US & ‘Israel’ at war with Iran | Day 35 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 war 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 fifth 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.
Yemen's Houthis announce fourth missile attack on 'Israel'
Yemen’s Houthis announced a fourth missile attack targeting ‘Israel’, following their entry into the Middle East conflict in support of Iran.
Spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group fired a “barrage of ballistic missiles targeting vital 'Israeli' enemy targets” in the Tel Aviv area.
Dubai government denies Iranian attack on Oracle data center
The Dubai government has dismissed reports claiming that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted an Oracle data center in the city, calling the news “fake.”
Authorities emphasized that there was no attack and all facilities continue to operate normally, urging the public to rely on verified information.
US Central Command rejects Iran claim of fighter jet downed over Qeshm
US Central Command has denied claims by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it shot down a US fighter jet over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the allegation is false and all US aircraft are accounted for.
CENTCOM also claimed that Iran’s armed forces have made similar claims "at least half a dozen times" during the war, but no American fighter jets have been lost to Iranian fire, according to its statement.
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