India, March 1 -- West Asia is currently aflame. On February 28, 2026, Israel and the United States launched an attack on Iran, after talks between the US and Iran broke down.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, named the military operation 'Roaring Lion', The Times of Israel reported. The Israeli Defence Forces, it said, had a different name for the operation ('Shield of Judah', according to various media reports). President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has named the operation as 'Epic Fury'.

Israel had also named its last military operation against Iran in June 2025 as 'Rising Lion'.

Why this focus on the lion (Panthera leo), one may ask? The reason is the iconic status of the world's second-largest cat in Biblical literature...