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

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The Latest: Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon​

 

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The Spanish prime minster, Pedro Sánchez, condemned Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon, and criticised Benjamin Netanyahu.

“His contempt for life and international law is intolerable,” Sánchez wrote on X.

Middle East crisis live: Red Cross ‘outraged’ as Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 254 people; Trump says US military to remain in region

As Israel attacks on Beirut continue, Abbas Araghchi points to announcement that says ceasefire includes Lebanon while JD Vance says US never promised that

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Israeli attacks on Lebanon were 'grave violation' of ceasefire, Iranian minister tells BBC​

The Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday were a "grave violation" of the US-Iran ceasefire, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh tells the BBC's Today programme in an exclusive interview.

We'll have more lines from that interview very soon - and you can hear the full thing on BBC Radio 4 from 07:30 BST.

You cannot have a cake and eat it at the same time, Iranian minister tells US​

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We can bring you some more lines now from the Today programme's interview with Iran's deputy foreign minister.

Saeed Khatibzadeh says Iran sent a message to the Oval Office last night: "You cannot have a cake and eat it at the same time."

He adds: "You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept all the areas that a ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just starts a massacre."

Khatibzadeh says the strikes by Israel amount to a "sort of genocide". Israel insists it is hitting the militant group Hezbollah, which is itself firing rockets into Israel.

US 'must choose' between war and ceasefire, minister says​

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In his inteview with the Today programme, Iran's deputy foreign minister says the US "must choose" whether it wants war or peace.

"They cannot have it both at the same time. They are mutually exclusive, it is quite clear."

As we already reported, Saeed Khatibzadeh says Israel's ongoing strikes in Lebanon are a "grave violation" of the US-Iran ceasefire.

Iran, he says, asks "everybody in the Middle East to abide by this agreement...and we expect the Americans to do the same with its allies."

When questioned by Nick Robinson on whether Iran will pull out of negotiations if the Israeli strikes continue, he says: "We are very much focusing on the wellbeing of the whole Middle East."

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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After a day of horror in Beirut, it's hard to know what Israel's long-term strategy is​

Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, reporting from Beirut

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Image caption, The aftermath of an Israeli strike on Beirut, seen on Thursday

The morning after Israel’s bombs brought horror and destruction to this city, Beirut is quiet.

President Joseph Aoun described it as a “massacre”, and the government announced that today would be a public holiday, to mourn those who were killed.

For 10 minutes, at around 14:00 here, the whole country came under attack.

The Israeli military said more than 100 air strikes were carried out on what it described as Hezbollah targets. Busy, densely populated residential areas were hit, and Israel knew that this would inevitably lead to a high number of casualties.

According to the Lebanese health ministry, at least 182 people were killed, a number that is likely to be higher, and 890 wounded.

It is difficult to see what the long-term Israeli strategy is.

Even Israeli military officials acknowledge what has been known in Lebanon for a long time: that Hezbollah will not be disarmed by force.

The attacks may give Israel some military gain, but this is likely to be limited.

Meanwhile, opponents and supporters of the group are coming together in their anger and criticism of Israel, united in their view that what happened here was unacceptable and unjustifiable.

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Lebanon should be 'urgently included' in ceasefire, says UK foreign secretary
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While the Iranian deputy foreign minister was speaking to the Today programme, the UK foreign secretary was talking to BBC Breakfast TV.

She says Lebanon should be "urgently included" in the conditional two-week ceasefire agreement between the Untied States and Iran.

Cooper says she is "extremely concerned" by the "escalation of Israeli strikes" seen in the country on Wednesday,.

She says she believes this is the "right thing to do" for Israel's security as well as the "wider security of the region".

Israeli strikes against Lebanon on Wednesday 'completely wrong' - UK foreign secretary​

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Image caption, A burnt car at the site of an Israeli strike in Al-Mazraa in Beirut. The Lebanese health ministry says Israeli attacks killed at least 182 people on Wednesday

With Keir Starmer in the UAE, we've just heard more from UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who was speaking to Radio 4's Today programme.

She repeats her call for Lebanon to be "urgently included" in the US-Iran ceasefire agreement, describing Israel's strikes against Lebanon on Wednesday as "completely wrong".

"We’ve seen the mass displacement of civilians in Lebanon with significant humanitarian consequences.

"This escalation in damaging, it's wrong… we want the ceasefire extended to cover Lebanon."

Cooper is then asked about the Iranian deputy foreign minister's comments that the Strait of Hormuz is not in international waters and that safe passage depends on the "the goodwill of Iran and Oman".

She disputes this, stating freedom of navigation applies to international transit routes under maritime law, adding that "countries cannot simply hijack those kinds of international transit routes and unilaterally apply tolls".

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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France condemns 'unacceptable' Israeli strikes on Lebanon​

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS
Image caption, A man stands near a damaged vehicle and rubble at the site of an Israeli strike in Tallet El Khayat in Beirut

As we reported earlier, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called Israel's strikes on Lebanon "completely wrong". There has also been reaction from across Europe:

• Israel's strikes on Lebanon were "unacceptable", Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot says - while adding Iran must give up the means to obtain nuclear weapons, and its support for proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas
• The Israeli strikes were "all the more unacceptable as they undermine the temporary ceasefire reached yesterday between the United States and Iran", he says
• Italian PM Giorgia Meloni says: "We have come within a step of the point of no return, but we now face a fragile prospect of peace that must be pursued with determination"
• Meanwhile, Spain is reopening its embassy in Tehran, its foreign minister says. Jose Manuel Albares also accused Israel of "flouting the ceasefire" and being "in violation of international law"

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Lebanon says 203 killed in Israeli strikes yesterday
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Lebanon’s health ministry says 203 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded on Wednesday across the country.

It comes as Iran says ongoing Israeli strikes across the nation are a "grave violation" of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement.

Reuters

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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No hope of finding those buried under rubble alive after Israeli strike in Beirut
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Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent in Beirut

Rescue teams are still searching for one or two people who are believed to be under the rubble of a building that collapsed after it was hit by an Israeli air strike in Beirut.

Twelve hours later, there is no hope to find them alive.

There is nothing left of the 10-storey residential building that was attacked in Tallet el Khayat, a well-off neighbourhood of western Beirut, one of the many locations hit.

The air strike happened without warning and would have caught everyone by surprise, as this is not an area that has been targeted.

Ziad Samir Itani, who was leading the civil defence team here, said this was “new to Beirut”.

Teams were exhausted after more than six weeks of constant attacks by Israel amid the war with Hezbollah, but committed to their work. They were all sad, he said.

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Iran has warned that ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz may be hit by “anti-ship mines in the main transit routes” due to the “state of war” as it advised vessels to follow alternative paths.

The Navy stressed all vessels must stay in touch with security forces to avoid “potential collisions with naval mines.”

The notice by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was released a day after confusion ensued over a fragile Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between the US and Iran.

Iran and Pakistan say the 14-day truce included Lebanon but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House say it did not. Oil prices rose again amid the uncertainty.

President Donald Trump threatened to restart attacks against Iran, adding that all American military personnel would remain stationed around the region until the agreement is “fully complied with” and that “bigger, and better, and stronger” attacks would follow if it was breached.

Iran-US live: Tehran says Strait of Hormuz may be mined after Trump issues warning

Oil prices have been in flux as the blockade of the vital waterway has halted the passage of millions of barrels of oil

www.independent.co.uk

• WAR POWERS VOTES: House Democrats will try to pass an Iran war powers resolution by unanimous consent during the pro forma session today, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said, a move that Republicans are likely to block. Senate Democrats plan to follow suit with a vote next week.
• TRUMP TRASHES NATO: President Donald Trump bashed NATO on social media in his first comments after meeting with the alliance's secretary general, Mark Rutte, yesterday — remarks that came after the president has said he is considering withdrawing from the group. Rutte is giving remarks in Washington, D.C., today.
• ARREST IN A LEAK: The Justice Department announced yesterday that the FBI had arrested a former Army employee whom federal prosecutors accused of leaking classified information to a journalist. The arrest comes after Trump threatened to jail journalists for reporting a U.S. airman was missing after a fighter jet was shot down in Iran last week
• Live updates: Democrats in Congress again seek to limit Trump's war with Iran

 

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"Will Israel Negotiate with Lebanon?​

Netanyahu Issues Order.​

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
announced in a statement released by his office:

'Following Lebanon's repeated requests to start direct negotiations with Israel,
I instructed the government yesterday
to start direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible.
The talks will focus on the disarmament of Hezbollah
and the establishment of peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon'.

Earlier,
NBC News reported that
US President Donald Trump had asked Netanyahu to curtail Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

This was in connection with the US-Iran negotiations scheduled for Saturday,
which have been hanging by a thread due to the continuing fighting in Lebanon.

Iranian President Mesud Pezeshkian wrote on X:

'Continuing aggression will make negotiations pointless.
Our finger remains on the trigger.
Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters'."

Izrael będzie negocjował z Libanem? Netanjahu wydał polecenie

Premier Izraela Binjamin Netanjahu poinformował, że wydał polecenie rozpoczęcia "tak szybko, jak to możliwe" rozmów pokojowych z Libanem. Mają one obejmować przede wszystkim rozbrojenie Hezbollahu.

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" 'I spoke with Bibi'.​

Trump puts pressure on Israel.​

Key information:​

• Donald Trump told NBC that after his conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel should 'restrain' its actions in Lebanon.
• Netanyahu announced direct talks with Lebanon on Thursday.
• European countries, among others, have called for a halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
• Trump said that the Iranians say different things in private than they do in public, but he expressed great optimism about the agreement to be negotiated in Pakistan."

"Rozmawiałem z Bibim". Trump wywiera presję na Izrael

Donald Trump przekazał w telewizji NBC, że po jego rozmowie z Benjaminem Netanjahu Izrael ma ograniczyć działania w Libanie. Zapowiedział też większą "powściągliwość" izraelskiego wojska i wyraził optymizm co do...

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Koert Debeuf: "US wants to do everything to reach a permanent agreement"

"It is very clear that the US has increased the pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the bombings in Lebanon. Middle East expert Koert Debeuf (VUB) said this on Terzake.

Immediately after the agreement between the US/Israel and Iran on a ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, that agreement was immediately put in jeopardy by the Israeli bombings in Lebanon.

"The US now says that Lebanon was not in the agreement, Pakistan says it was. I think Pakistan is right on this. Pakistan made the deal. Why do the US and Vice President Vance say that Lebanon is not in the agreement? They do so to demonstrate that the agreement has not been violated," says Debeuf.

The US also wants to do everything possible to convert the temporary agreement with Iran into a permanent agreement in the next two weeks."

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/liveblog/netanyahu-wil-rechtstreekse-onderhandelingen-met-libanon-zou-op~1775452674051/

 

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon are wrong and should stop, PM says​

Israeli attacks on Lebanon are "wrong" and "should stop", Sir Keir Starmer has said during a three-day visit to the Gulf region.

Speaking to ITV's Talking Politics podcast, the prime minister said it was "a matter of principles" rather than a "technical" question over whether the strikes breached Tuesday's ceasefire deal with Iran.

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Sir Keir said the UK had not seen the details of the ceasefire and that it was therefore "hard to say" if Israel's strikes breached the deal.

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon are 'wrong' and should stop, Starmer says

Lebanon's health ministry says more than 300 people died in strikes on Wednesday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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"Will Israel Negotiate with Lebanon?​

Netanyahu Issues Order.​

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
announced in a statement released by his office:

'Following Lebanon's repeated requests to start direct negotiations with Israel,
I instructed the government yesterday
to start direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible.
The talks will focus on the disarmament of Hezbollah
and the establishment of peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon'.

Earlier,
NBC News reported that
US President Donald Trump had asked Netanyahu to curtail Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

This was in connection with the US-Iran negotiations scheduled for Saturday,
which have been hanging by a thread due to the continuing fighting in Lebanon.

Iranian President Mesud Pezeshkian wrote on X:

'Continuing aggression will make negotiations pointless.
Our finger remains on the trigger.
Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters'."

Izrael będzie negocjował z Libanem? Netanjahu wydał polecenie

Premier Izraela Binjamin Netanjahu poinformował, że wydał polecenie rozpoczęcia "tak szybko, jak to możliwe" rozmów pokojowych z Libanem. Mają one obejmować przede wszystkim rozbrojenie Hezbollahu.

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Some historical perspective

What Is Hezbollah? | Council on Foreign Relations

The Iran-backed Shiite militia was considered the most powerful non-state group in the Middle East, but an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in 2024 has considerably weakened it.

www.cfr.org

 

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Lebanon evacuation order 'unfeasible' as covers two major hospitals - WHO chief​

An evacuation order Israel has issued for an area of Beirut in Lebanon is "unfeasible" because the area contains two major hospitals, the director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.

An evacuation order for Beirut's Jnah area "includes two major referral hospitals; the Rafik Hairiri University Hospital and Al Zahraa Hospital", says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

There are roughly 450 patients at the two hospitals, 40 of whom are in intensive care, he says.

"At this time, no alternative medical facilities are available" to receive these patients, he says, this makes their evacuation "operationally unfeasible".

"Both facilities are operating at full capacity including treating the injured from the strikes of 8 April," he adds.

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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IDF launches fresh strikes in Lebanon
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Lebanon, which it says is targeting Hezbollah-affiliated sites.

"A short while ago, the IDF began striking Hezbollah launch sites in Lebanon," the statement reads.

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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WHO says Lebanese hospitals may run out of critical medical supplies within days
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Hospitals in Lebanon may run out of life-saving medical equipment as they grapple with the injuries caused by recent Israeli strikes, says the World Health Organization (WHO).

Abdinasir Abubakar, the WHO's representative in Lebanon, tells Reuters news agency that some of the country's hospital may run out of life-saving trauma kits - which include bandages, antibiotics, and anaesthetic - within "a few days".

According to Lebanon's health ministry, 303 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded on Wednesday across the country as a result of Israeli attacks.

"If we have another mass casualty, like what happened yesterday, it will be a disaster," Abubaker tells Reuters.

"Probably we will lose more lives just because we don't have enough supplies."

The WHO says it will work with the Lebanese Ministry of Health to move supplies between hospitals to avoid total depletion of stocks, but cautioned that the health system is being stretched to its limit.

Israel to hold talks with Lebanon as Beirut attack death toll rises to at least 303

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says "there is no ceasefire" in Lebanon, and Israel will "continue to strike Hezbollah with force".

www.bbc.co.uk