https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-launched-pre-emptive-attack-against-iran-2026-02-28/
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 07:38 AM)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-launched-pre-emptive-attack-against-iran-2026-02-28/
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West.
The New York Times, citing a U.S. official, reported that U.S. strikes on Iran were underway. A source told Reuters that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not in Tehran and had been transferred to a secure location.
The attack, coming after Israel and Iran engaged in a 12-day air war in June, follows repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike again if Iran pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
"The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel," Defence Minister Israel Katz said.
An Israeli defence official said the operation had been planned for months in coordination with Washington, and that the launch date was decided weeks ago.
Explosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian media reported, and sirens sounded across Israel around 08:15 local time in what the military said was a proactive alert to prepare the public for the possibility of an incoming missile strike.
The Israeli military announced the closure of schools and workplaces, with exceptions for essential sectors, and a ban on public airspace. Israel closed its airspace to civilian flights, and the airports authority asked the public not to go to any of the country's airports.
The U.S. and Iran renewed negotiations in February in a bid to resolve the decades-long dispute through diplomacy and avert the threat of a military confrontation that could destabilise the region.
Israel, however, insisted that any U.S. deal with Iran must include the dismantling of Tehran's nuclear infrastructure, not just stopping the enrichment process, and lobbied Washington to include restrictions on Iran's missile programme in the talks.
Iran said it was prepared to discuss curbs on its nuclear programme in exchange for lifting sanctions but ruled out linking the issue to missiles.
Tehran also said it would defend itself against any attack.
It warned neighbouring countries hosting U.S. troops that it would retaliate against American bases if Washington struck Iran.
In June, the U.S. joined an Israeli military campaign against Iranian nuclear installations, in the most direct American military action ever against the Islamic Republic.
Tehran retaliated then by launching missiles toward the U.S. Al Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest in the Middle East.
Western powers have warned that Iran's ballistic missile project threatens regional stability and could deliver nuclear weapons if developed. Tehran denies seeking atomic bombs.
Jewland is going to have a very hard time getting American goycattle to fight this war for them. The generations that overwhelmingly support Israel are, thankfully, choking to death on their own vomit in nursing homes. Zoomers and millennials - i.e. the people who could actually fight in a war - overwhelmingly despise Israel (and rightfully so). If there is any justice in the world, Israel will finally get what they deserve this time. -
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 05:09 PM)
It's Israel's connections to Epstein that they are most trying to distract from.
This. Once it's revealed that Mossad was behind Epstein's entire operation and was blackmailing US politicians to keep them loyal to Israel, it's over for Jewland. -
merry christmas — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 12:11 PM)
We can finally compare reality to the war game:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002
So far it doesn't look like Iran took General Riper's advice. -
cryptoflovecraft — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 01:59 PM)
This was expected, of course. I was hoping Trump would have a change of heart at the last minute and that he'd let negotiations continue but now that's no longer possible. I'm interested in hearing what Tulsi "No more regime change wars" Gabbard has to say about this unprovoked attack on Iran. She's probably going to support it.
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WarrenPeace — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 05:46 PM)
Bro, I'm afraid you will have a very long wait since Tulsi Grabmypussy still has her lips tightly wrapped around Turd Lump's tiny dick.
Keep in mind that she also spoke out about Biden weaponizing the DOJ to go after Turd Lump.
Now that Turd Face is doing the same thing there she is on her knees in front of him.
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall -
WarrenPeace — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 08:04 PM)
I think the moment it shows is when she went to Georgia to oversee the steal of all of the voting documents and ballots from the 2020 fair and legal election.
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall -
AnthonySocksss — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 03:03 PM)
More saber-rattling from Trump, he will no doubt pussy out. Iran is too formidable a foe.
Melton1 Wanted for Pedophilia:
https://i.ibb.co/6cnPmJVr/IMG-0830.jpg
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Zjxk307CND0 -
HollyJollyHanukka — 1 month ago(February 28, 2026 05:12 PM)
On Saturday morning, an airstrike flattened the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, a city in Iran's southern Hormozgan province. The girls inside were between seven and twelve years old. Around 170 students were in the building when it was hit.
Iran's semiofficial Mehr News Agency now reports at least 63 students killed and another 60 injured. Sixty-three children. In a school. On a Saturday morning.
This is what Trump, the President of Peace, does.
Remember: this is the man who built his entire political brand on being "America First" and opposing foreign wars, who campaigned in 2024 promising to "stop the endless wars."
Oh, and please release the unredacted Epstein files.
If you can’t say something nice, say something clever but devastating.
