WASHINGTON—In the midst of strikes from both the U.S. and Israel on Iran in an attempt to topple the regime and prevent it obtaining nuclear weaponry, killing civilians and top Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which has resulted in retaliation in the form of strikes directed at Israel and other Middle Eastern nations as well as U.S. and British military bases, sources close to the Department of Defense revealed the joint mission has been codenamed "Operation Distract From Epstein" by the Pentagon. "U.S. Central Command commenced Operation Distract From Epstein, February 28, at the direction of the President of the United States. U.S. and partner forces began striking targets to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat, as well as getting the American public talking about something that isn't the President's links to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein," said a press release on the U.S. Central Command's website. "Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime. A vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its also a useful distraction from a certain other thing I'm not going to mention," said Trump in a video posted to Truth Social, showing Trump administration officials in the background shredding unreleased Epstein files. At press time, sources close to the Israel Defense Forces showed it had codenamed its own operation against Iran as "If Only They Were Palestinians."