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Fox News Hourly Update

12PM ET 02/28/2026 Newscast

28 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the latest update on Operation Epic Fury targeting Iran?

2.95 - 27.49 Angelo Bavaro

This is a Fox News alert. Operation Epic Fury targets Iran. I'm Angelo Bavaro, Fox News. The U.S. and Israel launching airstrikes across Iran this morning. The joint military operation is expected to carry on for days. Officials tell Fox News that Israel is targeting Iranian leadership, while the U.S. is targeting military targets and ballistic missile sites that pose an imminent threat.

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When we talked to President Trump about this less than 24 hours ago, he was up front about the risks of this conflict becoming a long-term war. So he ordered these strikes overnight with this in mind. Is there a risk that strikes could turn into a long, drawn-out conflict in the Middle East? I guess you could say there's always a risk.

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You know, when there's war, there's a risk in anything, both good and bad. Look, it would be wonderful if they'd negotiate... really in good conscience, good faith and conscience, but they are not getting there.

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To that point, even though we don't have any reason today to think that American boots would be deployed on the ground in Iran, there are a lot of American servicemen and women in the region supporting this mission by air and by sea.

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70.872 - 78.324 Angelo Bavaro

That is Fox's Peter Ducey. Democratic Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman joining Fox & Friends weekend to discuss that military operation.

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Iran massacred 30,000 of their own people right now. This war is not about the Iranian people. It's about this poisonous regime. And that's why I'm proud to stand with our military. I'm proud to stand with Israel, too.

90.903 - 106.523 Angelo Bavaro

World leaders split on that action, with Canada and Australia backing the action, while France and Spain condemning it. And the NYPD putting out a statement this morning saying they are closely monitoring the events in Iran and the Middle East, and they're coordinating with federal and international partners.

106.963 - 115.594 Angelo Bavaro

They will also boost patrols out of an abundance of caution to sensitive locations across New York City. America is listening to Fox News.

Chapter 2: What risks are associated with the U.S. and Israel's airstrikes in Iran?

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Keep up to date with the very latest in Iran. Follow and listen to the Fox News Hourly Update podcast and dive deep with the Fox News Rundown podcast. Get them now at foxnewspodcast.com or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

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137.056 - 142.666 Angelo Bavaro

A U.S. citizen is among those killed in a shootout between a private speedboat and Cuba's Coast Guard.

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142.986 - 162.217 Marco Rubio

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Cuban government very well could be lying when it claims that men aboard a U.S.-registered speedboat who got into a shootout with the Cuban Coast Guard in Cuban waters were terrorists. Rubio is demanding a full investigation. At least one person killed was a U.S. citizen. Cuba's regime has long accused U.S.

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162.237 - 179.195 Marco Rubio

nationals originally born in Cuba of working alongside the U.S. government to destabilize the island. And the Trump administration has been pressuring Havana to pursue reforms now that the U.S. removed Cuba's ally, Nicolas Maduro, from power in Venezuela. In Miami, Eben Brown, Fox News.

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179.676 - 185.642 Angelo Bavaro

A child predator in California was set to be granted parole before a last-minute arrest kept him behind bars.

185.622 - 204.947 Marion Rafferty

The California Board of Parole was ready to set 64-year-old David Funston free through its elderly parole program. Now, this despite the graphic thoughts he admitted to still having in a hearing last September. According to transcripts obtained by Fox News, Funston explaining that as recently as 2021, he'd repeated fantasies about.

204.927 - 217.023 Marion Rafferty

an eight-year-old girl who used to live across the street from him, also admitting that he raped a little boy because he was, quote, vulnerable and available, and saying he targeted children because he enjoyed the power he had over them.

217.383 - 228.538 Marion Rafferty

Fortunately, just as he was about to be set free, though, Placer County DA Morgan Geyer intervened, charging him with lewd and lascivious acts upon a child stemming from a 1996 sexual assault of a minor.

228.518 - 251.691 Angelo Bavaro

That is Fox's Marion Rafferty. Attorney General Pam Bondi says federal prosecutors have indicted 30 more people tied to a protest at a Minnesota church over an immigration enforcement crackdown. Bondi says 25 of those people are already under arrest. The protest last month also led to the arrest of journalist Don Lemon. I'm Angelo Bavaro, and this is Fox News.

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