The war with Iran entered its second week on Saturday with intense fighting across multiple fronts, as Israeli forces struck deep inside Iran while Tehran retaliated with missiles and drones across the region. Political rhetoric in Washington and Jerusalem meanwhile suggested the conflict could widen further still.

The day began with reports of renewed Israeli air operations across Iran. The Israeli military said more than 80 aircraft had taken part in a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure linked to Iran’s missile and military programmes. Israeli officials said the attacks hit a series of facilities including missile storage sites, weapons factories and command compounds used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). According to the Israeli military, jets also struck F-14 fighter aircraft at Isfahan airport and destroyed air-defence and detection systems that posed a threat to Israeli aircraft, in what Israel described as an effort to expand its aerial superiority over Iran. The strikes followed an earlier attack two days earlier that Israeli officials said destroyed 16 aircraft belonging to the IRGC’s Quds Force at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport.

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Energy infrastructure was also hit. Large fuel storage depots in Tehran, including a major facility at Shahr-e Rey, south of the capital, were reported ablaze after Israeli strikes, sending plumes of fire and smoke into the night sky. Iranian media gave conflicting accounts over whether the nearby refinery........

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