You can call the US-Israeli unprovoked attack on Iran "Operation Epstein Fury"

Israel and the United States launched a joint attack on various targets in Iran. The operation, codenamed Roaring Lion by Israel and Operation Epic Fury by the U.S. The more appropriate name for such a joint unprovoked attack on Iran should be "Operation Epstein Fury." Reason? 

A declassified FBI memo from the Epstein files includes incendiary allegations about US President Donald Trump. The memo says that Trump was “compromised by Israel," that convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein worked with Israeli intelligence, and that a Jewish religious group calling itself Chabad-Lubavitch sought to hijack his first term in office. Source: Middle East Eye, Jan. 24, 2026.

The Associated Press and intelligence sources confirm today that the first strike hit its target in Iran at around 10:00 AM Tehran time on Saturday, February 28, 2026. The morning zero hour was calculated to trick Iran into believing that the ongoing negotiations in Geneva might end the conflict peacefully.

Iranian media reports, citing the Red Crescent, say at least 201 people have been killed and 747 were wounded in strikes by the United States and Israel against 24 provinces across Iran.

The very first missile was directed squarely at the political and spiritual leadership. Precision strikes targeted the downtown Tehran compound of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei alongside the Presidential offices, the Ministry of Intelligence, and the Ministry of Defense. While intelligence indicated Khamenei’s schedule during Ramadan made him a vulnerable target, reports later confirmed the 86-year-old leader had already been transferred to a secure, undisclosed location prior to the bombardment.

The opening offensive was not limited to airstrikes; it was a massive, synchronized assault launched simultaneously from the air and sea. The US Department of War directed American naval ships positioned in the region to launch waves of Tomahawk cruise missiles to overwhelm Iranian early-warning radar. These sea-launched munitions paved the way for advanced stealth aircraft, including F-35s operating out of bases like Muwaffaq Salti in Jordan to penetrate Iranian airspace and deliver deep-penetrating bombs.

What President Trump calls today “heavy and pinpoint bombing" by the US and Israel but he never told Americans during his televised address to the nation about the two elementary schools for girls that was struck in the city of Minab in southern Iran, killing more than 85, and left over 100 more under the rubble, presumably dead. Source: Al Jazeera.

About an hour later, Iran retaliated, targeting Israel and US assets in multiple Middle East countries, including Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Israeli defense officials confirmed that the military attacks had been planned for months. The final launch window was decided weeks in advance, following the massive buildup of a US naval armada that included the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike groups.

France, Germany, and the UK were quick to condemn the Iranian ritualistic attacks on countries in the region (Israel and the Gulf states), saying "Iran must refrain from defending itself against the unprovoked US/Israeli attacks." It's pathetic that these useful idiots forbid any country defend itself against preemptive US and Israeli attacks.

King Abduallah II condemned Iran’s response as a violation of international law which The Royal Hashemite Court made clear in a series of posts to X. However, he failed to mention that he gave the greenlight to an F-35 Squadron operating at Muwaffaq Salti air base in Jordan to bomb two elementary schools for girls in Iran that killed and injured almost 200 girls.

Most Arab countries expressed full solidarity with those targeted Arab States and condemned any violation of their sovereignty, any threat to their security, or any action undermining their stability. 

Oman was the only Arab state to condemn the US-Israeli attack on Iran.

The southern Gulf Coast nation Oman, which was also not targeted, was one of the only nations in the region to condemn the US and Israel, claiming the military operation could lead to an expanding conflict “that cannot be rectified in the region,” the foreign ministry said on X, according to World News.

Finally, prior to the attack on Iran, Americans oppose regime change war in Iran and they believe Trump is putting our troops in harm’s way for the sake of Israel. The media, US, and Israeli officials would be more accurate to codename the attack on Iran "Operation Epstein Fury." 

According to multiple consistent sources cited by foreign media outlets and correspondents not subject to Israeli military censorship, Iranian missiles targeted the family residence of Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea as part of a coordinated response to Israel’s massive strikes on Iranian. Source: TUNISIE NUMERIQUE

Now Iranian hackers are vowing to publish alleged pictures of Donald Trump with minors within the next couple of hours in retaliation. I have the popcorn ready & can't wait to see it. That's what we all been waiting for "Operation: Epstein Fury."

The scene of the Trump regime/Israel’s terrorist attack on a girl's elementary school in Iran. Mainstream media will never show you this.  https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/2027851683343020053?s=20

Mahmoud El-Youseph is a Palestinian freelance writer and retired U.S. Air Force veteran. He writes on U.S. foreign policy, Middle East affairs, and justice. Email: elyousseph6@yahoo.com