{"id":1061,"date":"2026-02-28T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:00:46","slug":"live-updates-u-s-and-israel-attack-iran-with-trump-confirming-major-combat-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/live-updates-u-s-and-israel-attack-iran-with-trump-confirming-major-combat-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: U.S. and Israel attack Iran, with Trump confirming &#8220;major combat operations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What to know about the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. and Israel announced a major military operation against Iran early Saturday, after President Trump threatened the Iranian regime for weeks\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-iran-negotiations-not-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to make a new deal to rein in its nuclear program<\/a><\/span>, and before that, threatened it over its violent crackdown on protesters in January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a video posted on Truth Social,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-full-statement-on-us-iran-attack-major-combat-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mr. Trump said<\/a><\/span> the U.S. was &#8220;undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.&#8221; The U.S. military dubbed the assault &#8220;Operation Epic Fury.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Trump called on Iran&#8217;s military forces to lay down their weapons, and on Iran&#8217;s civilians to rise up and &#8220;take over your government,&#8221; after the U.S. and Israeli strikes. Speaking to the Washington Post, Mr. Trump said his objective was securing freedom and safety for Iran&#8217;s people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel&#8217;s military reported multiple rounds of Iranian missile launches targeting the country, andat least two major U.S. military bases in the region were also targeted by Iranian missiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the run-up to the strikes, the U.S. military moved over a dozen naval ships and aircraft toward the Middle East as the Trump administration waged a pressure campaign on Iran and engaged in indirect nuclear talks with Iranian officials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Trump previously ordered airstrikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to know about the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran today The U.S. and Israel announced a major military operation against Iran early Saturday, after President Trump threatened the Iranian regime for weeks\u00a0to make a new deal to rein in its nuclear program, and before that, threatened it over its violent crackdown on protesters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1062,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}