Tehran [Iran]/ Tel Aviv [Israel], March 24: Israel and the United States have launched a new wave of attacks against Iran as Tehran has renewed its strikes on its Gulf neighbours and pledged to hit power plants in Israel and other countries in the region if its power plants are targeted.
The Israeli military said on Monday that it launched a second round of attacks, hours after it said it had "begun a wide-scale wave of strikes" on infrastructure targets in Tehran without elaborating.
Al Jazeera Arabic's correspondent in Tehran, Suhaib Al-Asa, reported that the size and volume of the explosions in the Iranian capital were "unprecedented", especially on the eastern side of the city.
Iranian air defence systems were activated in the eastern part of the city, Al-Asa said, indicating Iran was responding to US-Israeli drones hovering over that part of the city.
Iran's Fars news agency reported that a strike on a residential building in the city of Khorramabad, west of Tehran, killed one child and wounded several people. At least six people were killed in strikes on homes in Tabriz city, according to Fars. Majid Farshi, the director general of crisis management for Iran's East Azerbaijan province, said there were two deadly attacks in Tabriz.
Al Jazeera's Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran, said there were reports of explosions in many other cities.
"All in all, the Iranian Red Crescent Society has said more than 80,000 civilian [building] units have been hit, with some of them fully demolished. Of course, that number includes hospitals, schools, academic institutions and Red Crescent facilities." The head of the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper, accused Iran in an interview of launching missiles and drones from populated areas, suggesting those areas would be targeted. He provided no proof for the claims.
The US military said it targeted a turbine engine production site in north-central Iran's Qom province used for drone and aircraft components linked to the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Meanwhile in Israel, Iranian missile strikes continued overnight with falling shrapnel reported across several locations in southern and central Israel.
Source: Qatar Tribune