In addition to the sunken ships, almost 200 targets inside Iran have also been attacked, says Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, CENTCOM, reports NBC News. In parallel, Iran's attacks with both ballistic missiles and drones have decreased drastically - by 90 and 83 percent, respectively - since the first day of the offensive, according to Cooper.
But at the same time, reports of Iranian attacks continue to pour in. The latest attacks on civilian targets in Bahrain are said to have caused material damage, but there are no reports of casualties, AFP reports. Just a few hours earlier, several parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv, were also subjected to Iranian rocket attacks.
As the war approaches one week, Israel states that it is entering the "next phase" when the country, together with the US, will further "dismantle the regime and its military capabilities."
"We have further surprises awaiting us, but I am not going to reveal them," said Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir in a television appearance on Thursday evening.
During the course of the war, at least 180 children have been killed in Iran in connection with US and Israeli attacks, the UN children's fund UNICEF announced in a press release. Among the dead were 168 girls at a school in Minab in southern Iran on February 28. It is estimated that most of the children were between seven and twelve years old. Another twelve children have been killed in attacks on other schools around Iran. In total, at least 20 schools and ten hospitals have been hit in attacks, according to the UN agency.
