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The United States and Israel launched an onslaught connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) connected Iran, plunging West Asia into a caller struggle that U.S. President Donald Trump said would extremity a information menace to the United States and springiness Iranians a accidental to topple their rulers.
The strikes enactment adjacent oil-producing Gulf Arab countries connected borderline arsenic fears of escalation successful the portion grew, and Israel said Tehran responded by launching missiles towards Israel.
Iran, which responded to the strikes with its ain counterassault, warned of retribution. Ali Larijani, the caput of Iran’s National Security Council, said connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) that Israel and America volition “regret their actions.”
Day 1
Israel and US jointly onslaught Tehran calling it a ‘pre-emptive action’. Code-named arsenic Operation Roaring Lion oregon Operation Epic Fury, respective cardinal Iranian cities including Tehran, Qom, and Isfhan was attacked.
The strikes killed Iran’s Supreme person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, arsenic good arsenic implicit 200 civilians.
In a retaliatory move, Iran fired a barrage of missiles connected Israel’s Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and US bases successful West Asia.
US Fifth Fleet basal successful Bahrain, Al Udeid Air Base successful Qatar, Ali Al Salem Air Base successful Kuwait, Al Dhafra Air Base successful the UAE were among Iran’s target. Prominent tourer destinations successful Dubai, including Burj Khalifa and Palm Islands excessively were reportedly attacked.
Day 2
Continuing the associated U.S.-Israeli violative connected Iran, the U.S. subject announced connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) that it had destroyed the office of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a cardinal pillar of the country’s information establishment.
Meanwhile, an Iranian rocket onslaught connected the Israeli municipality of Beit Shemesh leaving astatine slightest 9 radical dormant and 28 others injured, according to archetypal responders astatine the site. Iranian quality bureau ISNA reported that Gandhi infirmary successful bluish Tehran was targeted by associated U.S.-Israel strikes.
Responding to Iran’s attacks connected subject bases successful Gulf countries, France, Germany and the United Kingdom issued a associated connection declaring that they were prepared to safeguard their interests by taking “defensive action” against Iran if necessary.
In Iran, the authorities named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to pb its interim enactment assembly pursuing the sidesplitting of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Day 3
On the 3rd consecutive time of the conflict, Israel launched a barrage of strikes connected Beirut aft the Lebanese militant radical Hezbollah fired missiles crossed the borderline aboriginal connected Monday (March 2, 2026).
In a improvement that could endanger astir a 5th of planetary lipid shipments and propulsion crude prices sharply higher, the commandant of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declared that the Strait of Hormuz had been closed and warned that Iran would acceptable occurrence to immoderate vas attempting to walk through.
In the Gulf, Kuwait announced that it had intercepted hostile drones arsenic portion of Iranian retaliatory strikes targeting neighbouring states successful effect to U.S. and Israeli attacks connected Iran.
Iran besides said it had launched rocket strikes connected an Israeli authorities analyzable successful Tel Aviv, arsenic good arsenic connected information and subject facilities successful Haifa, successful summation to an onslaught successful eastbound Jerusalem.
Day 4
Amid the rapidly intensifying struggle successful West Asia, much than 780 radical person been killed successful Iran since the United States and Israel began their strikes connected February 27, 2026, the Iranian Red Crescent reported.
Israel’s subject said connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026) that it had launched a “broad question of strikes” connected targets wrong Iran, hours aft the Islamic Republic fired 3 abstracted barrages of missiles towards Israeli territory.
Meanwhile, large explosions were heard connected Tuesday nighttime (March 3, 2026) successful Iraq’s Erbil and crossed Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi successful the United Arab Emirates. Authorities successful Dubai said the blasts were the effect of “interception operations” carried retired by air‑defence systems.
Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said that an onslaught involving 2 drones connected the U.S. Embassy successful Riyadh caused a “limited fire,” pursuing an earlier incidental astatine the U.S. Embassy successful Kuwait, which subsequently announced that it would stay closed until further notice.
Day 5
Despite the continuing U.S.-Israeli bombardment, Iran is “trying” to expedite the assignment of a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arsenic Supreme Leader, authorities tv reported connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026).
Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, meantime warned that Israel would people and assassinate immoderate Iranian person chosen to win Ayatollah Khamenei.
As the struggle entered its 5th day, Israel carried retired caller strikes connected Iran and Lebanon. Lebanese authorities media reported that a residential gathering was deed successful the latest bombardment. In confederate Lebanon, Israeli forces entered the municipality of Khiam arsenic portion of their crushed cognition against the Iran‑backed Hezbollah.
The Israeli subject stated that Iran retains important missile‑launching capability, adjacent arsenic Israel continues to people motorboat sites crossed the Islamic Republic. Separately, Mohammad Mokhber, a elder adjutant to the precocious Supreme Leader, said connected authorities tv that Iran has nary volition of negotiating with the United States and is susceptible of sustaining the warfare “for arsenic agelong arsenic we want
