{"id":450138,"date":"2026-02-28T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450138\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:53:07","slug":"us-and-israel-launch-attack-on-iran-as-trump-says-major-combat-operations-under-way-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450138\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Israel launch attack on Iran, as Trump says &#8216;major combat operations&#8217; under way &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu: Iranian regime &#8216;must not be armed with nuclear weapons&#8217;published at 08:21 GMT<\/p>\n<p>08:21 GMT<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a dark suit with a blue tie, looks up from his seat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7c38366d-3e69-44bd-9a76-4853eee98684.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just issued a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;My brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, a short time ago, Israel and the United States embarked on an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I thank our great friend, President Donald Trump, for his historic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>For 47 years, the Ayatollah regime has been shouting &#8216;Death to Israel,&#8217; &#8216;Death to America.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It has spilled our blood, murdered many Americans, and massacred its own people.<\/p>\n<p>This murderous terrorist regime must not be armed with nuclear weapons that would allow it to threaten all of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Our joint action will create the conditions for the courageous Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The time has come for all segments of the Iranian people &#8211; the Persians, the Kurds, the Azeris, the Baluchis, and the Ahwazis &#8211; to throw off the yoke of tyranny and bring about a free and peaceful Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I appeal to you, the citizens of Israel, to listen to the instructions of the Home Front Command. In the coming days, in Operation &#8216;The Roar of the Lion,&#8217; we will all be required to have endurance and fortitude. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Together we will stand, together we will fight, and together we will ensure the eternity of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netanyahu: Iranian regime &#8216;must not be armed with nuclear weapons&#8217;published at 08:21 GMT 08:21 GMT Image source, EPA\/Shutterstock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-450138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}