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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 28, 2026

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Feb. 28: Hailing death of ‘evil’ Khamenei, Trump says strikes on Iran to persist until peace secured

Iran’s state media confirms supreme leader killed * Woman killed by Iran missile hit in Tel Aviv, as regime keeps up barrages * Israel confirms killing several of 30 key leaders targeted in initial strikes of joint op with US * Netanyahu: Campaign will last until Iranian people are free * Israel airspace closed

2:54 am

IDF says it downed drone from Iran that triggered sirens in north
1:33 am

Iranian state media confirms Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes
1:03 am

Settlers filmed raiding northern West Bank village under apparent IDF protection, reportedly hurling stones at homes

People watch as smoke rises on the horizon after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026. (AP)

Missiles launched at Israel, sending millions to shelters

US and Israel launch major joint assault on Iran; Trump indicates goal is to topple regime

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

Strikes target Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Pezeshkian, Israeli official says; blasts heard throughout Islamic Republic; US president tells Iranian people: ‘The hour of your freedom is at hand’

Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026.(AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 28 – US, Israel strike Iran’s top leaders in Operation Roaring Lion

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Op-ed

As US and Israel again battle Islamic Republic, the goal is regime change and the stakes could not be higher

When the assault is over, Trump promises, Iranians will be able to take over their governance; the ayatollahs have other plans; much of the world order hangs on the outcome

Left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the scene where an Iranian ballistic missile impacted, causing damage at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, June 20, 2025. (Itai Ron/Pool via Flash90); US President Donald Trump after stepping off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 21, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP); Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a televised speech, June 13, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Smoke from a reported interception is seen over the sky in Doha, Qatar on February 28, 2026 (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)

1 killed in UAE as Iran targets 6 Arab countries with missiles; Riyadh slams ‘brutal Iranian aggression’

By Noam Lehmann and Agencies

A cyclist rides past an anti-US billboard installed on a building along a street in Tehran, Iran, on February 26, 2026. (AFP)

UN watchdog says it can’t verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment

By AP

PM: Strikes meant to end ‘existential threat’; time for Iranians to cast off yoke of tyranny

Netanyahu says campaign aims to ‘create conditions’ for Iranians to change their destiny; Lapid, opposition figures offer praise, support for action

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing strikes against Iran, on February 28, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

A person takes shelter as sirens sounded in Jerusalem on February 28, 2026, following the announcement that Israel had launched a preemptive strike on Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran must not be allowed to gain nuclear arms and urged Israelis to "stand together" after Israel and the United States launched strikes against the Islamic republic on February 28. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Airport closes, hospitals move patients underground

After months of quiet, sirens wail again: Israelis spend Shabbat running in and out of shelters

By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Noam Lehmann and Stav Levaton

Initial warning of US-Israeli assault had many jumping out of bed; millions repeatedly rush to protected spaces as Iran launches dozens of ballistic missiles in response

Vehicles cross an intersection following Israeli and US strikes in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Some Iranians celebrate Israeli-US strikes as Khamenei said targeted, his palace destroyed

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Satellite images show supreme leader’s Tehran compound reduced to smoldering rubble, unclear if he was hit; state media says at least 40 killed in strike on girls’ school in south

US President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 27, 2026. (AP/Matt Rourke)

US-Israel-Iran conflict: Who are the main players?

By AFP and ToI Staff

A family sits against the backdrop of a dockyard off the coastal city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern United Arab Emirates on February 25, 2026. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Strait of Hormuz: Key oil route in middle of Iran crisis

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump announces US strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026. (Screen capture/Truth Social)

Full text of Trump’s declaration of ‘major combat operations’ against Iran

President tells Iranians: ‘The hour of your freedom is at hand,’ vows to destroy regime’s missiles, navy, ensure ‘they will never have a nuclear weapon’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces strikes against Iran, on February 28, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

Full text of Netanyahu’s message as Israel, US strike Iran: We will remove ‘existential threat’

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Persia, Purim, and the courage to interrupt fate

Just like in the ancient Persian tale, brave Iranians are realizing they hold the power to disrupt the machinery of tyranny

Hagit Zadok Fefferman

Holocaust education was never supposed to ‘fix’ antisemitism

Telling my grandmother’s story of survival doesn’t erase 2,000 years of hatred. It does something more important

A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026 as the US and Israel announce the start of strikes (AFP)

World leaders urge ‘restraint’ as US-Israel strikes on Iran draw concern

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Warnings against escalation and accusations of international law violations follow joint US-Israel strikes on Iran

Illustrative: Travelers are seen at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, February 26, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

UK, France, Germany and Poland warn against travel to Israel amid Iran tensions

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump takes part in a briefing on energy in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 27, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Trump says he’s not happy with Iran’s conduct in nuke talks, but no decision made on strike

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Palestinian men carry the bodies of two people killed in an IDF strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 27, 2026. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

IDF says it struck Hamas operatives after gunmen emerged from tunnel in Rafah

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Terror group says several of its police officers killed in strikes that targeted stations in central and southern Gaza, accuses Israel of ceasefire violation ‘under false pretenses’

Palestinians wait to receive food at a soup kitchen in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 26, 2026. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

High Court temporarily freezes ban on foreign aid organizations operating in Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Healing Ink event, in New York City, February 26, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Inking over scars: Victims of terror attacks in Israel get tattooed in New York

‘More beautiful than it was’: Advocacy group Healing Ink tattoos survivors, family members as part of a therapeutic process

Illustrative: A pro-Israel counter-protester at an anti-Israel demonstration in Times Square, New York City, January 1, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

For 1st time, Gallup poll shows Americans more sympathetic to Palestinians than to Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

5% gap is statistically insignificant but ‘really quite shocking,’ says analyst; only age group to sympathize more with Israel now is the over-55s

Masked assailant wielding clubs approach an off-camera Israeli human rights activist in Qusra, in the northern West Bank, February 27, 2026. (Screen captures: X/Looking the Occupation in the Eyes)

Two left-wing Israeli activists airlifted to hospital after settlers beat them in West Bank

By Noam Lehmann and Emanuel Fabian

Antisemitism emerges as a defining issue in California gubernatorial race

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Leading candidates present themselves as defenders of Jewish community in forum organized by Jewish groups, which is held as 3 antisemitism lawsuits filed against state institutions

Five California gubernatorial candidates — from left, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell and Antonio Villaraigosa — appear on stage at the Jewish California Governor Candidate Forum at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, where antisemitism emerged as a defining issue in the 2026 race. (Asaf Elia-Shalev)

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin smiles as she walks into Marshall Metro high school to vote in Chicago, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

AIPAC faces test of power in Illinois primary as Democrats mull future of Israel ties

By LEAH ASKARINAM, MAYA SWEEDLER and Matt Brown

A 15th-century drawing of the Khazars, the Central Asian people, demanding tribute from the Polyans. (Wikimedia Commons)

Deep dive

Why Tucker Carlson pushed for Jewish DNA tests, and the Khazar theory touted by antisemites

By Andrew Lapin

The discredited view alluded to in an interview last week promotes the idea that Ashkenazi Jews hold illegitimate claims to Israel — and it’s employed by the far-left and far-right

Conservative Jewish professor who rejected Hitler comparisons invokes one for Carlson

By Andrew Lapin

Bill Clinton speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Annual Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 25, 2025 in New York City. (JP Yim/Getty Images for New York Hilton Midtown/AFP)

Bill Clinton says he ‘saw nothing, did nothing wrong’ with Epstein amid grilling over their ties

By STEPHEN GROVES

‘If I had any inkling of what he was doing, I would have turned him in,’ he says; deposition marks the first time a former president has been compelled to testify to Congress

The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount to buy CNN parent-company Warner Bros Discovery as Netflix exits race

By Karol Badohal, Harshita Mary Varghese and Jaspreet Singh

$110 billion deal by Trump ally David Ellison expected to close in the third quarter of 2026 and will create media powerhouse; California AG says state already investigating deal

A journalist records video near a CNN sign on an athletic field outside the Clements Recreation Center where the CNN/New York Times will host the Democratic presidential primary debate at Otterbein University on October 14, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

CNN chief urges calm amid anxiety over Paramount’s expected purchase of parent company

By David Bauder

From left, Ben Woldenberg, Stephen Woldenberg, Elana Woldenberg Ruffman, Nadine Woldenberg and Rick Woldenberg pose in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC. (Courtesy Stephen Woldenberg via JTA)

'Being Jewish, we wanted to stand up for what was right'

This Jewish family’s toy company challenged Trump’s tariffs. The Supreme Court agreed

By Grace Gilson

The three-generation Learning Resources is one of a number of Jewish-owned family businesses among the roughly 1,000 that have filed suit – and won

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Over 3,000 people run largest-ever Tel Aviv Marathon; new women’s record set

Nerdeen Kiswani speaks at an anti-Israel Nakba day protest on May 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images via JTA)

Anti-Israel activist Nerdeen Kiswani sues Betar USA, alleging violation of civil rights

By Andrew Lapin

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, August 20, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Rubio tells US envoys to avoid inflammatory comments after Huckabee fracas — report

Recording artist Neil Sedaka poses for a portrait Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)

Neil Sedaka, singer-songwriter behind dozens of 1960s and 1970s hits, dead at 86

By AP

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