Saturday, March 7, 2026

"Netanyahu tells Iranians freedom is near as Israel hits country’s oil depots for first time"

 From the Times of Israel, March 8:

Air Force strikes Iranian infrastructure, key IRGC missile sites; Iran fires a dozen volleys at Israel, no injuries reported; one killed in Dubai; Trump blasts Iran for Oct. 7 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran would continue unabated and that the “moment of truth” was nearing for Iranians to overthrow their government.

His comments came as the IDF said it struck Iran’s two “most central” ballistic missile sites, and, in an apparent first, oil infrastructure in Tehran.

Later on Saturday night, US President Donald Trump told reporters that the war “will continue for a while longer” without providing a timeline, and pointed to the October 7, 2023, onslaught led by Iran’s terrorist ally Hamas, as evidence of the regime’s “evil.”

Tehran fired a dozen volleys of missiles at Israel on Saturday, causing no injuries. A missile fired on Saturday night reportedly damaged a home in the central city of Lod. Iran also kept targeting the Gulf, with one person killed in a missile strike on Dubai.

The barrages on Israel came alongside missile fire from the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon, which has been attacking across the border in support of Tehran.

Though ostensibly the goal of the campaign is to destroy the regime’s ability to threaten Israel and the region, Netanyahu and Trump have both indicated that they also seek regime change, and Trump has demanded a role in choosing Iran’s next leader. 

But Iranian officials appear to be pressing ahead in naming a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the late supreme leader who was killed on the first day of the war. A new leader could be named on Sunday. ...

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Times of Israel front page. 

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