India, March 3 -- An Iranian aircraft was destroyed on the ground at Bushehr Airport during a fresh wave of military strikes, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, as hostilities between Iran and a joint US-Israeli coalition escalated sharply.

The strikes are part of an ongoing operation by the United States and Israel targeting Iranian military and strategic assets.

Iran's Mehr News Agency reported that Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran was also struck. Images released by the agency showed thick grey smoke rising near what appeared to be a runway.

"The American-Zionist terrorists attacked the area around the Mehrabad airport," the agency said.

Iran responded with a barrage of missiles and suicide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) att...