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Tehran
Tehran
launched drone attacks overnight targeting Israel’s Ramat David Airbase, while Tel
Aviv carried out strikes on multiple sites inside Iran as the confrontation
between the two sides entered its sixth day.
In a statement
on Thursday, the Iranian Army said its Navy deployed several Arash attack
drones toward Israeli-controlled territory, describing the operation as
targeting fuel storage facilities at the airbase. The statement did not provide
details on the extent of the damage or possible casualties.
Meanwhile, Israel
reported a new wave of airstrikes against Iranian targets. The Israeli military
said its aircraft destroyed a ballistic missile launcher in Qom that was
allegedly prepared for launch toward Israel and struck an air-defense system in
Isfahan that it said had been intended to target Israeli aircraft.
#عاجل ❌هاجمت طائرات سلاح الجو ودمرت في منطقة قم بايران منصة صواريخ بالستية مسلحة ومجهزة للإطلاق نحو دولة إسرائيل. ❌كما تم تدمير نظام دفاع جوي مخصص لاستهداف طائرات سلاح الجو في أصفهان. ⭕️تأتي هذه الضربات في اطار الجهود الهادفة لضرب أنظمة النيران التابعة لنظام الارهاب… pic.twitter.com/xI0bZOO55c
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) March 5, 2026
Local
Iranian officials also reported Israeli strikes in western Iran. The deputy
security governor of Hamedan Province said Israeli fighter jets targeted a
paper factory, a heavy-vehicle parking lot, and a reception hall in Malayer,
killing one person and injuring three others. In a separate strike on a
warehouse and storage facility in Bahar County, two people were killed and two
others wounded.
Iran’s Red
Crescent Society said the conflict has affected 174 counties across the
country since the start of the war, with 1,332 strikes recorded at 636
locations. The organization reported that 105 civilian sites and
facilities were among the targets and suffered serious damage.
Separately,
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for
striking a US oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf. The Guard’s
public relations office said naval forces hit the vessel and that the tanker
was “currently burning,” without providing details on casualties or the extent
of the damage.
The IRGC
also warned that Iran would enforce wartime navigation rules in the Strait
of Hormuz, “in accordance with international laws and regulations,” saying
military and commercial vessels belonging to the United States, Israel,
European countries, and their supporters would not be permitted to transit the
strategic waterway and would be targeted if detected.
Iranian
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also accused the United States of
attacking an Iranian naval vessel in international waters near Sri Lanka. “The
U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores,”
Araghchi wrote on X, referring to the Iranian frigate Dena, which he
said was carrying nearly 130 sailors and had been struck without warning.
The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores.Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning. Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set. pic.twitter.com/cxYiI9BLUk
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 5, 2026
Sri Lanka’s
Defense Ministry said the frigate issued a distress signal early Wednesday
before sinking about 40 nautical miles south of the island’s coast. Sri
Lankan naval officials said 30 to 32 sailors were rescued and
transferred to hospital with injuries, while search operations continue for the
remaining crew members whose fate remains unknown.
The
confrontation escalated on Feb. 28 after joint US-Israeli strikes targeted
sites inside Iran, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory missile and drone
attacks against Israel and US military bases across the region, including in
Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
Emirates.
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