IDF opens Day 17 with wide-scale Tehran strikes — missile debris hits US consul residence

As Day 17 began, the IDF announced a fresh wide-scale wave of strikes on Tehran infrastructure, the latest in a campaign the IDF reports has hit 200+ Iranian targets per day. Iran's FM labelled the strikes on Tehran fuel depots 'ecocide' — the strongest language yet from Iranian diplomacy on the targeting of civilian-adjacent infrastructure. In a parallel development, debris from an Iranian ballistic missile struck a residential building used by the US consul in Jerusalem. No casualties were reported, but the incident marks the first known missile impact on a US diplomatic residence in Israel during the conflict. It underscores both the volume of Iranian fire and the strain on Israeli intercept systems, which officials have warned are running critically low on interceptors. The IDF separately clarified at a press conference that regime change in Iran is not an army war goal, framing the campaign as degrading military infrastructure and creating conditions for the Iranian people to determine their own future.