Israel aimed a new wave of attacks at Iran and added targets in southern Lebanon on the sixth day of the joint US-Israeli campaign. Reporting from Tel Aviv, RFE/RL correspondent Ray Furlong spoke to Israelis taking shelter as air raid sirens went off, and interviewed one prominent opposition politician who said Israel's goal for a "final result" of the war is to bring down the regime in Tehran.
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Israelis were celebrating Purim with singing, dancing, and costume parties on March 4. When the festivities in Jerusalem were interrupted by an air-raid alert, people headed for the shelters and kept partying there -- determined to maintain normal life amid war.
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The United States and Israel vowed no letup in their military campaign against Iran, with Tel Aviv launching a fresh "broad wave of strikes" while US President Donald Trump said Tehran "is going to be in for a lot of hurt" in the coming days.
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Before and after images capture sites in the Middle East hit by US-Israeli and Iranian strikes. (Scroll left to see the damage caused in each location.)
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Ukrainian mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Yaroslav Amosov walked away from a stellar MMA career to fight Russian forces occupying his home town of Irpin. While helping liberate the area in 2022, the former Bellator MMA Welterweight title holder recovered his championship belt from his mother’s basement. Four years on, he has returned to the octagon after signing with the UFC, the world's premier MMA promotion.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended Washington’s decision to strike Iranian targets, describing the attacks as a preemptive move to protect American forces from what he called an “imminent threat,” and warning that “the hardest hits are yet to come from the U.S. military.”
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US President Donald Trump spoke at the White House on March 2 during a ceremony for military service members. Trump said that Operation Epic Fury, launched on February 28, is intended to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities, disable its navy, and ensure that Tehran “can never obtain a nuclear weapon.”
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In a press briefing at the Pentagon, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said “the world is better off” as a result of the US military operation in Iran. He said that the campaign would not resemble past US wars like the 2003 invasion of Iraq, referred to by opponents as “endless wars.”
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They call themselves "military penguins" and belong to a small but growing contingent from Ukraine's far-flung Antarctic research facility who have returned returned home to fight against Russia's ongoing invasion. RFE/RL speaks to Yuriy Lyshenko, whose journey spans 15,000 kilometers from the South Pole to the battlefields of his country.
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US military officials said three US fighter jets crashed in Kuwait after being hit by friendly fire from Kuwaiti air defenses, the first downing of US aircraft since the US-Israeli war against Iran began over the weekend.
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Videos published on social media show a military aircraft falling from the sky and a person parachuting above Al Jahra, Kuwait. Kuwaiti authorities said several US military jets have crashed but all crew members have survived. In another incident, smoke was seen rising above Kuwait City in the vicinity of the US Embassy compound.
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The United States signaled it would press ahead with its aerial assault on Iran, as Tehran continued to volley missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf and Middle East amid fears the conflict could widen beyond the region.
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