🇺🇸🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷 US-Israel Coalition Strikes on Iran Drop Sharply: Combined Daily Volume Down 55-65%

Official data indicate a significant reduction in the daily volume of American and Israeli airstrikes against Iran following the initial days of the operation launched on February 28, 2026.

According to the (ISW) report of March 5, 2026, the campaign entered a second phase following the initial suppression of Iranian air defenses and command. This suppression did not occur fully as planned, as Iran continues to operate air defenses in certain areas and the command structure has been decentralized.

The US was unable to maintain the initial pace. American forces alone recorded 1,250 targets hit in the first 48 hours and 1,700 in the first 72 hours, according to the CENTCOM Fact Sheet.

The CSIS, in an analysis published the same day, estimates that the peak occurred within the first 100 hours, with 2,000 targets struck by American munitions. From March 4 onward, the report already points to a sharp decline in attacks.

Airwars, in its March 6 report, confirms an initial “record pace” of combined US and Israeli strikes exceeding 1,000 targets per day during the first four days, but also observes that this volume was not sustained as the operation progressed.

All these think tanks claim it is natural for the first phase to be more intense. However, I state that if Iran continues launching missiles and drones, and operating air defenses to the point of shooting down two high-value drones just yesterday, this reduction was not due to objectives achieved, but due to planning problems.
It is also possible that it involves aircraft maintenance and low stocks of certain munitions.

On the first day, Israel carried out the largest aerial operation in its history, hitting 500 targets in 24 hours.

By March 5 (day 6 of the operation), it reported 2,500 strikes, showing a drop to 300 attacks per day.

By March 7 (day 8 of the war), Israel’s accumulated total is 3,400 strikes, a daily average of 425, or 15% reduction compared to the start of the operation.

In the case of the US, the estimated percentage reduction, based on official cumulative numbers, is as follows:

Total targets hit by the US until day 8 (March 7): 3,000.

Initial average daily pace (days 1–2): 1,250 strikes.

Average pace from day 3 onward: 300–400 strikes per day.

This represents an estimated 76% drop in the daily volume of U.S. attacks following the initial peak which, when combined with Israel’s data, reflects an overall coalition reduction of 55-65%.

🔗 Patricia Marins

🇺🇸🇰🇼🇮🇷⚡️ — WATCH: U.S. soldiers record an Iranian drone striking a radar installation at the Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait.

🇸🇦🇵🇰 Saudi defense minister, Khalid bin Salman met with Pakistani Army Chief, Asim Munir, to discuss Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defense pact in the context of Iranian attacks on the Gulf Monarchy.

The two stressed that Iran's actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side "will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation" hinting at some form of retaliation from Pakistan if Iran ramps up its attacks on Saudi Arabia following US-Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities and desalinisation plants.

🔗 Khalid bin Salman

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🇦🇪🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Yediot Ahronot Israeli news outlet claims that the attack on the water desalination plant in Iran was launched by the UAE which would be the first strike the UAE has launched against Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇱☢️🇮🇷 The U.S. and Israel have discussed sending special forces into Iran to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium at a later stage of the war, according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions. — Axios

At a congressional briefing Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked whether Iran's enriched uranium would be secured. "People are going to have to go and get it," he said, without specifying who.

An Israeli defense official said Trump and his team are seriously considering sending special operations units into Iran for specific missions.

A U.S. official said the administration has discussed two options: removing the material from Iran entirely, or bringing in nuclear experts to dilute it on-site.

The mission would likely involve special operators alongside scientists, possibly from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

📝 Patricia Marins: This operation doesn't make the slightest sense unless the US and Israel are really desperate to obtain a quick end to the war.

As for the actual operation, the most likely scenario is, they'll send a force, claim there was "combat" and were unable to enter the underground facilities so they blew them up, withdraw and then sign a ceasefire claiming that the enriched uranium is 300 meters underground and irrecoverable.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱☢️🇮🇷 NYT: A narrow entry at Isfahan has created the opportunity for Iran to access its entombed gas canisters of highly enriched uranium.

MORE:
-U.S. agencies constantly monitor site activity.
-Trump may consider raid, but not now.

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🇦🇪⁉️🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷— Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, the head of the Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Security Committee in the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates, denies the Israeli reports claiming that the UAE attacked a water desalination facility in Iran.

🇮🇷⚔️🇺🇸 The 8th American soldier died in Israel-Iran War.

USMC Lance Corporal Kevin Melendez from Grapevine, Texas, died in a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia sometime between Feb 28th to March 3rd.

His body arrived back home on March 4th and his death was announced to the public on March 6th by local news.

Unclear where he was injured as the USMC did not provide any details about the circumstances of his injuries.

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🇦🇪❌🇮🇷 — For the first time, the United Arab Emirates attacked Iran, reports Ynet

🇦🇪❌🇮🇷 — The UAE has officially denied reports in Israeli media that Abu Dhabi attacked Iran

#NEWS | 🇮🇷 — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

We have the capability to produce missiles, but we have intentionally limited ourselves to below 2,000 kilometers of range because we don’t want to be felt as a threat by anybody else in the world.

We have not started any plan to increase the range of our missiles beyond what it is right now.

So there is no evidence, no intelligence, nothing to indicate that Iran is developing long-range missiles, let alone missiles that could reach the United States.

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🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Video shared by Iranian journalists shows the moment when leaking petroleum products from the bombed Shahran oil depot exploded in the storm drains along Tehran’s Shahran Boulevard, Northwestern Tehran

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🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Video shows the dark clouds over the skyline of Tehran, following the IAF strikes on oil infrastructure, which blotted out the sunrise at the Iranian Capital.

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🇨🇺💥 — For the second consecutive night, Cubans took to the streets to protest in Havana and other regions of the island.

Protesters chanted slogans such as: “We don’t want electricity, we want freedom.” In addition to complaints about the power outages, the protests reflect growing rejection of the regime amid a context of deterioration and the collapse of public services in Cuba.