Operation Lion's Roar

Trump says US-Iran war 'very close' to ending amid ceasefire deal

The US President's remarks come as peace talks between Washington and Tehran are expected to resume on Thursday.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before answering questions prior to boarding Air Force One on April 10, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia.
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The Iran war ceasefire: A guide for the informationally perplexed - opinion

Have the US and Israel achieved their objectives? These are not trivial questions. But the deeper issue is this: In today’s information environment, they may no longer have clean, binary answers.

|ByJEFFREY KAHN
: London-based Energean's drill ship begins drilling at the Karish natural gas field offshore Israel in the east Mediterranean May 9, 2022.

Karish gas field resumes production

The Karish platform has been idle for 40 days and the total damage from gas field shutdown was about NIS 1.7 billion

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ILLUSTRATIVE: Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 12, 2025.

Iran's IRGC commander vows to only use missiles with warheads weighing at least one ton - report

Mousavi added that the "wavelength" and intensity of missile launches will increase, with attacks broadening in scope, according to Iran International. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS

National Security Council issues threat warning to Israelis abroad amid Iran strikes

Israel’s National Security Council urged Israelis worldwide to heighten precautions, warning of possible Iranian-linked attacks following Israeli-US strikes on the Islamic Regime.

FEBRUARY 28, 2026ByJAMES GENN
The National Security Council issues a warning to Israelis abroad amid risk of Iranian terror attacks reacting to Israeli and US strikes, February 28, 2026.

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq struck by missiles, possibly of Israeli origin - report

Iraqi Shiite militias linked with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Kataib Hezbollah and other Popular Mobilization Forces groups, were targeted in Israeli strikes, local media claims.

FEBRUARY 28, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

IDF issues evacuation warning to Iranians near military facilities

"You are located near weapons and military facilities that are considered dangerous," the military warned, publishing the message in English.

FEBRUARY 28, 2026ByJAMES GENN
The IDF issued an urgent evacuation for Iranians near military facilities, February 28, 2026.

The Islamic Republic built a war machine, now it is being dismantled - opinion

The region is witnessing expansive military operations by the United States and Israel, including moves that, according to American and Israeli sources, will become clearer as the campaign develops.

FEBRUARY 28, 2026ByAMIR AVIVI
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General, Hossein Salami and Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, attend a ceremony.