Israel steps up strikes in Iran and Lebanon as war spreads

Live Live Updates: U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sees strikes intensify in Tehran on Day 5 as the conflict spreads By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals March 4, 2026 / 5:24 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know on the fifth day of the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran Israel announced new strikes on Tehran, and Lebanon's capital Beirut, as the Iranian regime said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's three-day funeral would begin Wednesday evening. There were reports Khamenei's son could be tapped as his replacement — and that he is already being targeted by U.S. or Israeli strikes. A U.S.-based organization says more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in Iran, including 181 children, as the American military identifies four of the first six U.S. casualties from the war, which is spreading across the Middle East. President Trump defended his decision to launch the war with Iran on Tuesday, claiming there would have been a nuclear war without the U.S.-Israeli intervention and that Iran "would have taken out many countries." New Updates 3m ago Largest U.S. military base in Middle East hit by Iranian missile The largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, was struck by an Iranian ballistic missile, Qatari officials said Wednesday. No casualties were reported. Qatar was targeted by two ballistic missiles fired from Iran, the country's ministry of defense said, but one was successfully intercepted. By Haley Ott link copied 3m ago "No to war," Spain's prime minister tells Trump Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hit back Wednesday at President Trump's criticisms of Madrid's refusal to let U.S. planes use Spanish bases to attack Iran. "The position of the government of Spain can be summed up in four words: no to ...