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Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. May 5, 2024.
A man cleans a billboard featuring Iran's late supreme leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) next to newly elected supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, on the outskirts of Srinagar on March 23, 2026.
A woman holds a portrait of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on the day of a gathering to support Mojtaba Khamenei, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026.

Trump pitches shared US-Iran Strait of Hormuz control, claims regime change 'already happened'

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on March 23, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Security forces inspect Egged bus following a rocket shrapnel impact in Kiryat Shmona on March 23, 2026.

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 Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following Israel’s attack on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2025.

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Lebanese PM backs disarming Hezbollah, blames group for dragging country into war

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Israeli law enforcement officials work at the scene of a missile fragment impact in northern Israel, March 23, 2026

Two wounded after Hezbollah rocket shrapnel hits bus in Kiryat Shmona

 EU flags are seen outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels

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Iranian military spokesperson Zolfaghari mocks Trump with ‘You are fired’ jab

Screenshot of Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari. March 22, 2026.

Knesset Finance Committee approves Israel’s 2026 state budget ahead of final votes

Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 15, 2026.

Hashomer Hachadash begins placing 60 bomb shelters on farms in wartime campaign

Pro-Iran protesters brandish billboards flags of Yemen and Iran, weapons, and chant slogans as they take part in a rally held to condemn the US-Israel aerial attacks on Iran and killing the Iranian Supreme leader and several military officials on March 1, 2026 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Saudi Arabia working to keep Houthis out of Iran war as group threatens readiness to fight

Smoke rises above Riyadh, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026.

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 An illustrative image of the silhouettes of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to a backdrop of their respective countries' flags.

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Iran missiles, Hezbollah drones renew fear for residents along Israel’s northern border

US-Israeli strikes killed Basij Shiraz commander earlier this week, IRGC-affiliated outlet says

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 Moshe Davidovich at the border with Lebanon.

Iran using ‘satellite-like’ launches to double missile range, ex-IDF air defense chief warns

FILE PHOTO: A view of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr, Iran on April 28, 2024.

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US CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper at CENTCOM headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, on March 5, 2026; illustrative.

Iran targets civilians out of desperation, CENTCOM chief Cooper tells anti-regime outlet

Palestinian doctor arrested for smuggling Second Temple-period coins from West Bank to Jerusalem

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Coins seized by Border Police from vehicle of Palestinian doctor after attempted smuggling into Israel, March 23, 2026.
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Between Bab al-Mandab and Hormuz: Will the Houthis escalate the campaign?

A Houthi protester with a poster of Ali Khamenei demonstrates amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 6, 2026
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IDF’s haredi Hashmonaim Brigade sees first operations in Lebanon in current war

Soldier from the IDF's Hashmonaim brigade operating in southern Lebanon, March 23, 2026.
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A PULS multiple rocket launcher miniature and artillery rockets by Israeli Elbit Systems is exhibited at the DEFEA Defense Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.

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US considers ground operation to seize Iran’s Kharg Island amid tensions, source tells Post

Two pilots killed as Air Canada Express plane hits fire truck at LaGuardia airport

A satellite image shows damage on Kharg Island, Iran, after US strikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, March 14, 2026.

Russia, China voice concern over Strait of Hormuz blockade and regional conflict escalation

A coastguard boat approaches an Indian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, Shivalik, as it arrives at Mundra Port via the Strait of Hormuz, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Gujarat, India, March 16, 2026.

UK nationals in Iran call on government to defend them amid Tehran airstrikes

FILE PHOTO: Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple who have been sentenced by Iran to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage, according to their family, pose for a selfie in an unknown location in this undated handout photograph taken in 2024 and obtained by Reuters on February 19, 2026.

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 International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2026.

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Saudi Aramco boss pulls out of international energy conference due to Iran conflict, source says

 Amin H. Nasser, President & Chief Executive Officer Saudi Aramco, speaks during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas, US March 8, 2022.

Expert warns Haifa refinery is ‘time bomb’ despite limited damage in Iranian strike

Fire rises from the Bazan power plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, June 15, 2025.

An Israeli reservist turned his son’s screen time into an AI learning platform

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Lessons from Iran: Decentralized, renewable energy vital for Israel’s defense, expert tells 'Post'

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Parental burnout, not military deployment alone, drives children’s wartime stress

Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction

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Israel ranks eighth in World Happiness Report despite war, young Israelis place third globally

Iran war could trigger medicine price spike in UK, trade group warns

Health Ministry urges vaccines after unvaccinated 17-year-old dies of measles

Knesset advances bill granting five-year tax exemption to olim, returning residents

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Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

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Aliyah Minister: US-Israeli partnership causing severe blow to Iran, inspiring aliyah

Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer seen with New immigrants from France arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" at the Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 1, 2024.

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