The United States and Israel say they're intensifying attacks against Iran, and the defense secretary says more than 50,000 military personnel are involved. CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. Iran kept up its retaliatory attacks on Israel,

Iran launches missiles at Tel Aviv in Israel, as the first UK government flight to evacuate citizens from the Middle East arrives home.

Follow live updates and the latest news coverage as the U.S. and Israel strike Iran, Tehran hits back across the Gulf and Americans are stranded in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its ⁠next ⁠leader as the war escalated on Thursday, with U.S. and Israeli jets ⁠hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming under renewed bombardment.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has told a White House event the US is striking Iranian drone and missile systems "every single hour".

The Israeli military said it had begun a broad wave of strikes in Iran's capital, Tehran, early Friday local time. The strikes target “Iranian terror regime infrastructure,” according to the military’s statement.

U.S. and Israeli forces hammered Iran for a sixth day, including an attack on a stadium in Tehran.