US & ‘Israel’ at war with Iran | Day 25 coverage
The 2026 Iran War began on February 28 when the United States and ‘Israel’ launched an operation dubbed Epic Fury by the US and Rising Lion by ‘Israel’, unleashing nearly 900 airstrikes in 12 hours on Iranian missile systems, air defenses, nuclear facilities, military bases, and leadership targets.
This direct assault followed years of shadow conflict, including the first-ever Iran-‘Israel’ missile exchanges in April and October 2024 and a limited 12-day war in June 2025 that damaged Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of top officials were killed in the opening salvo, while a US Tomahawk strike on a school adjacent to a naval base near Bandar Abbas killed about 170 civilians, mostly children.
Iran responded within hours by firing hundreds of ballistic missiles and launching thousands of drones at ‘Israel’, US bases in the Gulf, and targets in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait.
Tehran restricted passage through the Strait of Hormuz—through which 20% of global oil flows—disrupting shipping and spiking oil prices.
The retaliation reignited fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon, prompting ‘Israeli’ strikes there and spreading the conflict regionally while hitting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, airports, and heritage sites.
Over the next three weeks, US-‘Israeli’ forces conducted sustained air campaigns that destroyed much of Iran’s air-defense network, missile production sites and navy assets.
Iran appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader, but pragmatic senior official Ali Larijani was assassinated in an ‘Israeli’ strike on March 17.
More than 80,000 civilian sites were hit, including 260 medical facilities and UNESCO-listed buildings, causing widespread blackouts, fuel shortages, toxic pollution, and over 2,000 total deaths across Iran, ‘Israel’, Lebanon, and Gulf states.
The war remained active in its fourth week with ongoing US-‘Israeli’ airstrikes on remaining Iranian targets and Iranian retaliatory barrages, including recent cluster-munition attacks on ‘Israel’ and a failed long-range missile attempt at Diego Garcia.
Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz reopens fully but has signaled possible winding down or deals, which Tehran denies pursuing.
VIDEO - Circulating footage claims to show attack on positions in Erbil
Circulating footage claims to show an attack on positions in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Unverified reports from Iraq say it was an attack carried out by Iran-backed Iraqi groups targeting what they called “Iranian opposition”
Iranian energy facilities hit by attack in Isfahan, Khorramshahr: state media
Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that a “hostile attack” targeted two energy facilities in the cities of Isfahan and Khorramshahr.
“A gas administration building and a gas pressure reduction station [in Isfahan] were struck, resulting in damage to parts of the facilities as well as surrounding homes,” Fars News Agency said.
“At the same time, reports indicated that a gas pipeline supplying a power plant in Khorramshahr was also targeted,” it added.
Kuwait power lines disrupted after Iran attack
Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity said that seven overhead power transmission lines were taken out of service after debris fell on the infrastructure.
In a statement, the ministry confirmed the outage, noting that the disruption was directly caused by falling fragments.
Kuwait’s ministry of defense said earlier its air defense was intercepting a missile and drone attack, as Iran continues swarming the Gulf countries with attacks after the ‘Israeli’-US war.
VIDEO - Netanyahu says ‘Israel’, US to protect “vital interests” in every circumstances
Netanyahu says in a video statement that ‘Israel’ and the US will protect "vital interests in every circumstances."
Netanyahu reiterates the claim that the ongoing strikes were "crushing the missile programme and the nuclear programme" of Iran and also "inflicting heavy damage on Hezbollah."
VIDEO - Aftermath of Iranian cluster missile strike on Haifa
Aftermath of an Iranian cluster munition that landed on the settlement of Nesher in Haifa, northern, ‘Israel’.
Iran’s Guards said earlier they launched wave 78 of their attacks against ‘Israeli’ and US bases in the region, according to their statement.
Blast heard in Jerusalem after Iran missile alert
A loud blast rang out over Jerusalem early Tuesday after ‘Israel's’ military said it detected another Iranian missile launch, the second of the day.
Residents in the city heard a loud explosion minutes after the military said it had detected missile launches from Iran and was "working to intercept the threat."
VIDEO - Iranian cluster missile over north ‘Israel’
Iranian cluster missile targeted at Haifa, north ‘Israel’.
Footage shows Iron Dome interceptors working to catch the missile as it fragments.
The ‘Israeli’ military said afterwards that rescue services are heading to areas where reports of impact have been received.
Kuwait says defenses intercepting missiles & drones
The Kuwaiti army said Tuesday morning that its air defense are currently intercepting missile and drone attacks, as Iran continues swarming the Gulf countries with attacks after the ‘Israeli’-US war.
IRGC says launched wave 78 of “True Promise 4” toward ‘Israel’, US bases
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tuesday morning it has launched the 78th wave of its “True Promise 4” operation targeting the Israeli Occupation and US bases in the region, according to the statement.
