Israel launched a series of 'preemptive' strikes against Iran, hitting targets across Tehran in broad daylight.
Multiple outlets, citing U.S. officials, reported that the U.S. was also taking part in the strikes. There has been no official confirmation from the U.S. as of yet.Trump says US could 'very well' see a 'friendly takeover of Cuba' Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the attacks on Saturday, saying it was a “preemptive strike against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel.
” He warned of an “immediate state of emergency throughout the entire country.”Unlike the 12 Day War, which began with a predawn series of strikes, Saturday’s strikes occurred in broad daylight. This was no coincidence — a security source told Channel 12 that a daylight strike was chosen to surprise Tehran, which was expecting any strike to occur at night. An Israeli official told the outlet that the “initial phase” of strikes will last four days, and will be much larger than the 12 Day War. Israel is going “all out” in the operation, they said, and the US is “on the same page.” An Israeli official told thefrom the Israeli Air Force clarified that there was no immediate danger yet, and the sirens were a drill to prepare for expected retaliation. Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.on Iranians to help in the coming operations, urging citizens to “share photos and videos of your just struggle against the regime with us.” “Our Iranian brothers and sisters, you are not alone! We have launched a highly secure and dedicated Telegram channel especially for you. Together we will return Iran to its glorious days,” the message read. The U.S. embassy in Qatar implemented a shelter-in-place order for all citizens. The main U.S. military base in Qatar was attacked by Iran during June’s 12 Day War.officials in Tehran have threatened if they were attacked by America. Israel has begun taking extensive precautions, including the closing of its airspace and restrictions on civilian movement.amid the protests, which have gone on intermittently for nearly a decade, according to U.S. intelligence reports provided to the president and confirmed by Secretary of State The president ordered the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to sail from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East in order to give the president more options for how to carry out the operation and for how to defend possible U.S. assets that Iran could target in retaliation. The It’s the second time since Trump returned to the White House that the president has green lit operations against Iran, the first time being when the Air Force bombed. The long-range bombers that carried out that mission left from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and flew from there to Iran, carried out the operation, and came back to the base. It’s unclear what will happen now when it comes to Iranian leadership, though the U.S. likely does not want to see the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fill the void left by the deaths of senior leaders across the countries. People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. The regime had spent decades building up and training proxy groups in other countries with the goal of carrying out operations against their shared targets — primarily Israel and the United States — without Tehran facing blowback themselves.in southern Israel. That operation, in which Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed roughly 1,200 people and kidnapped another 250 individuals was the spark that instigated several connected wars as other Iranian proxies attacked Israel as well. TRUMP IS THREATENING TO DESTROY THE SAME IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES HE SAID WERE ‘OBLITERATED’ MONTHS AGOin Yemen, both of whom are still standingbut were left battered after various U.S. strikes that occurred after they started carrying out attacks in the region, claiming they were doing so in support of the Palestinians amid the Israel-Gaza war.
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