On the first day of the war, Iran fired some 80 missiles at Israel. The following day, the Islamic Republic fired around 60, and on the third, around 30. Over the following weeks and until the final day of the war, Iran launched on average 10-20 missiles per day.<\/p>\n
In all, at least 16 missiles carrying conventional warheads \u2014 with hundreds of kilograms of explosives \u2014 struck populated areas in Israel, causing extensive damage.<\/p>\n
There were also some 50 incidents of missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads hitting populated areas, with hundreds of separate impact sites.<\/p>\n
\t All 24 fatalities from Iran\u2019s missile attacks were civilians, and all but two were not inside bomb shelters. Cluster munitions killed 10, and conventional missiles killed 14.<\/p>\n According to the Home Front Command, more than 5,500 Israelis were displaced due to damage caused to their homes by the attacks<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s strikes and Iran\u2019s remaining capabilities<\/p>\n The Israeli Air Force dropped over 18,000 bombs in Iran amid the war, in over 1,000 waves of strikes, the military said.<\/p>\n According to the IDF, over 10,800 separate strikes were carried out on over 4,000 targets, including air defense systems, ballistic missile launchers, weapon production sites, nuclear facilities, various headquarters, and military commanders and leaders.<\/p>\n IAF fighter jets conducted some 8,500 sorties to Iran, the military said.<\/p>\n The American military said that it alone carried out 13,000 strikes on Iranian military targets.<\/p>\n \t According to the military, Israel destroyed or disabled around 60% of Iran\u2019s estimated 470 ballistic missile launchers. Around 200 of the launchers were destroyed in strikes, while another 80 were not considered to be operational after the IAF struck tunnel entrances to subterranean facilities where they are stored, according to the military.<\/p>\n At the start of the war, the IDF assessed that Iran had 2,500 ballistic missiles. IDF intelligence officials recently said they estimated that Iran still has around 1,000 missiles that are capable of reaching Israel.<\/p>\n In addition, the military assessed that its strikes have destroyed around 85% of Iran\u2019s air defense and detection systems. More than 300 targets relating to Iran\u2019s air defenses, including missile launchers and radars, were struck, the IDF said.<\/p>\n However, the most significant blow was to Iran\u2019s weapon production industry, with the military reporting that it struck all of the key sites used to develop weapons that threaten Israel. Thousands of targets relating to Iran\u2019s military production industry were destroyed, according to the IDF.<\/p>\n Israel has said that these strikes have caused significant damage to Iran\u2019s ballistic missile production industry, and as a result, it currently cannot manufacture any new missiles.<\/p>\n \t IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military \u201cmet all the goals and objectives set for it, and even exceeded them\u201d during the war.<\/p>\n \u201cWe set out for Operation Roaring Lion to severely damage the Iranian terror regime and remove existential threats to Israel over time. We significantly struck all of its systems and capabilities, eliminated its leadership, damaged its command and control systems, eliminated many of its commanders, and severely hit its military industries, ballistic missile array, economic targets, and nuclear targets,\u201d he said in a press conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Nuclear program<\/p>\n While Israel carried out several strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities during the conflict, as well as in the 12-day war in June 2025, the effort against the Iranian nuclear program was being led by the US.<\/p>\n This included the issue of Iran\u2019s stockpile of over 400 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium, which Israeli officials have said is enough for 11 nuclear bombs.<\/p>\n \t Among the nuclear sites that the IDF hit during the war were a yellowcake production plant near the central Iranian city of Yazd; Iran\u2019s Arak heavy water reactor; a nuclear research and development site at the Malek Ashtar University in Tehran; the Taleghan 2 facility at the Parchin military complex; and a secret underground site on the outskirts of Tehran known as Minzadehei, where the IDF said Iran transferred much of its nuclear program after the war with Israel in June.<\/p>\n Economic damage<\/p>\n Israel shifted to bombing \u201ceconomic targets\u201d in Iran during the later weeks of the war, aimed at causing massive financial damage to the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n The targets included major Iranian gas infrastructure in the country\u2019s south; two of Iran\u2019s largest steel factories; several petrochemical facilities; and 10 \u201ckey\u201d rail sections and bridges.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/F260324CG142-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tRocket trails from an Iranian missile with a cluster warhead are seen over Tel Aviv, March 24, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg\/Flash90)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP__20260329__A64N4Y6__v2__HighRes__IranUsIsraelWar-e1774825757578-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tA plume of smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 29, 2026. (ATTA KENARE \/ AFP)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26083584950045-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tIran\u2019s domestically built missiles and satellite carriers are displayed in a permanent exhibition at a recreational area in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP__20260311__A2WE79F__v1__HighRes__IranUsIsraelWar-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tThis satellite image taken and released on March 11, 2026 courtesy of Vantor shows a view of Taleghan 2 facility with three craters after airstrikes at the Parchin military complex, some 30 kms (20 miles) southeast of Tehran, Iran (Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor \/ AFP)<\/p>\n
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