Israel carries out fresh strikes on Tehran and Beirut as Iran targets US bases in Gulf

The Guardian World
by William Christou in Beirut
March 4, 2026
Explosions heard across Iranian capital as Israeli military announces further ‘broad-scale strikes’ against regime Middle East crisis – live updates Israel has carried out another wave of strikes on Tehran and Beirut while Iranian missiles continued to fly toward Israel and the Gulf as the war with Iran entered its fifth day. Explosions were heard across Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the Israeli military announced “broad-scale strikes” on Iranian regime targets. Police stations and Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) headquarters in the Kurdish regions of north-western Iran were also razed by strikes, Kurdish media reported. Continue reading...
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/4/2026