Iran’s Missile Barrage Smashes Tel Aviv, US-Israeli Defenses Fail – Sharmine Narwani
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👉 JOIN TELEGRAMIn this 6 March 2026 published video, host Danny Haiphong talks with renowned journalist Sharmine Narwani of The Cradle who breaks down Iran’s historic 21st wave of retaliation against US and Israel dubbed Operation True Promise 4, and what the strikes tell us about the state of the ongoing war.
Iran has launched multiple significant missile barrages targeting Tel Aviv and other central Israeli locations, with the most recent waves occurring on 6-7 March 2026. While Israeli and U.S. air defense systems (including the Iron Dome, Arrow, and Patriot batteries) successfully intercepted many incoming projectiles, several missiles did penetrate the shield. Multiple ballistic and reportedly hypersonic Fattah missiles struck central Tel Aviv. Notable damage includes Direct hits on residential high-rise buildings near the city’s commercial hub, fires at residential sites caused by falling debris and direct impacts and the IDF headquarters and a major airbase housing F-35 fighters were claimed by Iran as targets that were successfully hit.
Reports on casualties vary as the situation remains fluid. In the March 6 strikes, Israeli emergency services (MDA) and police reported damage to several sites in central Israel with at least 34 injuries and one confirmed death. A previous strike on March 1 in Beit Shemesh resulted in nine fatalities. Military analysts suggest the defense systems were “overwhelmed” by saturation attacks (hundreds of missiles launched simultaneously) and the use of advanced decoys that exhausted interceptor supplies.
This barrage is part of a wider war that began on February 28, 2026, after joint U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Iranian missile programs. Iran’s state broadcaster characterized these strikes as retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other high-ranking officials. The conflict has caused oil prices to spike and markets to tumble as fears of a full-scale regional war grow.
