Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Saturday as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States escalated, with explosions reported at the capital’s Mehrabad international airport and other parts of the city.Images posted on social media showed attacks and large fires at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, with eyewitnesses reporting planes burning on the runway after explosions rocked one of the Iranian capital’s main commercial airports.Israel said it had launched “wide-scale” attacks on targets in Tehran, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the western part of the city. “The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) has begun a wave of large-scale attacks” against government targets in the Iranian capital, an Israeli military statement said.Follow live updates on the US-Israel-Iran warWitnesses described the Israeli airstrikes as particularly intense, saying the explosions shook houses and sent up plumes of smoke. Others reported explosions around the Iranian city of Kermanshah, an area home to several missile bases. The witnesses spoke anonymously for fear of reprisals, the AP reported.The Israeli military earlier said it had detected another round of Iranian missile fire aimed at Israel. A series of explosions were later heard in Tel Aviv following the launches.Israel’s emergency services, Magen David Adom, said it received no reports of casualties after the bombing. The military later issued a statement saying people were free to leave their shelters “in all areas of the country.”As Israeli warplanes bombed Tehran and Beirut, Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and the Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war. Much thunder was heard over Jerusalem shortly after midnight local time as Israel said it was working to intercept missiles launched from Iran.US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a television interview that the “largest bombing campaign” of the war was yet to come.The United States and Israel have carried out repeated attacks on Iran against its military capabilities, its leadership and its nuclear program, as the objectives and timelines of the war have continued to change.The latest developments come after tensions in West Asia escalated following a joint US-Israeli military strike on February 28 on Iranian territory that killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with other senior figures.In retaliation, Iran launched waves of drone and missile attacks on several Arab countries.