Israel steps up strikes in Iran and Lebanon as war spreads

Israel launches "broad wave of strikes" in Iran ahead of 3-day funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei as the war spreads. Live Live Updates: U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sees strikes intensify in Tehran on Day 5 as the conflict spreads By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals March 4, 2026 / 5:24 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know on the fifth day of the U.S. and Israel's war with IranIsrael announced new strikes on Tehran, and Lebanon's capital Beirut, as the Iranian regime said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's three-day funeral would begin Wednesday evening. There were reports Khamenei's son could be tapped as his replacement — and that he is already being targeted by U.S. or Israeli strikes.A U.S.-based organization says more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in Iran, including 181 children, as the American military identifies four of the first six U.S. casualties from the war, which is spreading across the Middle East.President Trump defended his decision to launch the war with Iran on Tuesday, claiming there would have been a nuclear war without the U.S.-Israeli intervention and that Iran "would have taken out many countries." New Updates 6m ago Largest U.S. military base in Middle East hit by Iranian missile The largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, was struck by an Iranian ballistic missile, Qatari officials said Wednesday. No casualties were reported.Qatar was targeted by two ballistic missiles fired from Iran, the country's ministry of defense said, but one was successfully intercepted. By Haley Ott https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon-day-5-al-udeid-targeted/#post-update-5f25be8c link copied 6m ago "No to war," Spain's prime minister tells Trump Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hit back Wednesday at President Trump's criticisms of Madrid's refusal to let U.S. planes use Spanish bases to attack Iran."The position of the government of Spain can be summed up in four words: no to war," he said in a televised address, a day after Mr. Trump threatened to sever all trade with Spain."We will not be complicit in something that is harmful to the world and contrary to our values and interests, simply out of fear of retaliation," Sanchez said."This is how humanity's great disasters start. ... You cannot play Russian roulette with the destiny of millions," Sanchez said, according to the Reuters news agency.CBS/AFP https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon-day-5-al-udeid-targeted/#post-update-e9f4dad3 link copied 6m ago Israel says one of its F-35 fighter jets shot down an Iranian jet over Tehran Israel's military said Wednesday that one of its fighter jets had shot down one of Iran's over the Iranian capital as Israel stepped up attacks on Tehran."An Israeli Air Force F-35I 'Adir' fighter jet shot down an Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter jet a short while ago over the skies of Tehran. This is the first shootdown in history of a manned fighter aircraft by an F-35 'Adir' fighter jet," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement shared on social media..The "Adir" is the Israeli variant of the U.S.-made F-35 II Lightning, which is heavily customized by Israel's military. By Tucker Reals https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon-day-5-al-udeid-targeted/#post-update-e7921086 link copied 6m ago Israeli military announces new "broad wave of strikes" on Tehran Israel's military announced Wednesday morning the beginning of a new "broad wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in Tehran." Israel Defense Forces spokesman Avichay Adraee said earlier that Israeli strikes were targeting dozens of military sites across Iran's capital, including headquarters of the notorious Basij paramilitary force linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. He said missile launchers and defense systems were also being hit, along with supply and logistics facilities "affiliated with the regime's ground forces."Adraee said the IDF would "intensify their strikes" on the Iranian regime's infrastructure. A woman gestures as she reacts following a strike on a police station, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA Iran's semi-official student news agency ISNA reported loud explosions in eastern Tehran on Wednesday. By Tucker Reals https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon-day-5-al-udeid-targeted/#post-update-5ecdb38f link copied 6m ago Israeli military warns residents of strikes in Lebanon's capital, on "facilities affiliated with Hezbollah" Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee warned residents in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Wednesday to evacuate an area near a specific building he said was affiliated with the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah