Breaking: Pentagon Unveils Newly Released Videos and Photos of Iranian Attacks
New Footage Released: Pentagon Shows Iranian Strike Videos and Photos
The Department of War has released the first photos and video footage showing U.S. military strikes against Iran as the ongoing campaign enters its third day. The operation, known as Operation Epic Fury, has already resulted in the deaths of four American service members, while more than a dozen others have been injured.
Early Monday morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the central objective of the U.S. operation in Iran is the use of advanced laser systems.
“Destroy Iran’s missiles, eliminate their missile manufacturing capabilities, cripple their navy, and dismantle their security infrastructure—then they will never obtain nuclear weapons,” Hegseth said during a briefing alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.
Hegseth declined to specify how long the operation would last but emphasized that it would not become an open-ended conflict.
“This is not Iraq,” Hegseth stated. “This mission will not drag on indefinitely. Our generation understands the mistakes of the past. The president has called the last 20 years of nation-building wars misguided, and he’s right. What we’re doing now is completely different. This is a clear, powerful, and decisive mission: eliminate the missile threat, neutralize their navy, and ensure they never develop nuclear weapons.”
He also confirmed that there are currently no U.S. ground troops inside Iran, though he refused to discuss potential future actions.
General Caine added that a full battle damage assessment would take time, explaining that U.S. Central Command would carefully analyze the results of the strikes before determining the next targets.
Meanwhile, the conflict has already caused heavy casualties in the region. At least 11 people have been reported killed in Israel, while the Iranian Red Crescent claims that 555 people have died in Iran since the fighting began.
During the briefing, Hegseth accused Iran of triggering the conflict through its continued nuclear ambitions and its actions against international shipping routes.
“Iran essentially held a conventional weapon to our head while attempting to deceive the world about its nuclear intentions,” Hegseth told reporters.
At the same time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to journalists on Saturday following the coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes. He said the global political landscape is rapidly shifting and warned that the world has entered a new geopolitical era.
“The world is changing very quickly right before our eyes,” Rubio said. “The world I grew up in is gone. We are now living in a completely different geopolitical environment, and it requires all of us to reconsider what our roles and responsibilities will be moving forward.”
Rubio added that the United States has already begun discussing these changes privately with several allied nations and plans to continue those conversations.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also confirmed on Saturday that Rubio notified senior members of Congress before the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran were carried out.
Leavitt made the announcement in a post on X after critics questioned whether President Donald Trump had authorized the strikes without proper congressional approval.
“President Trump monitored developments overnight at Mar-a-Lago alongside members of his national security team. The president also spoke by phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu,” Leavitt wrote.
She explained that Secretary Rubio contacted all members of the so-called ‘Gang of Eight’—the top congressional leaders responsible for intelligence oversight—and successfully briefed seven of the eight members before the attacks.
“The president and his national security team will continue to closely watch the situation throughout the day,” she added.
Leavitt did not say whether Trump planned to return to Washington or remain at his residence in Florida.
The “Gang of Eight” consists of the Senate majority and minority leaders, the Speaker and minority leader of the House, and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.
Under the 1947 National Security Act, the executive branch is required to keep Congress “fully informed” about significant intelligence operations. However, according to experts at the Harvard Kennedy School, presidents from both political parties have often interpreted this requirement to mean that informing the Gang of Eight satisfies the legal obligation rather than briefing the entire intelligence committees.
He Saved His 6-Year-Old Daughter From Drowning—Then the Recording Revealed Who Wanted Her Dead
He Saved His 6-Year-Old Daughter From Drowning—Then the Recording Revealed Who Wanted Her Dead
Christopher didn’t say a word after dragging Emma from the pool.
He just held her.
Held her until she coughed.
Until water spilled from her mouth.
Until her tiny chest finally rose again.
And when she began to cry, Christopher closed his eyes for one brief second.
She was breathing.
She was alive.
Only then did he stand.
His clothes were drenched, water streaming from his sleeves onto the stone patio.
He carefully moved Emma behind him, keeping one protective arm around her trembling body.
Then he looked at Juliette.
And didn’t look away.
Only seconds earlier, Juliette had been screaming beside the pool, acting frantic, claiming she had desperately tried to save Emma.
But now…
Something changed.
The performance disappeared.
The confidence drained from her face.
And for the first time, Christopher saw what was underneath.
Fear.
“Chris…” Juliette stammered.
“She slipped. I tried to grab her—”
Christopher cut her off.
His voice wasn’t loud.
That somehow made it worse.
“You tried to murder my daughter for a house you were never going to own.”
The courtyard went dead silent.
Every employee standing nearby heard him.
So did Juliette.
And in that moment…
She understood.
Christopher knew everything.
Emma wasn’t simply the little girl Christopher had taken in after Rachel Monroe died.
She wasn’t an act of charity.
She wasn’t merely his ward.
She was his daughter.
His own flesh and blood.
A truth that had been buried for years beneath scandal, inheritance disputes, and a powerful family determined to protect its reputation at any cost.
To the outside world, Christopher Pierce had simply honored Rachel’s memory by raising her child.
But behind the mansion doors…
Christopher had always known the truth.
Emma was his.
And that made the little girl dangerous to anyone who believed they were entitled to the Pierce fortune.
The mansion.
The company shares.
The family trusts.
The inheritance.
For months, Juliette had been quietly preparing the ground.
Emma was “difficult.”
Emma was “spoiled.”
Emma needed “discipline.”
She canceled the child’s lessons.
Limited the time she spent with people who cared about her.
Made affection feel like something Emma had to earn.
And little by little, she convinced Christopher that every argument, every inconvenience, every problem inside the house somehow began with the child.
For a while…
Christopher believed her.
Then Mrs. Yvette Sloan began noticing things no one else seemed to see.
The elderly housekeeper had worked inside the Pierce home long enough to recognize fear when it entered a room.
Emma flinched whenever Juliette appeared.
She stopped laughing the way she used to.
She apologized constantly.
Even when she had done absolutely nothing wrong.
Then one afternoon, Yvette passed a partially open door and heard Juliette whispering on the phone.
“A child only needs one unattended accident.”
Yvette stopped walking.
And from that moment on…
She stopped believing in coincidence.
Quietly, without telling anyone, she placed a small recorder inside the pool cabana.
Then she waited.
What the device captured changed everything.
Minutes before Emma went into the water, Yvette found Christopher and played part of the recording for him.
Juliette’s voice came through the tiny speaker.
Cold.
Controlled.
“If she stays in the will…”
A pause.
“None of this will ever belong to us.”
Christopher stared at the recorder.
Then—
A scream tore through the courtyard.
Emma.
Christopher ran.
By the time he reached the pool and saw his little girl beneath the water…
Suspicion had become reality.
Now Emma stood pressed against him, soaked from head to toe, her little fingers twisted tightly into his shirt.
Juliette took one slow step backward.
Then another.
Christopher didn’t follow her.
He didn’t need to.
“Security will escort you off this property.”
Juliette’s face collapsed.
“No…”
Her voice cracked.
“Chris, please. I can explain.”
Before she could say another word, Emma suddenly buried her face against her father’s chest.
Then she sobbed.
“She told me Grandma said I shouldn’t live here anymore.”
Everyone froze.
Christopher’s expression changed.
Because every person in that courtyard knew exactly who Emma meant by “Grandma.”
Estelle Pierce.
Christopher’s mother.
The woman who had ruled the Pierce family for decades.
The woman whose influence reached from the mansion’s private rooms to the company boardroom.
The woman who rarely needed to raise her voice because everyone had already learned to obey it.
Juliette panicked.
“She’s confused!”
Christopher said nothing.
“Emma doesn’t know what she’s saying!”
Still nothing.
Juliette looked around desperately.
“Your mother loves her!”
That was when Yvette stepped forward.
The recorder was still in her hand.
Her face was pale.
“Sir…”
Christopher turned toward her.
Yvette swallowed.
“There’s more you need to hear.”
Juliette’s eyes widened.
“No.”
Christopher held out his hand.
Yvette gave him the recorder.
“Christopher, don’t—”
He pressed play.
Static crackled from the speaker.
Then Juliette’s voice returned.
“If she stays in the will, none of this will ever belong to us.”
A second voice answered.
Older.
Colder.
Sharper.
A voice Christopher had known his entire life.
Estelle.
“Then make sure the little problem never reaches the lawyers.”
Silence swallowed the courtyard.
No one moved.
No one spoke.
Juliette stared at Christopher as if she had just watched the ground disappear beneath her feet.
Then she began to cry.
This time, the tears were real.
But nobody believed they meant remorse.
Christopher slowly looked down at Emma.
She was still trembling.
Still clutching his shirt.
Still terrified to let go.
And suddenly he understood something far worse than the attempted drowning.
Emma hadn’t merely grown up feeling unwanted.
She had been marked.
Targeted.
Not because of anything she had ever done.
Not because she was troublesome.
Not because she was spoiled.
But because grown adults had decided that money mattered more than the life of an innocent child.
A mansion.
Company shares.
The Pierce name.
An inheritance.
That was what they had placed against Emma’s life.
Security approached Juliette.
She immediately turned toward the mansion.
Toward the upper balcony.
Toward the windows overlooking the courtyard.
“Estelle!” she shouted.
No answer.
“Estelle!”
Christopher followed her gaze.
For just a second…
A curtain on the second floor moved.
Then stopped.
Perfectly still.
Juliette saw it too.
And whatever hope she had left vanished from her face.
The security officers took her by the arms and led her away.
She twisted once, looking desperately toward the balcony.
But the curtain never moved again.
Estelle Pierce had already abandoned her.
Christopher lowered his eyes to Emma.
The little girl looked exhausted.
Her wet hair clung to her cheeks.
Her lips were trembling.
But she was alive.
Christopher bent down and lifted her carefully into his arms.
Emma immediately wrapped both arms around his neck.
“Daddy…”
“I’ve got you,” he whispered.
And this time, he understood the full meaning of those words.
Saving Emma from the swimming pool had only been the beginning.
Because the real danger had never been the water.
It was the family waiting inside the mansion.
The family she had been born into.
And Christopher now knew exactly what he had to do.
He had saved his daughter from drowning.
Now he would have to save her from the Pierce family itself.
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