Joint US Israeli Attack on Iran - Part I

Continuously Updated: Last time on March 2

According to different sources, Israel launched a preemptive strike on Iran this morning. As US military has been concentrated around Iran during the last weeks & days, it can be taken as granted that US president Trump is directly involved.

Israel declared an attack on Iran
& a national state of emergency

Xinhua News Agency reporters heard an explosion in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on the 28th. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said a preemptive strike has been launched against Iran.

Israel's foreign ministry says it has launched a second attack on Iran.

Israel has launched an attack on Iran and declared a national state of emergency, the Israeli defense minister said.

According to Iran's Fars news agency, multiple missiles hit multiple targets in central Tehran.

According to the Associated Press, there was an attack near the office of Iran's Supreme Leader.

[澎湃新闻, Chinese state-owned digital paper
on February 28 at 14:22 local time, is quoting
新华社快讯：以色列宣布袭击伊朗]

Above: Timeline for Israel's attack on Iran (shortlist) using local Chinese time.

Questioning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Death The Outcome of a Developing Story Two official Chinese sources are nourishing questions while the US president is already announcing the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. 当地时间2月28日，据两名美国消息人士和一名熟悉此事的美国官员透露称，以色列和美国选择在周六对伊朗发动袭击，正值伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊与其高级助手举行会议之际。以色列方面称，哈梅内伊及其高级助手，包括伊朗国防委员会秘书阿里·沙姆哈尼和伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队总司令穆罕默德·帕克普尔，均在空袭中丧生。两名伊朗消息人士称，哈梅内伊在空袭开始前不久，于周六在一处安全地点与沙姆哈尼和最高国家安全委员会秘书阿里·拉里贾尼会面。此前，一名以色列高级官员称，哈梅内伊的遗体已被找到。美国总统特朗普在其“真相社交”平台上发帖称，情报部门锁定了伊朗最高领袖的行踪，随后将其打死。 On February 28, local time, according to two US sources and a US official familiar with the matter, Israel and the United States chose to launch the attack on Iran on Saturday, just as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was meeting with his senior aides. Israel stated that Khamenei and his senior aides, including Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's National Defense Council, as well as Mohammad Pakpour, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were killed during the airstrike. Two Iranian sources said that Khamenei met with Shamkhani and Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, at a secure location on Saturday shortly before the airstrike began. Previously, a senior Israeli official stated that Khamenei's body had been found. US president Trump posted on his "Truth Social Network" platform that intelligence agencies had located the Supreme Leader of Iran and subsequently killed him. [财联社, Shanghai based financial news on Feb. 28] Opinion from a Pro - Palestinian source evaluating what is known.

U.S. officials revealed that the U.S. military is expected to launch a several-day military operation against Iran. The Pentagon named the Operation Epic Fury (*) but did not release details. CNN quoted sources as reporting that Washington is planning to launch a multi-day military operation against Iran.

Reuters quoted Iranian news agency Tasnim as reporting that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have launched the first wave of missile and drone offensives against Israel in response. Some personnel were reported to have evacuated from the U.S. Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. military facility in the Middle East with about 10,000 officers and soldiers. In addition, the British Embassy in Doha recommended that British citizens in Qatar take refuge in place.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement stating that the goal of the joint U.S.-Israeli operation is to "eliminate the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime" and emphasized that Iran must not possess nuclear weapons. He said the operation would "create the conditions for the Iranian people to take control of their own destiny".

Lebanese Prime Minister Salam warned that Lebanon "will not accept anyone dragging the country into risky actions that threaten security and unity". The outside world interpreted this statement as an indirect message to Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran.

[News summary at 10:00 CET: Yahoo Chinese 新聞來源：中時新聞網 張威翔]

A first wave of some 30 ballistic missiles from Iran allegedly on its way to Israel. [العربي on February 28, 09:40 CET]

An Iranian missile that arrived in Tel Aviv was hitting three vehicles.

Above: Iranian missiles hitting targets all over
the Middle East during the first 24 hours of war ...

Above: Intercepted Iranian missile in Dubai (UAE)
causing fire. Same happened in Qatar & Bahrain.

اعترضت الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية، صاروخا إيرانيا بسماء مدينة دبي، وتدميره قبل وصوله إلى أي هدف حيوي. وتداول رواد مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي صوراً ومقاطع فيديو توثق لحظة الاعتراض وسقوط شظايا وحطام الصاروخ المنفجر في مناطق متفرقة، دون وقوع إصابات بشرية حتى اللحظة، ويأتي هذا الاستهداف في إطار الرشقات الصاروخية الإيرانية التي طالت عدة عواصم خليجية رداً على العملية الأميركية الإسرائيلية "زئير الأسد"، وشنت إسرائيل وأميركا، سلسلة هجمات جوية واسعة استهدفت العمق الإيراني حيث هزت انفجارات عنيفة مدن قم وأصفهان وقرج وكرمنشاه وسط تقارير عن استهداف مباشر لمواقع إطلاق الصواريخ الباليستية لمنع طهران من تنفيذ أي رد صاروخي فوري،

UAE air defenses intercepted an Iranian missile over Dubai, destroying it before it reached any vital targets. Social media users shared photos and videos documenting the interception and the falling debris of the exploded missile in various areas. No casualties have been reported so far. This attack comes as part of a series of Iranian missile strikes targeting several Gulf capitals in response to the US-Israeli Operation Lion's Roar (*). Israel and the US launched a series of extensive airstrikes targeting deep inside Iran, with powerful explosions rocking the cities of Qom, Isfahan, Karaj, and Kermanshah. Reports indicate that ballistic missile launch sites were directly targeted to prevent Tehran from carrying out any immediate missile retaliation.

(*) Lion's Roar is the Israeli name for the current operation, while Epic Fury is the name the US Pentagon gave it. [Al-Arabiya TV on February 28]

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