Iran expands missile strikes on US, Israeli targets after deadly Minab school strike
Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday launched a new wave of missile strikes against US and Israeli targets across the region, describing the operation as retaliation for a strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran that killed over 100 people, most of them children.
In a statement, the IRGC Public Relations office said the 22nd wave of “Operation True Promise 4” used Kheibar and Fattah missiles, along with the super-heavy Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile equipped with a two-ton warhead. The Guard said the strikes targeted what it described as US and Israeli sites “from the Persian Gulf to Tel Aviv,” including Ben Gurion Airport, military facilities in Haifa, and US bases in Gulf countries.
The Guard claimed its missile and drone units destroyed several US radar systems in the region, including THAAD radar installations in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and the FPS-132 over-the-horizon radar, known as “Desert Eye,” in Qatar.
While describing the wave as “a powerful phase” of its ongoing campaign, the IRGC rejected what it called Western claims that Iran’s missile capabilities had weakened or that the pace of missile and drone launches had slowed. It added that Iran’s armed forces are moving toward “the full expansion of the war at the regional level” against US and Israeli targets, asserting that “the initiative on the battlefield remains in Iran’s hands.”
The IRGC linked the escalation to the February 28 strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in the southern city of Minab. Authorities said 165 people were killed, most of them girls aged seven to twelve, and at least 95 others were wounded.
The Iranian Red Crescent reported 1,332 deaths nationwide since the start of the US–Israeli strikes on Iran, while Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani confirmed that about 30% of those killed were children. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said preliminary figures indicate nearly 180 children have been killed since the war began, including 168 girls in the Minab school attack.
Israel confirmed that missiles were launched from Iran toward Israeli territory, saying its air defense systems were working to intercept them. The Israeli military said the Home Front Command issued emergency alerts urging residents to enter protected shelters, while sirens sounded in several locations in southern Israel.
בתום הערכת מצב, פיקוד העורף הפיץ הנחייה כי ניתן לצאת מהמרחב המוגן. יש להמשיך ולהישמע להנחיות פיקוד העורף
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) March 6, 2026
צה״ל זיהה כי לפני זמן קצר שוגרו טילים מאיראן לעבר שטח מדינת ישראל. מערכות ההגנה פועלות ליירט את האיום. בדקות האחרונות פיקוד העורף הפיץ הנחייה מקדימה ישירות לטלפונים הניידים באזורים הרלוונטיים.הציבור מתבקש לגלות אחריות ולפעול על פי ההנחיות - הן מצילות חיים.יש להיכנס למרחבים…
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Inside Iran, according to Israeli military statements, around 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets targeted an underground bunker beneath the leadership compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in central Tehran, though it remains unclear whether senior officials were present at the time or the extent of casualties and damage. The Israeli army also warned civilians in the Shokouhiyeh industrial zone near Qom to leave the area ahead of planned military operations.
‼️انذار عاجل موجه إلى سكان قم في ايران https://t.co/EMI7LdBmFx
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) March 6, 2026
Separately, Iranian media reported that air defenses shot down an Israeli Hermes-900 drone in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran.
