the Islamic Republic began to emerge.

Israel, on February 28, launched its campaign against Iran, alongside the United States, to degrade the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by Iran — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and “create the conditions” for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders said.

Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel continued until around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. And the Israeli Air Force continued at the same time to bomb Iranian launchers and other military sites, before halting its fire.

Iran, during the fighting, launched some 650 ballistic missiles at Israel. According to the military, more than half of the missiles carried cluster bomb warheads, which spread bomblets indiscriminately over wide areas.

The missile attacks killed 20 Israeli civilians and foreign nationals in Israel, along with four Palestinians in the West Bank. More than 7,000 people in Israel were injured, according to the Health Ministry.

On the first day of the war, Iran fired some 80 missiles at Israel. The following day, the Islamic Republic fired around 60, and on the third, around 30. Over the following weeks and until the final day of the war, Iran launched on average 10-20 missiles per day.

In all, at least 16 missiles carrying conventional warheads — with hundreds of kilograms of explosives — struck populated areas in Israel, causing extensive damage.

There were also some 50 incidents of missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads hitting populated areas, with hundreds of separate impact sites.

All 24 fatalities from Iran’s missile attacks were civilians, and all but two were not inside bomb shelters. Cluster munitions killed 10, and conventional missiles killed 14.

According to the Home Front Command, more than 5,500 Israelis were displaced due to damage caused to their homes by the attacks

Israel’s strikes and Iran’s remaining capabilities

The Israeli Air Force dropped over 18,000 bombs in Iran amid the war, in over 1,000 waves of strikes, the military said.

According to the IDF, over 10,800 separate strikes........

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