{"id":8061,"date":"2026-03-01T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:00:42","slug":"trump-announces-major-combat-operations-in-iran-as-us-israel-military-strikes-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/trump-announces-major-combat-operations-in-iran-as-us-israel-military-strikes-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces \u201cMajor Combat Operations\u201d in Iran as US-Israel Military Strikes Escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has begun \u201cmajor combat operations\u201d in Iran, marking a significant escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran. In an official message posted on social media, Trump said the strikes are aimed at destroying Iranian missile capabilities, naval assets, and other strategic military targets, warning that American casualties are possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump characterized the operation as necessary to defend the American people and prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, while offering Iranian forces the choice to lay down their arms or face \u201ccertain death.\u201d The announcement follows weeks of failed negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear program and growing diplomatic pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading next page&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p>The military action appears to be coordinated with Israeli forces, and Trump directly appealed to the Iranian public to take control of their own government once the operation concludes. International response has included urgent calls for de-escalation, alongside warnings of broader regional instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for updates as developments continue to unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran crisis: Israel and US launch strikes as Trump confirms &#39;major combat operations&#39; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k424A1E0LW\">https:\/\/t.co\/k424A1E0LW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Reuters Iran (@ReutersIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReutersIran\/status\/2027676714495811878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has begun \u201cmajor combat operations\u201d in Iran, marking a significant&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8063,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions\/8063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/divaxo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}