US and Israeli strikes against Iran - 28 February 2026, Media, Maps & Timelines *NO DISCUSSION*

[otto]

"Donald Trump has expressed his belief that King Charles would have backed him over the conflict in Iran, drawing a pointed contrast with Sir Keir Starmer's position. The US President indicated that the monarch would have adopted a "different stand" compared to the Prime Minister."

Donald Trump declares King Charles would have defied Keir Starmer over Iran and ‘stood by me’

Despite this claim, constitutional convention prevents the monarch from engaging in politics

www.gbnews.com

 

[Dotta]

"Alarms in Tel Aviv. ​

The biggest attack since the beginning of the war.​

On Wednesday,
shortly before the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover,
Iran carried out the largest missile attack on Israel since the beginning of the war.

Wednesday evening marks the beginning of the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover.

Iranian media say
the United States and Israel carried out airstrikes during the Persian New Year - Nowruz celebrations on March 20."

Alarmy w Tel Awiwie. Największy atak od początku wojny

W środę, na krótko przed rozpoczęciem żydowskiego święta Paschy, Iran przeprowadził największy atak rakietowy na Izrael od początku wojny - donosi "The Times of Israel", powołując się na źródła wojskowe.

wiadomosci.wp.pl

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039481844123525242

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039473821296578763

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Donald Trump used his first address to the nation since the start of the war in Iran to justify the costs that it is imposing on America and the world, while continuing to claim that he is close to winding up the conflict.

Trump said on Wednesday evening that Iran had been decimated and that the hard part of the war was done. He however added that the US would hit Iran “extremely hard” for the next two to three weeks.

Tonight, I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion … In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield – victories like few people have ever seen before.”

Trump urges Iran to make deal ‘before it is too late’ after strike on key bridge near Tehran – Middle East crisis live

US president warns there was ‘much more to follow’ after B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, Iran, was targeted on Thursday

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039584177780076594

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039585577637466529

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039541180342387089

 

[SouthAussie]

More than $550 billion has been wiped off Wall St after Donald Trump’s address on the war in the Middle East.

The S&P500 futures market saw a huge dip during the address.

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/usiran-war-live-updates/live-coverage/d1ff9f941545ff192951460153ee770b

 

[Dotta]

"The US media is covering the address in great detail. ​

'A belated advertisement'.​

Instead of clear answers,
Americans received a political rally.

This is the unanimous assessment of Donald Trump's latest address by major American media outlets.

Key information:

- Donald Trump's address did not live up to expectations regarding ending the war with Iran.

- The president has not presented a plan to solve the energy crisis in the US.

- The American media strongly criticized the speech as an attempt to win voter support.

CNN assessed that Donald Trump's 20-minute speech
'turned out to be a rather belated advertisement' for the ongoing conflict,
which sole purpose was a desperate bid for support from impatient voters."

Media w USA rozpisują się o orędziu. "Spóźniona reklama"

Zamiast jasnych odpowiedzi Amerykanie dostali polityczny wiec. Tak zgodnie oceniają najnowsze orędzie Donalda Trumpa największe amerykańskie media. Dziennikarze wytykają prezydentowi USA, że nie przedstawił...

wiadomosci.wp.pl

 

[Dotta]

" 'Within the next 24-48 hours'.​

U.S. Embassy Alert.​

'US citizens should leave Iraq immediately',
the US Embassy in Baghdad warns.

According to sources at the embassy,
'Iraqi terrorist groups linked to Iran
may be planning to carry out attacks in central Baghdad
within the next 24-48 hours'.

The attacks,
according to the US Embassy in Baghdad,
may target Americans
or 'companies, universities, diplomatic missions, energy infrastructure, hotels, airports and other locations
perceived as linked to the United States,
as well as Iraqi institutions and civilian targets'.

The embassy cited repeated incidents in the past
in which Americans were the targets of kidnappings."

"W ciągu najbliższych 24-48 godzin". Alert ambasady USA

"Obywatele USA powinni natychmiast opuścić Irak" - alarmuje amerykańska ambasada w Bagdadzie. Według źródeł placówki, "irackie ugrupowania terrorystyczne powiązane z Iranem mogą planować przeprowadzenie ataków w...

wiadomosci.wp.pl

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039616101886181391

 

[Rikissa]

Article from 2 April 2026:

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups

Earlier this month, three men were hanged in public after they were arrested over the January protests. Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old wrestling star, along with Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi, was convicted of moharebeh, or waging war against God, according to state media. A day earlier, Kourosh Keyvani, a Swedish-Iranian dual national, was executed for spying for Israel.

‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups

www.theguardian.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Article from 2 April 2026:

‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups

www.theguardian.com

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Iran: Seven protesters and dissidents at risk of imminent execution after four men arbitrarily executed in secret within 24 hours

Responding to the arbitrary and secret executions of four dissidents in Iran since yesterday as at least seven other protesters and dissidents face the

www.amnesty.org.au

 

[SouthAussie]

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Austria latest country to ban US planes

Austria says it's rejected all requests from the United States for military overflights since the conflict in the Middle East began.
Spain has also closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran
France has blocked planes carrying military supplies to Israel from flying through its airspace
Italy denied US military aircraft permission to land at an air base in Sicily

 

[SouthAussie]

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Global summit on Strait of Hormuz begins

More than 40 countries, including Australia, have joined a virtual summit on how to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who is leading the meeting, started by stressing the "urgent need" to reopen the vital shipping route.

The United States was not expected to take part.

 

[SouthAussie]

A spokesman for Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday dismissed a speech by US President Donald Trump as "insane".

Elias Hazrati made the comment on Iranian state television, insisting Trump's remarks "boosted our nation's integrity".

"Trump is tangled with insane remarks," he said.
"Today, Iran is managing the Strait of Hormuz powerfully."

Live: Reopening Hormuz by force 'unrealistic', says Macron, as key summit gets underway

The French president has expressed scepticism about how the key waterway could be reopened as war in the Middle East continues. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

 

[JennieM]

‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?​

Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Thu 2 Apr 2026

Western leaders have warned Israel against a ground offensive in Lebanon, while condemning Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel. In the past four weeks, more than 1,240 people have been killed in Lebanon, including at least 124 children, while more than 1.1 million people have been forced to flee their homes. Away from the headlines, at least 673 people have been killed in Gaza since the October ceasefire, bringing the death toll in the devastated territory to 72,260.

The EU’s reluctance to take measures against Israel is a familiar story. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, last September proposed unprecedented sanctions against Israel, citing the “manmade famine” in Gaza and “a clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution” with settlement plans in the West Bank. Von der Leyen, a German conservative, had previously been accused of being an uncritical defender of Israel.

She was responding to intense public scrutiny of the horrors unfolding in Gaza, where Israel is accused of committing genocide, and the call by a large majority of EU member states to review the bloc’s association agreement.

‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?

Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

5m ago
UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that the Middle East conflict risked spiralling into a wider war, as he called for an immediate halt to US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian attacks on its neighbours.

“We are on the edge of a wider war that would engulf the Middle East with dramatic impacts around the globe,” the secretary-general told reporters in New York.

Trump urges Iran to make deal ‘before it is too late’ after strike on key bridge near Tehran – Middle East crisis live

US president warns there was ‘much more to follow’ after B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, Iran, was targeted on Thursday

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

52m ago
The Lebanese prime minister, Nawaf Salam, said there was no end in sight to the war that has killed hundreds of people and left a million more displaced.

Marking one month since Lebanon was dragged into the Middle East war, with the Israeli military fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants along the southern Lebanese border, Salam said his country was committed to “employing all available means to stop the war”.

Speaking at a press conference, he said: “Lebanon has become a victim of a war whose outcomes or end date no one can predict with certainty.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued unprecedented evacuation orders for swathes of the Lebanese south, which it claims to be a Hezbollah stronghold. With troops advancing further into Lebanese territory, Israel said it will occupy and destroy the homes along the border to prevent the return of about 600,000 residents.

A man stands atop the rubble from a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Young boys sit at the entrance of a tent at an unofficial camp for displaced people on Beirut's waterfront area. Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

Since the start of attacks, 1,318 people have been killed in Lebanon and 3,935 injured, according to the country’s health ministry. More than 1.1 million people have been displaced, including hundreds of thousands of children, the UN said.

“We are called upon to continue our work in strengthening our capacities, obtaining greater support for sheltering the displaced, responding to their needs, ensuring their good hosting—indeed, their embrace—and safeguarding their security as well as the security of their hosts among the citizens throughout all of Lebanon,” said Sawaf.

“For these displaced persons are the first and greatest victims of a war in whose waging they had no say or decision.”

Trump urges Iran to make deal ‘before it is too late’ after strike on key bridge near Tehran – Middle East crisis live

US president warns there was ‘much more to follow’ after B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, Iran, was targeted on Thursday

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

Israel strikes Lebanon again, as thousands flee their homes​

IMAGE SOURCE, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Image caption, First responders have been looking for survivors at the site of an overnight missile strike in the village of Zibdine

We've just brought you some footage of explosions near a major Iranian missile base, and we're now seeing images of the aftermath of strikes in another part of the Middle East.

In Lebanon, Israel is still carrying out an extensive bombing campaign targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the south of the country.

Thousands of people have left their homes and set up tents on the streets and beaches to escape the attacks.

IMAGE SOURCE, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Image caption, Members of the Druze community in the city of Shefa-Amr, southern Lebanon, have been assessing the extent of the damage caused by Israeli rocket fire

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS
Image caption, Thousands across Lebanon have been forced to flee their homes since the start of the Israeli strikes last month

Updates: Iranian bridge cut in half by strike as Trump warns ‘more to follow’

Local officials say eight people were killed by the strike on the under-construction bridge in Karaj, a city west of Iran's capital Tehran.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

'It's not a show': Macron hits out at Trump​

Hugh Schofield
Paris Correspondent

President Trump has been on the offensive against France, which he accuses of failing to help in the war on Iran, and personally too against President Macron.

Trump, on Wednesday, commented that Macron's wife Brigitte "treats him extremely badly".

Macron said these comments were inelegant and unworthy and did not merit a response.

On strategic matters, the French president said the Trump administration was constantly giving out contrary signals.

"There’s too much talk" he said, adding "it’s going off in every direction. But we all need stability, calm, a return to peace. It’s not a show."

"If you want to be serious, you can’t say each day the opposite of what you said the day before."

Updates: Iranian bridge cut in half by strike as Trump warns ‘more to follow’

Local officials say eight people were killed by the strike on the under-construction bridge in Karaj, a city west of Iran's capital Tehran.

www.bbc.co.uk