ISRAEL IS A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE US-IRAN WAR

Historic Israeli Air Force operation: 200 fighter jets hammer Iran

The operation involved hundreds of munitions targeting roughly 500 objectives, including missile launchers and aerial defense systems.

 

By David Isaac  

 

Israel Today

Mar 1, 2026

 

 

Israeli pilots prepare to take off for Iran on the morning of Saturday, February 28, 2026.

 

Two hundred fighter jets streaked across Israel’s skies with a thunderous roar, in “the largest military flyover” in Israeli Air Force history, the Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday.

“The IDF completed an extensive attack against the missile array and the defense systems of the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the military said in a statement.

The operation, based on high-quality military intelligence, involved hundreds of munitions targeting roughly 500 objectives, including surface-to-surface missile launchers and aerial defense systems.

 

 

Israeli fighter jets on way to Iran. 

 

The strikes significantly degraded Iran’s anti-aircraft capabilities and thwarted planned missile attacks against Israeli civilian population centers.

Among the targets was a missile site near Tabriz, used by Iran’s surface-to-surface missile units and assessed as a launch point for planned large-scale attacks on Israel.

The IDF said the destruction of key air defense systems enabled Israeli aircraft to operate more freely over Iranian territory, expanding aerial superiority and reducing threats to both IAF planes and Israeli civilians.

The operation follows Israel’s June 2025 campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure, which severely degraded Tehran’s air defense network and contributed to Israel’s ability to quickly establish effective control of the skies over key operational areas.

The military said operations remain ongoing, adding that Israel will continue efforts to degrade “every aspect of the Iranian regime.”

STATUE OF BRITAIN'S GREATEST PM DEFACED IN RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON IRAN

‘Zionist war criminal’ painted on Winston Churchill statue in London

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man who was spotted defacing the sculpture shortly after 4 a.m. 

 

JNS

Mar 1, 2026

 

 

 

 

The Metropolitan Police arrested a 38-year-old man on Jan. 27 on suspicion of defacing the statue of Winston Churchill outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament with paint that read, “Zionist war criminal,” among other phrases.

Churchill’s dark bronze figure was smudged in red graffiti. The phrases “Free Palestine” and “Stop the genocide” could be seen on it as well.

The Guardian cited a Met spokesperson as saying, “Shortly after 4 a.m. on Friday, a man was seen spraying graffiti on the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square. The first officers were on the scene within two minutes. The man—who is 38—was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage. He remains in custody.”

A government spokesman told Sky News, “Churchill was a great Briton. This government will always stand up for our values, and the perpetrator must be held to account. We’re glad the police have made an arrest.”

Dutch group “Free the Filton 24” claimed responsibility for the vandalism, the report added.

The group is supportive of Palestine Action, the organization banned in the U.K. under anti-terrorism laws, but whose ban has since been struck down by the High Court of Justice. It remains in place pending the government’s appeal of the decision.

The number “24” stands for 24 Palestine Action activists charged over trespassing into a British facility belonging to Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems in 2024, according to Sky News.

The Dutch group posted a video on Instagram allegedly depicting the man who defaced the statue, the report continued. He was identified as Olax Outis.

JNS could not confirm the content of the video.

The Jewish Leadership Council said it was “disgusted” by the incident.

“In targeting the statue of a British hero who led this country in the fight against the Nazis, the perpetrator has found a perverse way to combine a hatred of Jews with a disdain for Britain,” it tweeted.

On Feb. 4, a London court acquitted six suspected Palestine Action activists of burglary, even though they confessed to breaking into a U.K. subsidiary of Elbit.

Prosecutors may seek a retrial for lesser charges, but the acquittal by a jury showed that Palestine Action may enjoy more leeway from the courts than from Parliament and the government.