Day 24 second strike wave: Urmia, Ahvaz, Isfahan and Karaj hit — hospital affected in Ahvaz, civilian casualties in Urmia
·Urmia / Ahvaz / Isfahan / Karaj, Iran
A second wave of Day 24 strikes targeted multiple Iranian cities beyond Tehran. Residential areas in Urmia (West Azerbaijan) suffered civilian casualties. A hospital in Ahvaz, Khuzestan's largest city and oil hub, was reportedly affected. Air defences were activated over Isfahan and Karaj. The wave extends Israeli/US strikes to Iran's northwest and southwest, covering 6+ cities simultaneously.
Strikes were reported across multiple Iranian cities on Day 24 beyond the already-captured Tehran wave and Khorramabad residential hit.
**Cities affected:**
- **Urmia** (West Azerbaijan, northwest Iran, pop. ~750,000): Residential areas hit, civilian casualties confirmed — new city targeted in Day 24
- **Ahvaz** (Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, pop. ~1.3M): A hospital was reportedly affected. Ahvaz is Iran's main oil city in Khuzestan and home to major refinery infrastructure
- **Isfahan** (Isfahan Province, central Iran, pop. ~2M): Air defences activated, explosions reported. Isfahan houses Iran's largest steel plant and key military-industrial infrastructure
- **Karaj** (Alborz Province, Tehran's western suburb, pop. ~1.7M): Explosions reported, part of Tehran metropolitan area strikes
- **Bandar Abbas**: Already captured (IRIB broadcast centre, 04:34 UTC)
- **Khorramabad**: Already captured (residential, 03:45 UTC)
**Iranian Red Crescent** reported more than 80,000 civilian units damaged across the war. Confirmed death toll has exceeded 1,500 per separate reporting.
**Strategic significance:** The geographic spread — from Urmia in the northwest to Ahvaz/Khuzestan in the southwest — demonstrates the breadth of the Day 24 strike campaign. Khuzestan (Ahvaz) is Iran's oil heartland; any damage to the Ahvaz hospital and nearby oil infrastructure would have cascading humanitarian and economic consequences.
Iranian Red Crescent reported more than 80,000 civilian units damaged across the war. Urmia residential areas and an Ahvaz hospital were among Day 24 reported casualties. Iranian death toll now exceeds 1,500 per separate reporting.
CENTCOM Gen. Cooper stated Iran has targeted civilian sites 300+ times 'out of desperation' as its capabilities decline. No CENTCOM statement on specific Iranian city strikes.