Washington/ Tehran, March 6 -- Tehran and other Iranian cities faced relentless airstrikes on the seventh day of the US-Israeli campaign, as United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned the bombardment was "about to surge dramatically."In a striking escalation, Iran responded with a major combined attack on Israel, firing UAVs and Kheibar missiles at targets in Tel Aviv, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "The 21st wave of Operation True Promise 4 has begun," the IRGC said in a statement quoted by ISNA.

Meanwhile, Israel's military announced a fresh "broad-scale wave of strikes" on Tehran, and the US confirmed that B-2 stealth bombers had hit deeply buried ballistic missile launchers with dozens of powerful "...