Israel says over 80 fighter jets struck Tehran, central Iran

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A damaged mannequin lies amid the debris of destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs, on March 7, 2026. Lebanese official media reported on March 7 that clashes had erupted as Israeli forces attempted a landing operation along the Lebanon-Syria border, with militant group Hezbollah saying its fighters were involved. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has launched numerous strikes and sent ground troops into Lebanon since Tehran-backed group Hezbollah fired missiles at Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei. (Photo by AFP)

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Israel’s military said more than 80 fighter jets completed a wave of strikes on Iranian military sites, missile launchers and other targets in Tehran and central Iran on Saturday.

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“Over 80 Israeli Air Force fighter jets… completed an additional wave of strikes targeting infrastructure belonging to the Iranian terror regime,” the military said in a statement.

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In one of the biggest raids announced by Israel since the regional war began on February 28, the statement said that jets hit a military academy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards which “was being used as an emergency asset”.

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It said the facility was being used for military operations, making it “a lawful military objective”.

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Other targets included an underground command centre and missile storage facility as well as launch sites, “in order to reduce the scope of fire directed at the territory of the State of Israel”, the statement said.

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When Israel joined the United States in a massive wave of strikes on Iran at the start of the war, the Israeli military said 200 fighter jets took part in the raids, calling it the largest in the air force’s history.

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