New York/Tel Aviv: Israel and the United States launched a joint daylight attack across Iran, including its capital, Tehran, on Saturday, as US President Donald Trump confirmed that American forces had begun “major combat operations” against the Islamic Republic.
Trump also offered the Iranian military a choice between “immunity” or “certain death”, further urging Iranian people to “take over your government — it will be yours to take.”
The Israeli military said its strikes on Iran, in coordination with the United States, targeted dozens of military sites and followed months of joint planning between the allies.
Meanwhile, Iran responded to the airstrikes with retaliatory attacks targeting US military bases across West Asia, with strikes and explosions reported in Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE’s Abu Dhabi, and Qatar, which hosts the largest American base in the region.
Iran’s foreign ministry said the country would “respond decisively” to US and Israeli strikes.
The attacks come as Washington has deployed a large number of fighter jets and warships to the region, in what officials have described as an effort to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme
