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Report: Joint US-Israeli operation planned for months; daylight attack intended to surprise Iran
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US President Donald Trump takes part in a briefing on energy in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 27, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
An unnamed security source tells Channel 12 that the operation was jointly planned for months.
The source says Israel is going “all out” in this operation, and the US is “on the same page.”
The source also says the “initial phase” of the joint attack is planned to last for four days.
The TV report says the timing of the initial strikes for the morning hours was designed to surprise the Iranians, who would not have expected a daytime attack.
US President Donald Trump has said he was “not happy” with the progress of recent US negotiations with Iran, that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons and that it should not have uranium enrichment capabilities.
He said yesterday that “sometimes you have to” use force.
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