Saturday, February 28, 2026

BREAKING NEWS: IRAN ATTACKED BY ISRAEL, IRAN RETALIATES IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS*SUPREME LEADER DEAD*IRAN TELLS SHIPS NOT TO OPERATE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ*OPENING ATTACKS ASSASSINATION STRIKES ON IRANIAN LEADERSHIP*MORE THAN 200 KILLED IN IRAN*NETANYAHU IN SEPTEMBER "WE NEED TO DESTROY THE IRANIAN AXIS"*IRAN ATTACKS ISRAEL, US BASE NATIONS IN REGION*

 


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"we need to destroy the Iranian axis...that is what stands before us in the coming year, which could be a historic year for the security of Israel"


ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKING TO ISRAEL'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2025...



"Defeat of the Iranian axis is 'within our means', says Netanyahu The prime minister delivered a Rosh Hashanah address to the IDF General Staff forum in Tel Aviv"-Jerusalem Post September 23, 2025




                            LINKS TO NEWS SOURCES:



                         TIMES OF ISRAEL LIVEBLOG


                      OSINTdefender "X"



              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



               RIA Novosti Russia Blog (Translation Prompt)





ISRAEL ATTACKING IRAN IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED A JOINT US-ISRAELI OPERATION 


ASSASSINATION STRIKES CARRIED OUT IN CENTRAL TEHRAN TO KILL TOP IRANIAN LEADERS


ISRAEL'S MOSSAD SPY AGENCY CALLING ON IRANIANS TO 'RETURN IRAN TO ITS GLORIOUS DAYS'....



There are explosions reported in multiple Iranian cities at numerous locations across Iran.


Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz described the initial attacks on Iran as "pre-emptive".



Mainstream US media outlets speaking of US-Israeli coordination in the attacks on Iran.


US warplanes based on land and on the "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier at sea are attacking Iran.



THE REUTERS NEWS AGENCY SAYS THE US AND ISRAEL PICKED TODAY'S DATE TO ATTACK IRAN WEEKS AGO.


JUST HOURS AGO, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPOKE OF NO DECISION ON AN ATTACK HAVING BEEN MADE.


Iran's holy city of Qom the city of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attacked.


Part of the information being reported by mainstream media is that Ayatollah Khamenei was moved to a safe location how the media know this not clear.



Iran's Press TV reporting injuries in the attacks.  Two locations in Tehran the capital city were attacked with Iranian state media speaking of attacks on five cities.



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FORMALLY ANNOUNCING THE ATTACKS ON IRAN.


THE PRESIDENT POSTING AN EIGHT MINUTE VIDEO ON TRUTH SOCIAL...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Link Trump Statement)



Iranian warplanes in the skies over the capital city of Tehran following the attack MIG-29 aircraft sighted.


Reuters quoting Iranian officials promising a 'crushing response' to the attacks.



Seven missiles impacting near the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Leader's Residence in Tehran during the initial attacks this morning.


In his eight-minute video announcing the attacks US President Donald Trump speaking of a military campaign to destroy Iran's capability to produce missiles.


Trump saying Iran's missile industry will be "totally obliterated".



IRAN'S MEHR NEWS AGENCY SAYS THAT PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN WAS NOT HURT IN THE ATTACKS ON TEHRAN THIS MORNING.



Hospitals in Israel directed to move their operations to underground and safe areas.


The attacks on Iran launched in the middle of the night US time if Iran retaliates by the time many Americans wake up in the morning they will see visual images of Israel being attacked.



In his statement earlier President Trump saying Iran's Navy will also be destroyed and that Iran's military 'must lay down their arms or die'



There have also been cyberattacks on Iran this morning with several news agencies and mobile apps impacted according to Iran's Fars News Agency.



IRAN HAS BEEN BAITED TO RESPOND WITH THESE ATTACKS THE US MILITARY, ISRAELI MILITARY READY FOR ANY RESPONSE BY IRAN'S MILITARY.


IRANIAN COUNTERATTACKS WILL JUSTIFY MORE ATTACKS ON IRAN BY THE US AND ISRAEL.



The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps speaking of 'a strong and decisive response' to the attacks on Tehran.   


If I were the Iranians a measured response proportional to what was actually done to them this morning would make sense.


A lot of attacks reported but note no sign of any follow-up attacks from the US and Israel.


Perhaps they hoped to flush out a big Iranian response that would have been shot out of the sky.



PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED FOR REGIME CHANGE IN HIS EIGHT-MINUTE VIDEO SAYING TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE:



"When we're finished take over your government"



The New York Times speaking of several days of military operations against Iran.



MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM IRAN TOWARDS ISRAEL


A second wave of attacks on multiple Iranian cities not attacked in the first wave.




ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART THAT THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL HAVE:


"embarked on an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran"



IRAN LAUNCHING ATTACKS AT BASES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE REGION USED TO ATTACK IT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT 


ALSO QATAR WHERE FOUR BRITISH WARPLANES ARE DEPLOYED TO HELP PROTECT THE US BASE THERE.



Syria reporting four killed due to an Iranian missile impact in Sweida located in southern Syria near Israel.


THE UNITED STATES CALLING THE MILITARY OPERATION 'EPIC FURY'.



ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYING THE ATTACKS THIS MORNING WERE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AIMED AT IRAN'S LEADERS INCLUDING PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN AND SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI



Iran reports 57 killed in an attack on an elementary school in the southern part of the country.



IRAN SAYS IT DESTROYED A US RADAR SITE IN QATAR USED FOR MISSILE TRACKING



                                UPDATE

     (1230 PM US EASTERN TIME, 930 PM IRAN TIME)



More Iranian missile barrages Saturday evening aimed at Israel and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.


Shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the eastern end of the Persian Gulf being told by VHF radio that the strait is closed.


These broadcasts linked to Iran.   The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center with an advisory...



            UKMTO Shipping Advisory Persian Gulf Region




THE LUXURIOUS PALATIAL CITY OF DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNDER ATTACK WITH FOUR INJURED IN A FIRE IN THE CITY.


MOUNTING EVIDENCE IN RECENT YEARS OF THE UAE BEING ISRAEL'S SILENT PARTNER WAGING WAR IN YEMEN AND SUDAN FOR THE ISRAELIS.


THE UAE ALSO TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE HORN OF AFRICA WHERE ISRAEL HAS RECOGNIZED SOMALILAND IN THE NORTH OF SOMALIA AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE.


US FORCES ARE ALSO BASED IN THE EMIRATES WITH MANY FLIGHTS OF US TRANSPORT PLANES IN AND OUT OF THE UAE IN RECENT WEEKS.



Iran telling us 63 killed at a girls school in the southern part of the country that was hit in the US-Israeli attacks.


ON FOX NEWS THIS MORNING JENNIFER GRIFFIN EXPLAINING THE FIRST ATTACKS ON IRAN WERE IN PART AN EFFORT TO KNOCK OUT IRAN'S AIR DEFENSES IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE ATTACKS.


GRIFFIN ALSO NOTING THE FIRST USE OF ATTACK DRONES BY THE UNITED STATES ON A BATTLEFILD.



This evening an attack on the Iranian city of Bushehr where a nuclear power plant is being built with Russian assistance.


Explosions in other Iranian cities Urmiye and Qom.



This evening the Iranian missile barrages on Tel Aviv described as more intense.



MORE THAN 200 KILLED IN IRAN IN TODAY'S ATTACKS ACCORDING TO IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SOCIETY.



The spin from Israel is that some Iranian leaders were eliminated in the initial attacks this morning.  Who those leaders were not so clear?


President Trump did speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once the war started.



Israel says it hit 500 targets in Iran today.



12 INJURED IN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS AIMED AT US MILITARY FACILITIES IN KUWAIT ACCORDING TO KUWAITI AUTHORITIES



Iran says one of its missiles hit a US 'MST combat support ship...IRNA News Iran (Translation Prompt)



ISRAEL WARNING RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE CITY OF ISFAHAN (AL JAZEERA)




(UPDATE AT 730 PM EASTERN US TIME, 4 AM IRAN TIME)



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH CERTAINTY THAT IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI WAS KILLED IN THE INITIAL ATTACKS.



ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKING WITH LESS CERTAINTLY BUT BELIEVING THAT KHAMENEI WAS KILLED.



What is confirmed by Iran tonight is the death of four members of the Ayatollah's family including his daughter.



MORE NEGATIVE DETAILS COULD EMERGE REGARDING THE WAR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HERE IN THE USA AND ISRAEL, NOT TO MENTION IRAN.


BAD NEWS OFTEN GETS PUT OUT LATE AT NIGHT IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION.



Israeli authorities are trying to rescue the survivors of an Iranian missile strike in central Israel late tonight.



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING TO US MEDIA OUTLETS ABOUT THE WAR ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS WITH A MESSAGE THAT THINGS ARE 'GOING WELL'.



From Israeli officials one person killed 121 wounded in Iranian attacks so far.



THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF IRANIAN ATTACKS ON DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IRAN EXPLAINING THE ATTACKS SAYING THE TARGET WAS A US CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FACILITY.


One fatality 25 injuries at the site of an Iranian missile attack in Tel Aviv...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



IRAN NOW OFFICIALLY CONFIRMING THE DEATH OF SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI IN THE INITIAL ATTACKS THIS MORNING...



ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



And concluding today's post the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps promising 'the fiercest offensive operation in the history of the Iranian armed forces'.


This in retaliation for the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei.


Good Night.  The Day Two War Post Will Post After Midnight Eastern US Time.

                 















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