US & ‘Israel’ at war with Iran | Day 30 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 Lion's Roar by ‘Israel’, unleashing nearly 900 airstrikes in 12 hours on Iranian missile systems, air defenses, nuclear facilities, military bases, and leadership targets.
Yemen’s Houthi movement entered the war early, launching missile and drone attacks toward ‘Israel’ and expanding the conflict beyond the Gulf and Levant theaters.
This direct assault followed years of shadow war, 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.
Alert period ends in Jordan
Sirens sound announcing the end of the alert period.
Sirens interrupt budget talks in Knesset, officials rush to shelters
The session of the Knesset was suspended after sirens were activated in Jerusalem, prompting lawmakers to leave the chamber and head to shelters.
Itamar Ben-Gvir could be seen among those taking cover.
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Sirens blare in Jordan
Jordanian authorities activated the alarm.
Alert period ends in Jordan
Alert period ends in Jordan.
Sirens blare in Jordan
Sirens blare in Jordan.
Power outages hit Tehran after 'Israeli' attack on electricity infrastructure
Several areas of Tehran experienced power outages following what Iran’s Ministry of Energy described as an attack on the country’s electricity infrastructure by 'Israel'.
The ministry said the strike caused widespread disruptions, affecting homes and businesses across the capital, as authorities work to restore services.
Iran Guards say struck industrial complex in southern 'Israel'
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday they struck an industrial complex in southern 'Israel' with ballistic missiles.
In a statement carried by state TV, the Guards said the strike was in response to "attacks of the American-Zionist axis on the industrial centres" in the Iran.
"Trump is a plaything for Netanyahu," says IRGC spokesperson
- Statement accuses the US President of instability, dishonesty, and endangering American forces.
- Iran warns any aggression would fail, with US troops at risk of “humiliating captivity” and military retaliation.
The spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, strongly criticized Trump, the President of the United States, over his repeated threats of ground operations and the potential occupation of islands in the Persian Gulf.
In a statement, the spokesperson accused the US President of being “a plaything for the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime in the war and aggression against Iran” due to his "history in the Epstein case and under pressure from the Mossad terrorist organization."
He also described him as “the most lying president among the world’s nations” with “no intellectual or discourse stability.”
The statement went on to claim that American forces in the region are struggling amid his leadership, saying, “Trump’s commanders and soldiers, who grapple with death daily in the region, have fled their destroyed bases out of fear of being killed and taken refuge in the service, population, and economic centers of regional countries—where, of course, they are also being targeted.”
Iran warned that any attempt at aggression would fail, adding, “the warriors of Islam have long been waiting for such actions to prove that aggression and occupation will yield nothing but humiliating captivity, dismemberment, and the disappearance of the aggressors. American commanders and soldiers will become ‘fine food for the sharks of the Persian Gulf.’”
The statement concluded by urging the US President and military leaders to learn from Iranian history, warning that if threats are carried out, “the powerful Armed Forces of Iran, proud and head held high, are counting down the moments to crush your military.”
Iran activates air defenses over Tehran
Iranian state media reported that air defense systems were activated in several areas of the capital, Tehran.
Explosions were heard as the forces engaged airborne targets over the city, amid heightened security alert and on-the-ground military readiness.
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Sirens blare in Jordan
Sirens blare in Jordan after detecting aerial threats.
Alert period ends in Jordan
Alert period ends in Jordan.
Sirens sound in Jordan
Jordanian authorties sounded the alarm in the country, warning residents of aerial threats and urging them to stay sheltered.
US plane destroyed by Iran strike in Saudi Arabia
In a major military escalation since the start of the war, Iran launched a dual attack using ballistic missiles and drones targeting Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, resulting in the destruction of a large US reconnaissance aircraft valued at $700 million and the injury of several soldiers.
Images circulating online of the aftermath were verified by AFP teams.
VIDEO - Funeral in Lebanon for three journalists killed in ‘Israeli’ strike
Hundreds of people gather in the southern suburbs of Beirut to attend the funeral of Ali Shoeib, a longtime war correspondent for al-Manar in southern Lebanon, al-Mayadeen journalist Fatima Ftouni, and her brother, cameraman Mohammed Ftouni, who were killed on Saturday in an 'Israeli' strike in Jezzine, southern Lebanon.
Iranian missile targets chemical plant near Beersheba
Hebrew media outlets reported that an Iranian missile struck a chemical facility near the southern city of Beersheba. Initial reports indicate damage at the site, with no immediate confirmation of casualties.
VIDEO - Iran missile causes blaze in occupied Bir al-Saba, Negev
The 'Israeli' military said Sunday that an impact at an industrial zone may have been caused by missile shrapnel, shortly after it detected a new barrage fired from Iran.
"We understand that there is a missile shrapnel impact," the military told AFP, as 'Israeli' television channels showed thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in the Negev desert in southern 'Israel'.
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Rocket launches from Iran toward central 'Israel' detected
Sirens sound in Tel Aviv and wider central 'Israel' as 'Israeli' authorities warn of incoming missiles from Iran.
Air raid sirens blare across Jordan
Air raid sirens blare across Jordan
Bahrain announces curfew for maritime traffic: ministry
Bahrain on Sunday announced a maritime curfew designed to improve security on its waters amid an onslaught of attacks from Iran.
A nighttime ban on maritime traffic will stretch from 6:00 pm local time until 4:00 am "to safeguard the safety of seafarers and sea-goers and to enhance the security of Bahrain's coastlines amid the blatant Iranian aggression", the ministry of interior said in a statement.
VIDEO - Iran launches new wave of missiles against 'Israeli', US targets
VIDEO - Airstrikes rock Tehran late Saturday
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
VIDEO - 'Israeli’ army footage shows troops carrying out incursion on Syria-Lebanon border
Footage released by the 'Israeli' army on March 29, 2026 shows what it says are troops from its Alpinist Unit crossing on foot through snow from Syria's Mount Hermon to the Mount Dov area in southern Lebanon [the contested Shebaa Farms], claiming they were scanning the area and locating "enemy terrorist infrastructure".
Rockets fired from Iran targeting 'Israel' detected
'Israeli' Channel 14 reports missile launches from Iran; 'Israel’s' Home Front issues third early warning in Jerusalem, Ashdod, and central 'Israel'.
Air raid sirens blare across Jordan
Air raid sirens blare across Jordan
Iran parliament speaker says US plots ground attack despite diplomatic efforts
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday that the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
"The enemy publicly sends messages of negotiation and dialogue while secretly planning a ground attack," Ghalibaf said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency.
Iran claims aluminium plant attacks in Gulf as Houthis join war
Iran claimed on Sunday attacks on two major aluminium plants in the Gulf, further raising the economic stakes of the Middle East war after Yemen's Houthis joined the conflict.
'Israel' says elite forces carried out incursion from Syrian Hermon to southern Lebanon
The 'Israeli' army says troops crossed snowy mountainous terrain into Mount Dov (Shebaa Farms) in southern Lebanon.
Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, the 'Israeli' army has illegally maintained nine posts inside southern Syria, mostly within a UN-patrolled buffer zone along the border. Two of these posts are located on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon.
'Israel' claims they have been working to intercept weapons that could threaten the country if obtained by hostile forces, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah group. Over the past year, the military claims it has thwarted multiple attempts to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon via Mount Hermon.
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Sirens sound to announce end of alert period
Early warning issued for occupied Negev and Eilat after rocket detection
Authorities alert residents in occupied Negev and Eilat following the detection of incoming rockets from Iran.
Air raid sirens blare across Jordan
Air raid sirens blare across Jordan
Iran foreign minister condemns 'Israeli' killing of three journalists in Lebanon
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday condemned 'Israel's' killing of three journalists in Lebanon the day before.
On his official Telegram channel, Araghchi said the killings amounted to "targeted assassination" and "flagrant violation of international law".
US, 'Israeli' strikes hit Iran port city near Hormuz strait: state media
US-'Israeli' strikes on Sunday hit a quay at an Iranian port city near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing five people, Iranian state media reported.
"The American-Zionist enemy carried out a criminal attack at the quay of Bandar Khamir, killing five people and injuring four others," the official IRNA news agency reported.
Explosions rock Tehran
Iranian media outlet Fars reported explosions in Tehran on Sunday morning.
‘Israeli’ soldier killed in southern Lebanon clashes
The ‘Israeli’ army announced that one paratrooper was killed and three others wounded in fighting in southern Lebanon.
UAE air defenses intercept Iranian missile threat
The UAE Ministry of Interior said its air defense systems are responding to an Iranian missile threat.
US official: potential ground operation may last two months
A US official told The Washington Post that a planned ground operation under review could last approximately two months.
12 wounded in US, ‘Israeli’ strikes on Tehran
At least 12 people were injured in US and ‘Israeli’ airstrikes targeting residential areas in western and northern Tehran, Iranian media outlet Fars reported.
Iran Revolutionary Guard warns US, 'Israeli' universities targeted
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard issued a stern statement warning that, following attacks on Iranian universities, American and ‘Israeli’ universities are now considered legitimate targets, the statement said.
Drone crashes in central Baghdad
A drone fell near Al-Wathiq Square in Karrada, central Baghdad.
Iranians rally in support of supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei
Iranians across the country have taken to the streets to show support for the newly appointed Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the war with ‘Israel’ and the United States enters its second month.
The rallies reflect a public display of loyalty to Iran’s new leadership amid ongoing war with 'Israel' and the US.
Day 29 of the US-'Israeli' war on Iran
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