The massive operation sparked threats of retaliation by Iran and reports of incoming missiles and drones around the region.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. The massive operation sparked threats of retaliation by Iran and reports of incoming missiles and drones around the region.
Just a few hours after a strike on Iran, explosions rocked northern Israel as the country attempted to intercept incoming missiles. "Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people," Trump said in a video statement. U.S. officials said the operation could potentially last days, and Trump acknowledged that there may be American casualties. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were both targeted in the U.S.-Israeli attack, according to three sources briefed.Trump confirms 'major combat operations in Iran' President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. military began "major combat operations in Iran," in a video posted to social media.FILE - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers his Friday prayer sermon, in front of a picture of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini. Nov. 5, 2004.Khamenei was "carrying out his assigned duties," and was "in his workplace" when he was killed "in the early hours of Sunday morning," according to the announcement. Iranian state TV said claims from Israeli media that Khamenei was "in a secure and hidden location" when he was killed were false.The Israeli defense forces have launched "another wave of strikes," against Iran, the IDF said in a post on X.Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in a statement posted on social media on Saturday, criticized Trump's strikes on Iran as "dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want," calling the gambit a "dangerous and unnecessary gamble with American lives that also jeopardizes stability in the region and our standing in the world." "I know the threat that Iran poses, and they must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, but this is not the way to dismantle that threat ... And let us all be clear-eyed about what comes next. The President has already said this conflict may produce American casualties," Harris wrote. She also criticized Trump's campaign promise to not start new wars as "a lie", as well as Trump's claim last year that he had obliterated Iran's main nuclear program.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a statement on social media about "Operation Epic Fury," writing: "The Iranian regime had their chance, yet refused to make a deal - and now they are suffering the consequences." Hegseth reaffirmed that not only would Iran's missiles and missile production be destroyed, but that "The Iranian navy will be destroyed." Hegseth's post continued: "As President Trump has said his entire life, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. The United States did not start this conflict, but we will finish it."
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