Iranian officers flee posts, abandon conscripts amid strikes

REPORT

Iranian officers reportedly abandon posts amid airstrikes, Trump demands 'unconditional surrender'

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Flags of Israel and Iran painted on a cracked concrete wall with soldier shadow.

Caught in the crossfire: Palestinians divided after Israel, US strike on Iran

JERUSALEM REPORT
Masked demonstrators hold placards during a pro-Palestinian rally, reflecting the polarized regional reactions to the Israeli-US strike on Iran.
Smoke rises after reported Iranian missile attacks, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, as seen from Doha, Qatar, March 1, 2026.

Russia providing Iran intelligence to target US forces, officials say

REPORT
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market bustles as the war in Iran rages, March 5, 2026
FRONTLINES

Hitting hard: How the Iran war is decimating Israel's small businesses

FRONTLINES

Iran's exiled conservatives launch party, building blueprint for a post-regime monarchy

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 18, 2025.

Israel’s true secret weapon cannot be exported

OPINION
Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, US, September 21, 2025.

Tucker Carlson is right: A demonic spirit has been unleashed, but it's him

OPINION
A demonstrator holds an image of deceased Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside City Hall against the U.S. and Israel's attack on Iran on March 02, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Clandestine IDF units 8200, 9900 gave key intel. to take out underground Khamenei bunker

A site of overnight Israeli airstrikes is pictured in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 6, 2026.

IDF strikes IRGC, Hezbollah command centers in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district

A satellite view shows the Ali Al Salem Base, after Iranian strikes, near Al Jahra, Kuwait, March 1, 2026.

Iran conducts new attacks on Middle East countries, military bases in Kuwait, UAE targeted

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern neighborhood on March 5, 2026.

Dozens of IRGC officers flee Beirut, sources tell Axios

REPORT

Women redefining power in Israel

Women. Life. Freedom.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's son wounded on Lebanon border

Five IDF soldiers badly wounded by anti-tank fire near Lebanon border

Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the 40-signatures debate at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 23, 2026.

Deep underground, IDF officers describe months of covert planning for war against Iran, Hezbollah

Israeli Air Force fighter pilots prepare to strike Iran, February 28, 2026

Netanyahu visits Beersheba strike site, vows Israel will achieve war goals

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of the Iranian missile strike in Beersheba, March 6, 2026.

IDF launches 15th wave of strikes on Iranian regime, targets infrastructure in Tehran and Isfahan

A man walks his dog as the HMS Dragon is undergoing ammunitioning operations at Upper Harbour Ammunitioning Facility (UHAF) in Portsmouth Harbour, March 4, 2026.

UK warship’s Cyprus deployment delayed amid claims of ‘9-to-5’ contract

US President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on March 03, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump: No deal with Iran, US will only accept regime's ‘unconditional surrender’

 Iran's existential crisis: US-Israel joint operations and shifting alliances in Middle East.

Iran's existential crisis: A shift in the Middle East

WATCH
Ankara and Moscow increasingly find themselves aligned in opposing Western power and influence in the Middle East. Here, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in September 2023, in Sochi, Russia.

Middle Israel: Jihadists, Russians, European cynics, and US fools unite to oppose Iran war

OPINION

Armenian Telegram channels push Iran ‘victory’ claims, antisemitic slurs during attacks on Israel

Tucker Carlson claims Chabad behind strikes on Iran in effort to destroy al-Aqsa Mosque

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Four arrested in UK on suspicion of spying on Jewish sites for Iran

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’

Brian McGinnis gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy and US Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.
REPORT

'Spontaneous' US-Iran war protests funded by billionaire anti-Israel group backer

IDF surprised by Houthis not joining Iran war, believes they still could

IDF launches new phase of Iran war, confirms death of major Hezbollah operative

WATCH
Houthi soldiers stand guard as people detained by the Houthis wait for their release in Sanaa, Yemen January 25, 2025.

Trump: US 'quietly' moving thousands of people out of Middle Eastern countries

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 3, 2026.

IDF destroys missile launchers in Tehran before Iran can strike Israel

A FOOD delivery bike drive close to a plume of smoke rising from the Zayed Port following a reported Iranian strike in Abu Dhabi on March 1, 2026.

UAE considering multibillion dollar Iranian asset freeze following attacks

REPORT

Connected US Jews back Iran strikes, wider US public stays skeptical - exclusive

EXCLUSIVE

No plan, director, or strategy: Israel's hasbara breakdown and how it can be saved

JERUSALEM REPORT
Ultra Orthodox Jews seen walking on a street in Borough Park neighborhood in the southwestern borough of Brooklyn, New York City on January 12, 2025.
FRONTLINES

Israel’s war? Trump faces narrative battle shaping American support against Iran

AS THE Trump administration pushes back against claims that Israel ‘dragged’ the United States into war with Iran, officials have worked to frame the conflict as driven by American strategic interests. Here, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the US Capitol in Washington
REVIEW

Want to take a shower without being interrupted by missiles? There's an app for that

 A hot bath or a cold and invigorating shower can greatly help improve mood and overall feeling
POLL

Operation Roaring Lion has little effect in Israel's political arena, poll finds

How Octopus protects critical infrastructure under threat - data centers as a new battlefield

US considering moving additional THAAD and Patriot air defense systems to Middle East, experts say

Hacker attack
OPINION

Iran’s second war: The US and Israel can reshape the Middle East- opinion

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In this handout photo released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers, July 8, 2017 in Korean Peninsula, South Korea.

US used B-1 'Lancer' strategic bombers to strike targets inside Iran, CENTCOM confirms

An Israeli military operative engaged in surveillance mission (illustrative)

Cyber is the fuel for US, Israel's war on Iran's Islamic regime, expert says

INTERVIEW

US strikes Iranian drone carrier naval vessel, B-2 stealth bombers hit Iran

WATCH

Iranian bombers were 'minutes away' from striking US base in Qatar

REPORT
Smoke rises from what US Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an Iranian drone carrier that was struck by US forces, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at an unknown location, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on March 5, 2026.

Aliyev calls Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan a ‘terrorist act’

Drone strikes an airport in Azerbaijan.

US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say

People attend the funeral of the victims following a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 3, 2026.

Trump calls Herzog 'disgrace,' urges him to pardon Netanyahu 'today'

US President Donald Trump enters the Knesset with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in October 2025, in Jerusalem.

Laniado Hospital begins building a large, innovative emergency hospital at a cost of NIS 200M

Laniado surgeons operating under fire have 45 seconds to reach shelter.

Israel launches historic project to send desalinated water into Sea of Galilee

An aerial view of the Kinneret. To the casual observer, the lake, also known as the Sea of Galilee, appears to be a rare environmental success story in an era of climate uncertainty.

A frontline in uniform

Operation Roaring Lion, March 2026

Your Taxes: What makes Israeli hi-tech tick

Flights resume to Ben Gurion International Airport as airspace reopens

Israeli Tech

Your Investments: Remaining optimistic in the face of Iranian missiles and golden calves

 Money and a calculator
EXCLUSIVE

How Israel's cyber chief is navigating through the dystopian cyber-AI period

ON THE front line of the cyber war, Israel has become one of the world’s most targeted countries for cyberattacks, with state-backed hackers increasingly using AI to probe government networks, companies, and critical infrastructure.

Finance Ministry warns of NIS 9.5b. weekly loss, urges Home Front Command to ease restrictions

Shell shocked: Israel Police rescue turtle struck by Iranian missile fragment

Sperm whale found dead on Israeli beach near Gaza border, cause of death unknown

Israel Police locate and rescue turtle hit by Iranian missile fragment, March 6, 2026.

Israeli companies fall behind on global climate reporting standards, says CDP report

Stray dogs in Israel

Animal rights organization urges Nature and Parks Authority to cease shooting of stray dogs

A Silverback male mountain Gorilla sits in the dense jungle canopy on the edge of Uganda's Bwindi National Park.

First-ever chimp count in Uganda's Bwindi park shows 426 specimens, a boost for conservation

Israel's healthcare system cleared hundreds of hospital beds in first 36 hours of Iran war

Dozens of medical personnel reinforcements en route to Israel from Cyprus on a ship

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.

First repatriation flight returns over 100 doctors, healthcare professionals to Israel

As Iran war broke out, United Hatzalah volunteers transferred patients to underground wards

Over 1,000 injured since Saturday: Health Ministry summarizes first days of Operation Roaring Lion

Ben-Gurion Airport closure delays arrival of 140 new immigrants amid Operation Roaring Lion

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities

OPINION
NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive to the Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on June 25, 2025.
FEATURE

Hinenu at 10 million: 100 lives that tell Israel’s real story

Ortal Pelleg connected to the author through surfing.

Finding faith, family, and business: Ben Woolf’s story from England to Jerusalem

Ben Woolf dons his own Promise State Israel logo shirt.

Sandy Leigh’s journey from San Antonio to Jerusalem

Sandy Leigh

Midtown Jerusalem

High response to Israel Lands Authority tenders: A sign of developers’ confidence in the market

A landmark project - Midtown Jerusalem

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

The new campus of NVIDIA in Kiryat Tivon.

Head of Kiryat Tivon council on NVIDIA: 'An opportunity that can change the entire North'

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

Israel’s real estate map is changing

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Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez meets with US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 4, 2026.

US, Venezuela agree to re-establish diplomatic, consular relations

Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief, taps Mullin as replacement

Gavin Newsom says some ‘appropriately’ call Israel an ‘apartheid state’ while questioning US aid

Diaspora   

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march past King's College, one of the few colleges that have divested from companies benefiting from the Israeli war.

UK gov't launches independent review into 'scourge' of antisemitism in England's schools

Israelis abroad face ‘concrete concern’ of attack amid Iran war, NSC warns

Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60

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An example of the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship food relief and medical outreach for Christian Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.

US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'

Tremors in Washington: The targeted campaign to turn Christians against Israel

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In the kitchen with Henny: An international Purim celebration

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Cone-shaped clay vessels, known as cornets, found across hundreds of sites in Israel and Jordan, February 27, 2026.

Israeli researchers crack century-old mystery of cone-shaped vessels found near Dead Sea

Ancient Polish 'princess' burial date revealed after decades of archaeological mystery

Rare half-shekel coin used in biblical census count discovered by archaeologists in Judean Desert

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A scientist looks through a microscope

Brain drain: US-based scientists choose Europe, harming American institutions

NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing

Turtles’ brains shed light on evolutionary developments dating back hundreds of millions of years

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Noam Bettan, winner of the reality show "The Next Star" poses for a picture after winning the final in Neve Ilan, near Jerusalem, January 21, 2026.

'Michelle,' Israel’s Eurovision song, revealed in a performance by Noam Bettan

A Jewish writers initiative's first film: a comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson

Team Israel sharp in tune-up wins as Ausmus eyes WBC statement in Miami

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US Holocaust Memorial Museum acquires rare World War II-era Captain America comics

Documentary about Jews murdered after Nazi occupation threatened with ban in Poland

US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor

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Polymarket user wins $200,000 betting on date of Israeli attack on Iran

Real-life Indiana Jones: British Museum to hire ‘treasure hunter’ to find stolen artifacts

Turkish Jewish content creator 'controlling minds of Turkish children,' Turkish news channel claims

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Ariston expands the scope of solar collector production in Israel

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