{"id":14083,"date":"2026-03-06T07:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14083"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:23:12","slug":"tehran-hit-by-heavy-bombing-on-day-seven-of-us-israel-war-on-iran-israel-iran-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14083","title":{"rendered":"Tehran hit by heavy bombing on day seven of US-Israel war on Iran | Israel-Iran conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Intense air attacks have pounded Tehran and other Iranian cities on the seventh day of the US-Israeli war on the country, amid warnings from United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the bombardment was \u201cabout to surge dramatically\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military said Friday morning it had begun a new \u201cbroad-scale wave of strikes\u201d on Tehran, while the US said its B-2 bombers had dropped dozens of \u201cpenetrator\u201d bombs on deeply buried ballistic missile launchers inside the country.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Huge explosions hit several locations in the Iranian capital, Tehran, overnight, including residential areas and the vicinity of Tehran University, according to news reports and an Al Jazeera team on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian military academy was also struck,\u00a0while a journalist from Iran\u2019s state broadcaster was reporting live near the site.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Asadi said the bombardment in the capital had been more intense than previously seen, with many attacks in the east and southeast of Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the very early hours of today and into the morning, we have been witnessing a continued wave of massive strikes,\u201d he said, adding the shockwaves of the blast could be felt in the bureau of Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say that compared to previous days, we saw heavier bombardment overnight, at least in the capital,\u201d he said, reporting enormous explosions and fighter jets in the skies, and a huge column of thick smoke rising from an air attack.<\/p>\n<p>He said the targets reportedly included military locations but also civilian sites, including residential buildings, parking lots and gas stations.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"buried-missile-launchers-bombed-us\">Buried missile launchers bombed: US<\/h2>\n<p>Explosions were also reported around the Iranian city of Kermanshah, in an area home to multiple missile bases, as well as in the cities of Shiraz and Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said attacks have already destroyed most of Iran\u2019s air defences and missile launchers.<\/p>\n<p>Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that early Friday, US B-2 stealth bombers dropped dozens of 2,000lb \u201cpenetrator\u201d bombs on deeply buried ballistic missile launchers inside Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve also struck Iran\u2019s equivalent of Space Command, which degrades their ability to threaten Americans,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking alongside Cooper, Hegseth described an upcoming surge in the bombardment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more fighter squadrons, it\u2019s more capabilities, it\u2019s more defensive capabilities,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s more bomber pulses more frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"us-likely-responsible-for-school-attack-report\">US \u2018likely responsible\u2019 for school attack: Report<\/h2>\n<p>At least 1,230 people have been killed in the attacks on Iran since Saturday, Iranian state media has reported. UNICEF said on Friday that at least 181 children were among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>Among the young victims were at least 175 children killed when a girls\u2019 school in Minab, in southern Iran, was hit on the first day of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, according to the IRGC.<\/p>\n<p>Amid scrutiny over the incident, Hegseth on Wednesday acknowledged the US military was investigating it.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters news agency reported, quoting two US officials, that US military investigators believed it was likely that US forces were responsible for the apparent strike, but have not yet reached a final conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Deliberately attacking a school would be a war crime, and if a US role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of US wars in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Intense air attacks have pounded Tehran and other Iranian cities on the seventh day of the US-Israeli war on the country, amid warnings from United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the bombardment was \u201cabout to surge dramatically\u201d. 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