IDF airstrikes targeted 'dozens' of sites connected to internal security forces.
Jon Haworth, Jack Moore, Nadine El-Bawab, David Brennan, Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, and Leah SarnoffPresident Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.
S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed by airstrikes in Tehran on SaturdayIran is responding to the U.S.-Israeli operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and Gulf nations. American diplomatic facilities have also been attacked.At a briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a U.S. submarine used a torpedo to sink an Iranian warship named after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a 2020 drone strike ordered by President Trump. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said this was the first time since 1945 that a U.S. Navy submarine "sunk an enemy combatant ship using a single Mark 48 torpedo to achieve immediate effect, sending the warship to the bottom of the sea." Caine acknowledged that there are a lot of questions about the U.S. missile stockpile, but he expressed confidence that the U.S. has enough munitions to continue military operations against Iran. However, he cautioned that he cannot provide details due to operational security reasons.The Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets targeted and dismantled the Iranian regime's defense and detection systems at the Mehrabad International Airport in the capital of Tehran.At a briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "this is not a 'mission accomplished' situation," instead calling it "a reality check." Hegseth said that now that both Israel and the U.S. have achieved dominance over the skies of Iran, those operations will be ramped up, shifting from mainly missile strikes in the first days to bomb drops. "Flying over Tehran, flying over Iran, flying over their capital, flying over the IRGC, Iranian leaders looking up and seeing only us and Israeli air power every minute of every day, until we decide it's over and Iran will be able to do nothing about it," he said. "More bombers and more fighters are arriving just today, and now with complete control of the skies, we will be using 500-pound, 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound GPS and laser-guided precision gravity bombs, of which we have a nearly unlimited stockpile," Hegseth said.Hegseth said additional forces are arriving in the Middle East on Wednesday. CENTCOM on Tuesday night announced 50,000 troops are in the region.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday, "We have only just begun." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. "It's very early and has President Trump has said we will take all the time we need to make sure that we succeed," he said. "We are only four days into this and the results have been incredible."
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