As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says

No one was injured, according to the Qatari Ministry of Defense.

ByJon Haworth, Jack Moore, Nadine El-Bawab, David Brennan, Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, and Leah Sarnoff
Last Updated: March 3, 2026, 10:02 PM EST

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed by airstrikes in Tehran on Saturday.

Iran is responding to the U.S.-Israeli operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and Gulf nations. American diplomatic facilities have also been attacked.

In Lebanon, Israel is intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iranian-aligned Hezbollah militia.

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Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Feb 28, 2026, 8:20 AM EST

Iran says Trump has turned 'America First' into 'Israel First'

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the U.S.-Israel strikes were “wholly unprovoked, illegal, and illegitimate.”

"Trump has turned 'America First' into 'Israel First'—which always means 'America Last,’ Araghchi wrote in a post on X Saturday. "Our Powerful Armed Forces are prepared for this day and will teach the aggressors the lesson they deserve."

Araghchi shared a screenshot of an October 2012 social media post from President Donald Trump.

“Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate," Trump wrote in the post on X.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian

Feb 28, 2026, 7:52 AM EST

Oman foreign minister: 'I urge the United States not to get sucked in further'

The Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi, who had been mediating U.S.-Iran talks and had traveled to Washington, D.C., on Friday, posted on X saying, "I am dismayed" and that "Active and serious negotiations have yet again been undermined."

"I urge the United States not to get sucked in further. This is not your war," he said.

-ABC News' Lama Hasan

Feb 28, 2026, 7:35 AM EST

Iran's ayatollah and president targeted: Sources

Three sources briefed on the U.S.-Israeli attack told ABC News that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were both targeted.

Feb 28, 2026, 7:35 AM EST

US has intercepted Iranian missiles targeting bases and allies: Official

The U.S. has intercepted multiple Iranian missiles that were targeting U.S. bases and allies in the Middle East according to a U.S. official.

One source in the region said 14 Iranian missiles were launched toward the United Arab Emirates and were intercepted.

The source said Iran has launched missiles against Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar.

-ABC News' Jonathan Karl and Luis Martinez

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