IDF: Air Force has dropped over 6,500 bombs in Iran; strikes to increase on regime sites, missile factories

By Emanuel Fabian

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6 March 2026, 7:43 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The Israeli Air Force has dropped over 6,500 bombs during strikes in Iran since the start of the war, according to the military.

In all, IAF fighter jets have carried out 2,500 sorties and 150 separate waves of strikes, the IDF says.

The military says it is now increasing strikes targeting Iranian regime sites in Tehran, as well as against Iran’s weapon production facilities across the country — including those used to manufacture missiles and launchers — as it moves into a new phase of the war.

Military officials say that the IDF has plans to operate in Iran in the coming weeks, and even beyond that if necessary.