US and Israel Bomb Tehran's Azadi Stadium, Escalate Middle East War

The US-Israeli military campaign entered a sixth day with both states reporting strikes on Iranian targets.

“In maps: Six days of strikes across the Middle East Israel's military says it has carried out further attacks on Iran, targeting what it said were facilities connected to the security forces, command centres and weapons sites as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered a sixth day”

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Verified footage showed smoke at Tehran's Azadi stadium complex, which Iranian state media said was "destroyed" in an apparent US-Israeli strike.

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Israel said it had carried out further strikes on facilities it described as linked to security forces, command centres and weapons sites.

The strikes were not limited to Tehran.

The Israel Defense Forces reported hits on the Iran-backed Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut.

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Across the Gulf, the UAE and Qatar reported missile and drone attacks, indicating a widening regional trajectory to the conflict.

Israeli and US forces said their joint operations destroyed Iranian air defences in western and central Iran and in Tehran.

“In maps: Six days of strikes across the Middle East Israel's military says it has carried out further attacks on Iran, targeting what it said were facilities connected to the security forces, command centres and weapons sites as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered a sixth day”

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BBC Verify reported visual evidence consistent with strikes at more than 20 sites in Tehran and attacks in some 30 other Iranian cities and towns.

Those reports reflect a broad geographic scope and significant military coordination.

A US-based agency reported 1,114 civilians killed in Iran since 28 February, and US Central Command said six American military personnel were killed.

Iranian state media reported at least 168 people, including children, died when a girls' school in Minab was hit by three missiles, a figure the BBC has not independently verified.

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These reports underscore both heavy civilian tolls and challenges in verifying claims.