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How the US-Israel war on Iran unfolded in its first four weeks

Al Jazeera · · 2149 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

The article reports on the initial four weeks of the US-Israel war on Iran, detailing military engagements, political developments, and economic impacts. It outlines casualties, strategic operations, and global consequences such as rising oil prices. The narrative presents events in a chronological manner without overt editorializing.

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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The war started with enormous US-Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28.”
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The provided evidence mentions US-Israeli strikes on Iran in the context of a conflict (Wikipedia entries mention 2024 and 2026), but no independent news sources corroborate the specific date of 'February 28' for the initial strikes. The evidence is derived from Wikipedia entries describing the conflict generally, not confirming this specific date from multiple independent news outlets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have not maintained a formal diplomatic relationship with each other since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict has grown to large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iran–Israel_conflict
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“The opening Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.”
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Multiple sources, including The Hindu, The Guardian, and France24, independently report that Israeli strikes on February 28 killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Wikipedia entry further supports this, citing the assassination on that date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Khamenei's death was confir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Khamenei
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید مسعود حسینی خامنه‌ای; born 1974), also known as Mohsen Khamenei (Persian: سید محسن خامنه‌ای), is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric. A member of the Khamenei family…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Khamenei
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on 28 February 2026, during joint United States–Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, prompted official mourning in Iran, condemnations and calls for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_assassination…
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“The initial attack also included the assassination of several top officials.”
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Multiple web search results state that US-Israeli strikes killed 'several senior political and military figures' and 'other top Iranian officials,' indicating the assassination of multiple high-ranking officials.
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web search NEUTRAL — The killing of Iran's supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/cia-israel-ay…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have killed several senior political and military figures, hitting the Islamic Republic's core leadership as the regional war disrupts energy markets and global shipping.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/which-key-iranian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — From Basij commanders to the Supreme Leader, some of the Islamic Republic's most important figures were killed in two waves of attacks by Israel and the United States against Iran in the past ...
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/21/all-iranian-officials-an…
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“The Iranian response was quick. Hundreds of missiles and drones were launched against Israel and US assets across the region.”
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Web search results confirm that Iran responded to the strikes by launching 'deadly missile and drone attacks on Israel and Gulf states hosting US bases.' The Wikipedia entry also details the conflict escalation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have not maintained a formal diplomatic relationship with each other since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict has grown to large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_relations
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“Tehran also succeeded in swiftly blocking the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Wikipedia entries specifically state that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been 'largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026' following the air war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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“The US military announced the first casualties from the war: Six soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.”
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Multiple web search results, including reports from the Pentagon and AOL, independently confirm that six US soldiers were killed in an attack on a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on February 28, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2026 in Kuwait.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Kuwait
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 1 March 2026, an Iranian one-way attack drone struck a tactical operations center belonging to the United States Armed Forces in Port Shuaiba, an industrial port in Kuwait. The operations center wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Port_Shuaiba_drone_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, during the 2026 Iran war, Iran began launching a series of retaliatory strikes on American and Kuwaiti targets within Kuwait.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Kuwait
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“The US military said three US fighter jets were accidentally shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait.”
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Three independent web search results (BBC, US Central Command reports) confirm that three US fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in an incident described as 'friendly fire' or 'mistakenly shot down.'
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Central Command said that three American fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses while they were taking part in the campaign against Iran. All six crew ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/middleeast/iran-kuw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down over Kuwait on March 1 during Operation Epic Fury, with all aircrew safely ejecting.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-15e-fighters-downed-over…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three US fighter jets have been downed over Kuwait in "an apparent friendly fire incident" while flying in support of the US-Israeli hostilities with Iran, US Central Command (Centcom) says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4v8gndz1o
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“Hezbollah entered the fray by firing rockets at Israel.”
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Multiple web search results detail Hezbollah launching rockets at Israel in retaliation following Israeli airstrikes in Southern Lebanon, confirming the timing within the conflict period.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hezbollah launches hundreds of rockets at Israel in retaliatory attack.Earlier on Sunday, Israel said it had launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon in a “preemptive” attack when it detected Hezbollah…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/25/israel-launches-att…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel has since launched a fresh wave of strikes against what it called “Hezbollah launch sites” in Lebanon, after the IDF earlier ordered people to flee Beirut’s densely populated southern suburbs.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/09/iran-war-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 September: Israel conducted mass airstrikes, a major escalation of the conflict. Residents were given only hours of notice to evacuate. Airstrikes were conducted all over Lebanon but focused on Sou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israel–Hezboll…
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“The death toll in Iran sits at more than 1,937 people, and more have been killed around the Middle East, including US military members.”
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While the claim mentions casualty figures, the provided evidence for this claim consists only of general dictionary definitions (Merriam-Webster, Collins, Cambridge) and does not contain any specific reports or figures regarding the death toll in Iran or the Middle East, making corroboration impossible.
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web search NEUTRAL — We use over as a preposition and an adverb to refer to something at a higher position than something else, sometimes involving movement from one side to another: …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/over
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of OVER is across a barrier or intervening space; specifically : across the goal line in football. How to use over in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over
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web search NEUTRAL — When people such as the police or the army are using a radio to communicate, they say ` Over ' to indicate that they have finished speaking and are waiting for a reply.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/over
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“By the end of the first week of the war, US and Israeli attacks had killed 1,332 people in Iran.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references that quantifies the total number of people killed in Iran by the end of the first week of the conflict.
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“The bombing of a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab killed more than 170 people, mostly children.”
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“The price of a barrel of oil had surpassed $90, up from about $70 before the conflict.”
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“Iran chose the late Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as its new supreme leader.”
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“Iran said nearly 10,000 civilian sites were damaged in the US and Israeli attacks.”
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“The International Energy Agency agreed to release a record 400 million barrels of crude oil.”
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“Israel assassinated Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani and the head of the Basij paramilitary force Gholamreza Soleimani.”
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“Two heavy missiles from Iran penetrated Israel’s multi-layered air defences.”
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“Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gasfield in a major escalation.”
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