{"id":16640,"date":"2026-03-03T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-warns-the-big-one-is-coming-amid-conflicting-signals-over-wars-duration\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:37:17","slug":"us-warns-the-big-one-is-coming-amid-conflicting-signals-over-wars-duration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-warns-the-big-one-is-coming-amid-conflicting-signals-over-wars-duration\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns \u2018the big one is coming\u2019 amid conflicting signals over war\u2019s duration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-testid=\"ad-sticky-container\" class=\"sc-12fe4579-0 dielU\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 fMIAOk adWrapper noPrint sc-1c01c11e-0 iEpzep\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"sc-ad76bc40-0 fGWwxS\">\n<div class=\"sc-5cbbddda-0 cRMyzw\">\n<div data-testid=\"article-author\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-1 kekTYX\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"article-datetime\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-5 jMFiFd\"><span class=\"sc-a243f860-0 dLDTDi\"><time data-testid=\"storytile-timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-03-03T19:07:55+11:00\">March 3, 2026<!-- --> &mdash; 7:07pm<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-7132c98c-0 hMrcSL noPrint\" data-testid=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"sc-7132c98c-1 cbqDrw\">\n<div class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-0 cGFoDo\" readability=\"8.5431472081218\"><button aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Save article to read later\" role=\"switch\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-1 bYQiGM\"><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" class=\"sc-d1b14060-0 bRyYMS\"><path d=\"M5.75 4C5.75 3.86193 5.86193 3.75 6 3.75H18C18.1381 3.75 18.25 3.86193 18.25 4L18.25 19.7709L12.8004 16.9682C12.2981 16.7099 11.7019 16.7099 11.1996 16.9682L5.75 19.7709L5.75 4Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-2 bBuibL\">Save<\/span><\/button>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sc-ba6ddcd9-0 bnZsbn sc-d1b14060-3 bnLMbo\" role=\"tooltip\" readability=\"8.0816326530612\">\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 NcyxX\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your saved list to add more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sc-ba6ddcd9-0 dpTpUw sc-369d9219-0 ipWbwh\" role=\"tooltip\" readability=\"9\">\n<p class=\"sc-369d9219-1 eGTSJh\">Save this article for later<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-369d9219-2 crcSSW\">Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-0 sc-3f16ee48-6 sc-369d9219-3 dXbfCd gDnvwr gxYZHU\">Got it<\/button><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><button aria-label=\"Set font size to normal\" aria-pressed=\"true\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 fKewKr\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to larger\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 kfmQUR\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to very large\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 kfmPpl\">A<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<aside class=\"sc-67b869c7-6 cFwlqx\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"23\">\n<p><strong>London:<\/strong> US and Israeli forces have hammered Iran with new strikes against missile and drone launch sites, aiming to wipe out its capacity to hit regional military and civilian targets amid conflicting signals about the goals and duration of the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defence Forces launched simultaneous attacks against Tehran and Beirut on the fourth day of the conflict, targeting services in the Iranian capital and intensifying the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, positioning troops at several points near the border.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF announced the latest strikes on Tuesday morning in the Middle East (4.30pm AEDT) after earlier confirming it had targeted the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB in Tehran and told civilians to leave the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump declared the war might go &ldquo;far longer&rdquo; than his previous estimate of &ldquo;four to five weeks&rdquo; and did not rule out sending ground forces into Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"17.259953161593\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground,&rdquo; he told <em>The New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<aside data-testid=\"related-story\" class=\"sc-4dc7bff5-0 QbJUT\">\n<h2 data-testid=\"related-story-heading\" class=\"sc-4dc7bff5-1 fNPBEP\">Related Article<\/h2>\n<div data-an-position=\"1\" imagepositions=\"top\" data-testid=\"story-tile\" class=\"sc-679b6ed4-0 cMGLSH\">\n<figure imagesizes=\"[object Object]\" class=\"sc-8825a2fb-0 hUTlgn\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 bXqpHm\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.2805%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.5609%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.2842%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.5685%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US-Israeli attacks on Iran continue.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_1.3238,%24multiply_0.5127,%24ratio_1.777778,%24width_1059,%24x_0,%24y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.5127%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_1.0255%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/ff7ccde6785c07eadf6ac5579dde318cc05413479e3ddfd2d2be626fc972242f 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 jiJqza\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>But Trump has sent a range of messages about the reasons for the war since initially calling on Iranians to topple the Islamic Republic&rsquo;s regime, emphasising instead the goal of removing Iran&rsquo;s ability to develop nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Amid growing fears of an extended conflict that would compound casualties and wreak economic damage, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that ending the Iranian regime would stop the source of &ldquo;95 per cent&rdquo; of the problems in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not an endless war, this is a gateway to peace,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"24\">\n<p>The Israeli military said it deployed additional forces to southern Lebanon on Tuesday (about 6pm, AEDT) to take up what a military spokesperson described as defensive positions to protect Israeli civilians and strategic sites from any potential Hezbollah attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli targets included a building in a southern suburb of Beirut housing Hezbollah&rsquo;s television and radio station.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran, the Red Crescent reported 787 deaths nationally from US-Israeli attacks on 131 residential areas, in a statement on Tuesday (8.55pm, AEDT). It was not possible to verify the casualties &ndash; including a strike on a girls&rsquo; school &ndash; given limited access to information.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 fhsnES\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 bsFdcS\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 bXqpHm\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.224,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.224%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6b8015c35379191ef2d0e477f2a119d23b72772f 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 bnWZMz\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 eROwEo\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 hMRMLa\"><span>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jnumBu\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jkEJCb\">AFP<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The American death toll rose to six from the Iranian attacks on facilities in the region, while the US said it was planning bigger strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>&ldquo;The big wave hasn&rsquo;t even happened,&rdquo; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. &ldquo;The big one is coming soon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, listed as a terrorist group by Australia and other nations, increased pressure on regional shipping by declaring it would fire on any vessel seeking to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway into the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has lost many of its naval vessels, but apparently can still attack civilian shipping, bringing the oil trade to a halt in the Gulf and deepening fears of a supply shortage that will increase prices. Brent Crude, the international standard, rose 6.7 per cent to $US77.74 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Australian forces have felt the impact of Iranian counter-attacks. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles confirmed a drone strike on Saturday on the Al Minhad air base near Dubai, but said there were no injuries among Australians using the base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"27.066532258065\">\n<p>A fire broke out at the US embassy in the Saudi capital Riyadh after an explosion was heard, two sources told Reuters, and US authorities asked people to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>In Abu Dhabi, authorities responded to a drone strike on the Musaffah fuel terminal and brought a fire under control with no injuries.<\/p>\n<aside data-testid=\"related-story\" class=\"sc-4dc7bff5-0 QbJUT\">\n<h2 data-testid=\"related-story-heading\" class=\"sc-4dc7bff5-1 fNPBEP\">Related Article<\/h2>\n<div data-an-position=\"1\" imagepositions=\"top\" data-testid=\"story-tile\" class=\"sc-679b6ed4-0 cMGLSH\">\n<figure imagesizes=\"[object Object]\" class=\"sc-8825a2fb-0 hUTlgn\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 bXqpHm\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1052%2C$multiply_0.2805%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1052%2C$multiply_0.5609%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1052%2C$multiply_0.2842%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1052%2C$multiply_0.5685%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump walks past War Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on Monday.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.1052,%24multiply_0.5127,%24ratio_1.777778,%24width_1059,%24x_0,%24y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1052%2C$multiply_0.5127%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1052%2C$multiply_1.0255%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/c0a4b915d8d7f3d33dc072e6bc1710a130820e31 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 jiJqza\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In Saudi Arabia and Qatar, however, the Iranian attacks damaged oil and gas facilities, causing QatarEnergy, among the world&rsquo;s biggest producers of liquefied natural gas, to halt supplies. This compounded the concerns about rising energy costs and higher inflation.<\/p>\n<p>In the Kurdish region of Iraq, forces loyal to the Iranian regime fired 70 ballistic missiles and drones into the city of Erbil, according to regional minister Faud Hussein. The attacks highlighted the risk of a wider regional conflict and the threat to the nearby Harir base used by the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"26\">\n<p>The US and Israel have claimed to have killed 48 leaders in the Iranian government, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, though the surviving officials were adamant they would not plead for peace.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary of the country&rsquo;s top security council, Ali Larijani, said Iran would not negotiate with the US and that Trump had &ldquo;delusional ambitions&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to launch the war has fuelled tensions between Trump and top leaders among American allies, even though British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have strongly criticised Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has rebuked Starmer for initially refusing to make UK bases available for the attack on Iran, a decision the British leader overturned within 48 hours on the proviso that they were used for &ldquo;defensive&rdquo; operations to remove Iranian threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"18.753581661891\">\n<p>In practice, this means the US can use the Fairford base in England and the Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean to launch strikes on Iranian targets, despite a rift over the need for the war.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer told the UK parliament on Monday that he stood by the decision not to join the strikes even though Iran was a threat to the region.<\/p>\n<aside data-testid=\"related-story\" class=\"sc-4dc7bff5-0 QbJUT\">\n<h2 data-testid=\"related-story-heading\" class=\"sc-4dc7bff5-1 fNPBEP\">Related Article<\/h2>\n<div data-an-position=\"1\" imagepositions=\"top\" data-testid=\"story-tile\" class=\"sc-679b6ed4-0 cMGLSH\">\n<figure imagesizes=\"[object Object]\" class=\"sc-8825a2fb-0 hUTlgn\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 bXqpHm\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_0.2805%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_0.5609%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_0.2842%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_0.5685%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iranian Shahed drone hits Dubai\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_2.118,%24multiply_0.5127,%24ratio_1.777778,%24width_1059,%24x_0,%24y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_0.5127%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_2.118%2C$multiply_1.0255%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a9fc17e8fadc790f234cb530dcf1a22b9859c1b40f30ca9b633fd996ae9391dc 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 jiJqza\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&ldquo;We all remember the mistakes of Iraq, and we have learned those lessons,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any UK &zwnj;actions must &#8288;always have a lawful basis, and a viable, thought-through plan. This government does not believe in regime change from the skies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>The remarks triggered headlines that Starmer believed Trump had no &ldquo;thought-through plan&rdquo; for the war despite the various arguments from the White House in recent days about bringing down the Islamic Republic or removing its capacity to develop nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S&aacute;nchez called the US attacks an &ldquo;unjustifiable&rdquo; and &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; military intervention, but NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte, one of Trump&rsquo;s closest friends in Europe, said the action was needed to remove the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In a significant statement about the timing of the war, Rubio said the US had decided on the strikes on Saturday morning after weighing up an Israeli decision to attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 fhsnES\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 bsFdcS\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 bXqpHm\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.176%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.176%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.176%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.176%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Friends and relatives mourn three siblings, Yaakov, Avigail and Sarah Biton at the Mount Olives Cemetery in Jerusalem.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.176,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.176%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.176%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a1cb1a7629c04bb18c3d0100e31936b282a356c6 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 bnWZMz\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 eROwEo\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 hMRMLa\"><span>Friends and relatives mourn three siblings, Yaakov, Avigail and Sarah Biton at the Mount Olives Cemetery in Jerusalem.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jnumBu\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jkEJCb\">Getty Images<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;There absolutely was an imminent threat,&rdquo; he told reporters. &ldquo;The imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed that they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us. And we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 kvnFTY\" readability=\"41\">\n<p>Families gathered at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on Monday night, local time (early on Tuesday, AEDT) to bury the victims of an Iranian missile strike in central Israel on the weekend. The Biton siblings &ndash; Yaakov, 16, Avigail, 15, and Sarah, 13 &ndash; were among the nine people killed on Sunday when the missile hit a shelter in a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&rsquo;s rescue services said 65 people were hospitalised, including two seriously wounded, as a result of the attack. When Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited one of the injured, Penina Cohen, at Hadassah Hospital on Monday, she told him she lost her husband, Yosef, and her mother-in-law, Bruria, in the strike.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran, one of the remaining members of the country&rsquo;s leadership posted an aerial photo showing rows of freshly dug graves for more than 160 girls who he said were killed by an airstrike on an elementary school in the country&rsquo;s south.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Their bodies were torn to shreds,&rdquo; Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on social media. &ldquo;This is how &lsquo;rescue&rsquo; promised by Mr Trump looks in reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With wires<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hBgktT adWrapper noPrint sc-67b869c7-3 gsRMal\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"article-footer\" class=\"sc-780f6c39-0 gMidPz\">\n<div class=\"sc-780f6c39-1 bXzMFW noPrint\">\n<div class=\"sc-780f6c39-2 fDvLNJ\">\n<div class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-0 cGFoDo sc-780f6c39-3 csnzsK\" readability=\"6.3137254901961\"><button aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Save article to read later\" role=\"switch\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-1 bYQiGM\"><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" class=\"sc-d1b14060-0 bRyYMS\"><path d=\"M5.75 4C5.75 3.86193 5.86193 3.75 6 3.75H18C18.1381 3.75 18.25 3.86193 18.25 4L18.25 19.7709L12.8004 16.9682C12.2981 16.7099 11.7019 16.7099 11.1996 16.9682L5.75 19.7709L5.75 4Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-2 bBuibL\">Save<\/span><\/button>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sc-ba6ddcd9-0 BgjOX sc-d1b14060-3 bnLMbo\" role=\"tooltip\" readability=\"8.0816326530612\">\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 NcyxX\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your saved list to add more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-0 ckGUXQ\">\n<div class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-1 iROwGF\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Crowe\" data-testid=\"author-avatar-image\" height=\"40\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/w_40,h_40,c_fill,g_auto:faces\/q_86,f_auto\/64ce109be56ceea0d7f4eb381757b1cddf9ee9b3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/w_40,h_40,c_fill,g_auto:faces\/q_86,f_auto\/64ce109be56ceea0d7f4eb381757b1cddf9ee9b3, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/w_80%2Ch_80%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/64ce109be56ceea0d7f4eb381757b1cddf9ee9b3 2x\" width=\"40\" class=\"sc-9a01536c-0 cJPmxL\"><span data-testid=\"author-bio\" class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-3 iaHQXJ\"><span>David Crowe is Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.<\/span><span class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-4 jVqFia\">Connect via X<span> or <\/span>email.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"sc-3dbe4134-0 eKUqbd sc-df8e6ee0-0 noPrint\" data-an-name=\"From our partners\" data-an-cu-group=\"everything\" data-an-cu-name=\"From our partners\" data-an-cu-position=\"4\" data-testid=\"from-our-partners-strap\">\n<header class=\"sc-84567ec1-0 ea-dUAB\">\n<h2 data-pb-type=\"hi\" class=\"sc-84567ec1-1 qhIfr\"><span>From our partners<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"sc-df8e6ee0-1 dKvVOU\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hgOejj adWrapper noPrint sc-df8e6ee0-2 aNDAi\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hgOejj adWrapper noPrint sc-df8e6ee0-3 gRrJfI\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 kRjajv\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>US warns &lsquo;the big one is coming&rsquo; amid conflicting signals over war&rsquo;s duration<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advertisement March 3, 2026 &mdash; 7:07pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. 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