Feb 28, 2026, 9:57 AM GMT
Bahrain says missile attack targeted US Navy fleet service center
Bahrain's state-run news agency said that the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet's service center was targeted in a missile attack Saturday.
Iran live updates: 7th killed service member is identified
Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, was killed in Saudi Arabia.
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Last updated: Monday, March 9, 2026 3:00PM GMT
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.
Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes. His son Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen on Sunday to succeed him.
Iran is responding to the operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
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Feb 28, 2026, 9:23 AM GMT
IDF says strikes on dozens of military targets in Iran
The joint Israeli-U.S. strike on Iran "included an attack on dozens of military targets and was carried out as part of a broad, coordinated, and joint attack against the regime," a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
The IDF statement emphasized close cooperation with the U.S.
"In the months leading up to the attack, close joint planning was carried out between the IDF and the US Army, which enabled the broad attack to be carried out with maximum synchronization and coordination between the armies," the IDF statement said. "The IDF, across all its systems, has a rigorous and long-term preparation process for the operation, both in the defense systems and in the various attack plans."
Feb 28, 2026, 9:15 AM GMT
Iran accuses US of violating 'all international laws and during negotiations'
The Iranian Ministry of Interior condemned the joint attack by U.S. and Israel on Saturday, saying in a statement released through Iran's state broadcaster IRIB: "We would like to inform the great people of Islamic Iran that the criminal enemy has once again violated all international laws and during negotiations, once again violated our beloved homeland."
Earlier, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement via Iranian state broadcaster IRIB saying an attack on Israel had begun.
"In response to the aggression of the hostile and criminal enemy against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the first wave of widespread missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the occupied territories has begun," the IRGC said.
Feb 28, 2026, 8:40 AM GMT
Netanyahu says operation to remove 'existential threat'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his first remarks on the strikes said in a statement that Israel and the U.S. "embarked on an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran."
Calling it Operation "The Roar of the Lion," Netanyahu thanked President Donald Trump "for his historic leadership."
Netanyahu added: "This murderous terrorist regime must not be armed with nuclear weapons that would allow it to threaten all of humanity."
He called on the Iranian people to "throw off the yoke of tyranny," saying, "Our joint action will create the conditions for the courageous Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands."
