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

[Sundog]

Netanyahu says Israel is "continuing with full force" in Iran and "changing the face of the Middle East"​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is "continuing with full force" with its attack on Iran and that the alliance with the U.S. is "deeper than ever."

"We are changing the face of the Middle East, but not only that, we are changing ourselves," Netanyahu said in a statement. "After October 7th, I decided to lead a polar shift: actions that dramatically alter the balance of power between us and our enemies. Through calculated risk taking, we have become a regional power."

Netanyahu said the U.S. and Israel joined forces to remove the threat of Iran's ballistic and nuclear capabilities.

"There was a further danger that Iran would preempt us and strike first; for all these reasons, we struck at the chosen time," the Israeli prime minister said. "Moving forward, we have an organized plan with many surprises designed to destabilize the regime and enable change."

By Kiki Intarasuwan
cbsnews.com/live-updates/US-Iran-war
March 7, 2026

 

[SouthAussie]

"The first 100 hours of Operation Epic Fury are estimated to have cost $3.7bn, about $891m a day, with most of the spending not budgeted for, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)."

Iran war: What is happening on day eight of US-Israel attacks?

At least 1,332 people have been reported killed in US-Israeli attacks on Iran since launch of war on February 28.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Elley Mae]

Iran’s favored next supreme leader wounded in Israeli air attack: reports

Iran’s favored next supreme leader wounded in Israeli air attack: reports

Mojtaba Khamenei — Iran’s favored next Supreme Leader — was wounded in an Israeli air strike this week, according to reports.

nypost.com

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IDF destroys notorious IRGC Quds Force headquarters, head of region-wide terror octopus wiped out

IDF destroys notorious IRGC Quds Force headquarters | The Jerusalem Post

The Quds Force was in charge of destabilizing the entire region, fomenting pro-Shiite and anti-Sunni movements in several countries.

www.jpost.com

 

[otto]

"According to the Red Crescent aid organization, thousands of buildings in Iran have been damaged by American and Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the war. The organization estimates that more than 12,000 buildings have been damaged. Nearly half of these are residential buildings. Fourteen clinics, 65 schools, and 13 Red Crescent buildings have also suffered damage.

The organization calls on the international community and human rights organizations to take measures to protect civilians, guarantee the safety of aid workers and ensure that international law is respected."

Oliedepot bij Teheran in brand na luchtaanval • Verdeeldheid onder Iraanse leiders

Lees hier het laatste nieuws over de aanvallen over en weer in het Midden-Oosten.

nos.nl

 

[Friday Fan]

Araghchi: Trump ‘killed’ Iran’s gesture towards its neighbours​

“President Pezeshkian expressed openness to de-escalation within our region, provided that our neighbors’ airspace, territory, and waters are not used to attack the Iranian People”, Iran’s foreign minister says on X.

Earlier today, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said neighbouring countries would no longer be targeted unless an attack originates from there.

Iran’s “gesture to our neighbors was almost immediately killed by President Trump”, Araghchi continued.

Iran was hit with attacks shortly after the president’s statement was released, which triggered a wave of strikes targeting what it said were US assets in neighbouring Gulf nations.

Trump threatens ‘very hard’ expanded strikes; Iran vows never to surrender

The US-Israeli war against Iran has entered its second week with no signs of slowing down.

aje.news

 

[Rikissa]

Overnight, one Israeli operation in a town in the eastern Bekaa Valley - a focal point of the rising hostilities - saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Three Lebanese soldiers were among the dead, and locals listed the names of civilians, including children, they said had been killed.

Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains

Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

www.bbc.com

 

[iamshadow21]

'Don't die': the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous

In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain, writes an anonymous Tehran resident

www.theguardian.com

 

[Vaderman]

Explosion hits US embassy in Oslo, causing minor damage, police say

The U.S. embassy in Oslo was hit by an explosion early ‌on Sunday, causing minor damage but no injuries, Norwegian police said.

www.reuters.com

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Trump says Iran at fault for strike on girls school

President Donald Trump on Saturday denied U.S. involvement in a strike that killed more than 165 people at a girls’ elementary school in Southern Iran, instead placing the blame on Iran.

When asked aboard Air Force One Saturday whether the U.S. conducted the Feb. 28 strike, Trump said, without evidence, “No, in my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/07/trump-iran-girls-school-strike-00818163

 

[CrimeDawg123]

President Trump on Saturday accused Iran of bombing an Iranian girls’ school, while several media outlets reported that the explosions were likely caused by U.S. airstrikes

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5773382-trump-accuses-iran-school-bombing/

 

[Friday Fan]

US and Israel hit 5 oil facilities in Tehran area overnight, Iranian official says


The United States and Israel hit five oil facilities with overnight strikes in and near the Iranian capital that killed four people, an official tells state TV.

“Last night, four oil depots and a petroleum products transport center in Tehran and the Alborz were attacked by enemy aircraft,” the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, Keramat Veyskarami, tells state TV.

“Four of our personnel, including two oil tanker drivers, were killed in the incident,” he adds saying facilities “were damaged” but the “fire was brought under control.”

Videos circulating on social media appear to show large fires as a result of the strikes.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-and-israel-hit-5-oil-facilities-in-tehran-area-overnight-iranian-official-says/

Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s energy facilities ‘a significant development’​

Foad Izadi, a professor at the University of Tehran, has said that Israel’s strikes targeting Iran’s critical industries, such as energy installations, are “a very significant development” in the war.

“This is the first time that Iranian cities, including Tehran, are experiencing this type of attacks,” Izadi told Al Jazeera.

“Right now it’s about noon local time, and it looks like it’s nighttime, because of all the smoke. We don’t see the sun,” he said.

Israel bombs Tehran oil depots; Bahrain says Iran hit desalination plant

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia report more attacks as Trump says the war will only end when Iran's leaders 'cry uncle'.

aje.news

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Evidence compiled by CNN suggests that the United States military was responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1302338481758800&id=100059479812265

 

[CrimeDawg123]

WSJ exposes Lindsey Graham for 'coaching' foreign leader on lobbying Trump for war

Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has been exposed by the Wall Street Journal for "coaching" a foreign leader on how to influence Donald Trump.

The WSJ ahead of the weekend published a story called, "Lindsey Graham's Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran." In that piece, there is a nugget about the senator engaging in a campaign to help Netanyahu to persuade Trump to launch an Iran war.

"To help make the case on Iran, Graham traveled several times to Israel in recent weeks, meeting with members of the country's intelligence agency," the Journal reported Friday.

WSJ exposes Lindsey Graham for 'coaching' foreign leader on lobbying Trump for war

Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has been exposed by the Wall Street Journal for "coaching" a foreign leader on how to influence Donald Trump.The WSJ ahead of the weekend published a story called, "Lindsey Graham's Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran." In that piece...

www.rawstory.com

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Lindsey Graham’s Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran

As Lindsey Graham tried to sell Donald Trump on bombing Iran, he liked to play a little word-association game with the president.

“I say Franklin Roosevelt, what do you say?” the Republican senator from South Carolina asked. The correct answer: “You have nothing to fear but fear itself.”

As he ticked through memorable presidential phrases, Graham asked Trump what his phrase would be. Trump said he didn’t know, Graham recalled. “Keep protesting, help is on the way,” Graham suggested, referring to Trump’s social-media post in January urging Iranians to confront their government.

Few people lobbied Trump to undertake the riskiest gambit of his presidency as effectively as the hawkish and persistent Graham, who over a decade has held a sometimes close, sometimes tumultuous relationship with Trump.

Some Democrats and even Republicans point the finger at Graham, who they think goaded Trump into a Middle East conflict with little plan for how the situation will play out long term.

The senator said he was already talking with Trump about further military interventions in Lebanon and potentially Cuba, which he said would happen soon. He wasn’t particularly concerned about what was next in Iran, he said.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/lindsey-graham-trump-iran-fa5f54f0

https://archive.ph/IcTVB

 

[Rikissa]

The destruction of civilian infrastructure during wartime has ignited a debate among the diaspora as to how residents are facing the burden and humanitarian crisis while nations are engaged in fighting.

Iran Claims US Struck Qeshm Desalination Plant - Why This Is A Dangerous 'Precedent' Risking Millions of Lives

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for missile strikes on a US naval base in Bahrain, citing an alleged US attack on a desalination plant in Qeshm Island., Middle East, Times Now

www.timesnownews.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2030576784010350698

 

[Yellowbelly]

People would "rather die in bombing than in the Islamic Republic’s prisons, where there’s torture and sexual violence," - woman in Tehran

Iranian clerics reach consensus on new supreme leader as smoke chokes Tehran after oil depot strikes - follow live

Clerics in Iran's Assembly of Experts say they have reached a decision about who will lead the country, but add that "obstacles" in the process remain.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[otto]

"The end of the war is only in sight when the US and Israel are satisfied with the outcome. "We don't know what that means. You hear conflicting reports from the US."

President Trump stated that the bombings were intended to overthrow the regime and called on Iranians to revolt. Defense Secretary Hegseth offered a different perspective: the goal of the operation was not regime change, but the destruction of Iran's attack missiles.

"It seems the Americans don't really have a plan for the day after. They're mainly focused on bombing right now."
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It's difficult to give an exact estimate of when the war will end. "If you don't have a goal, you can't formulate a timeline," says Bouzerda. "The danger is that you end up on an adventure, in a ravine, where it ultimately lasts not four or six weeks, but perhaps three months or six months."

Now that the United States has started the war ... " if you break it, you own it" by Colin Powell, former Secretary of State. He said this to President Bush before invading Iraq."

Ruim een week oorlog in het Midden-Oosten: wat staat de wereld nog te wachten?

Volgens defensiespecialist Peter Wijninga is het einde van de oorlog pas in zicht als de VS en Israël tevreden zijn over het resultaat. "Maar wat dat precies betekent weten we niet."

nos.nl

 

[Yellowbelly]

A new Supreme Leader has been chosen, but they haven't announced who it is.

(No doubt to avoid him being immediately offed)

Iranian FM says ‘no one knows’ who will be supreme leader after claim one was chosen

A senior Iranian official had told state media that a new leader had been elected after a meeting of the regime’s Assembly of Experts

www.independent.co.uk

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Donald Trump ripped for behavior at dignified transfer: ‘Take your (expletive) hat off’

Donald Trump was at Dover Air Force Base Saturday for the dignified transfer of the six United States service members killed in Kuwait, and … well, there were some folks who felt like the President didn’t handle himself in a very dignified manner.

The issue?

Well, as others bowed their heads, Trump did not appear to do so. Also, he wore a white USA baseball cap that he did not take off during the ceremony.

“This fool has ABSOLUTELY no sense of dignity of appreciation for the moment,” former RNC chairman Michael Steele wrote on X while sharing a photo of Trump with his hat on. “It is called the Dignified Transfer for a reason. Take your (expletive) hat off.”

Donald Trump ripped for behavior at dignified transfer: ‘Take your (expletive) hat off’

It will be interesting to see if Trump responds to the criticism.

www.yahoo.com