Mideast in Pictures: Iran's answer to U.S.-Israeli strikes-Xinhua
Mideast in Pictures: Iran's answer to U.S.-Israeli strikes
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2026-03-05 03:20:15
Members of the Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, Israel, early on March 1, 2026. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)
CAIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, entering its fifth day, has triggered a sharp escalation across the Middle East, setting off waves of missile exchanges, mounting casualties, and far-reaching political, security, and economic repercussions.
As Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with some of the leader's family members, as well as several senior Iranian military commanders, was killed on Saturday, the first day of the joint operation, Iran has responded through waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. assets across the Middle East.
This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2026 shows an explosion in downtown Tel Aviv, Israel. The United States and Israel on Saturday launched "major combat operations" against Iran, claiming that the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed. Iran retaliated with a series of counterattacks against Israel and U.S. targets across the region. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)This long exposure photo taken on March 1, 2026 shows flare trails left by interceptor missiles launched from Israeli air defense systems in Tel Aviv, Israel. Multiple explosions were heard in Tel Aviv on Sunday, eyewitnesses said, as Israel's military said it was operating to intercept new barrages of missiles from Iran that triggered air raid sirens across the country. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)People work at the site of a missile strike in Be'er Sheva, Israel, on March 2, 2026. A missile from Iran struck a residential area in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva on Monday, injuring at least 15 people, according to Israeli authorities. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)Flares from flying missiles are pictured over Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Feb. 28, 2026. The UAE said it has intercepted a new wave of Iranian missiles on Saturday. (Xinhua/Wen Xinnian)This screenshot from a video clip taken with a mobile phone shows smoke billowing from an area near the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait's Hawalli Governorate, March 2, 2026. No immediate details were available regarding the cause of the smoke, and authorities have yet to issue an official statement, local media reported. (Xinhua)Jordanian policemen block the area and roads surrounding the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan on March 3, 2026. All personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Amman have temporarily departed the embassy compound due to a security threat, the embassy said in a statement on Monday. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)■
