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What Matters Most On Sunday, March 1, 2026

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The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Beit Shemesh, March 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF assesses Iran has some 2,500 ballistic missiles

9 killed as Iranian missile destroys synagogue, smashes bomb shelter in Beit Shemesh

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Charlie Summers

Over 40 more injured as impact strikes residential area in city west of Jerusalem; IDF investigating failure to intercept missile and integrity of shelter

Fire and smoke rise following the impact of a ballistic missile fired from Iran in central Tel Aviv, February 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Woman killed, dozens injured as Iranian missile strikes Tel Aviv residential block

By Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian

A missile launched from Iran is pictured in the sky from the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 1, 2026. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

March 1: Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel, in first since Nov. 2024 ceasefire

Terror group says attack was launched as ‘revenge’ for Khamenei * Trump says he’ll talk to Iran’s leaders; also says strikes could last four weeks * Iran FM: ‘We will resist as long as it takes’

1:07 am

Hezbollah confirms it fired rockets at Israel as 'revenge' for Khamenei
12:50 am

Israeli strikes reported in Beirut after rockets fired from Lebanon
12:14 am

IDF said to confirm Hezbollah behind rocket fire from Lebanon, in first since November 2024 ceasefire

A protester holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against US and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, February 28, 2026. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Iran sets 40 days of mourning as US, Israel pound country

End of an era as Iran confirms Khamenei is dead; Trump: Justice for Iranians and beyond

By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Iranians brave the streets to celebrate; US president urges security personnel to surrender; Netanyahu calls on Iranians to rise up; state media says leader’s daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law also killed

Government supporters mourn during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in the poster, in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 1 – Khamenei is dead. Will the Iranian regime die with him?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Shiite Muslims mourn the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against the US and Israel in Lahore, Pakistan, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pro-Iran mobs in Pakistan, Iraq try to storm US embassies; at least 8 killed

By AFP

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Thousands gather in Tehran to mourn death of brutal dictator

‘Freedom, freedom!’: Jubilant crowds across Iran celebrate killing of Khamenei

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Videos from Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Abdanan show cheering, impromptu dance parties, fireworks; man shouts ‘hello new world’ as statue of republic founder is toppled in Galleh Dar

Iranians take to the streets to celebrate the news of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death in Karaj, February 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

China, Russia, North Korea and Hamas condemn killing of Iran’s Khamenei

Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Yalova, Turkey on January 16, 2026. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP)

‘War is no good, but I’m happy’: Iranian diaspora jubilant as regime attacked, see difficult days ahead

By AFP

IDF says dozens of top Iranians killed within seconds of Khamenei as CIA role emerges

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Report says US spy agency tracked supreme leader’s location and handed intel to IDF; deaths of military chief of staff, defense minister and top IRGC commander also confirmed

Government supporters mourn during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in the poster, in Tehran, March 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Tel Aviv overnight, causing heavy damage, March 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

IDF: Over 1,200 bombs dropped on Iran in 24 hours

Trump threatens Iran with force ‘never seen before’ as missiles bombard Israel for second day

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Iran says Jerusalem and Washington ‘will suffer the consequences’ after killing of Khamenei, though morning salvos cause little damage; US bases in region, Gulf allies also attacked

Government supporters gather in mourning after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under a billboard with graphic showing a US aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

AnalysisFacing existential threat, Iranian regime won’t be inclined to show restraint

(Clockwise from top left): The Democrats chief Yair Golan, Yesh Atid chief and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, Blue and White chief Benny Gantz and Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli opposition leaders rally behind government as Israel and US strike Iran

Analysis

Khamenei set Iran’s direction for decades. Now the public he suppressed has hope

The 86-year-old supreme leader placed the IRGC at the center of power, and built up a terror network. With so many top aides dead, it is hard to determine who will take his place

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to vote for the parliamentary runoff elections, in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves after casting his vote during the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

ObituaryIran’s Ali Khamenei, who based brutal rule on fiery hostility to US and Israel, dead at 86

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A government supporter holds a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

ExplainerAfter Khamenei killed, Iran set for largely opaque supreme succession

By Jon Gambrell

Iran is building the anti-Iran coalition it fears

By targeting Arab states, Tehran believes it is raising the cost for Washington. Instead, it is uniting its rivals, tightening US-Israel-Arab coordination — and isolating itself

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

The quiet, world-changing audacity of the home front

While jets roar toward Iran and history tilts on its axis, ordinary civilians in bomb shelters model a path to a brighter Middle East.

What they told us about ‘The Purim’ in Iran

It’s that annual celebration by the Jews of their evil historic massacre of 75,000 Persians (I finally did my own research to learn the truth)

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

What one photo from the Epstein files disrupted

The now-viral Hawking snapshot will not alter the legal record, but it has already unsettled something more diffuse: our myth of the bodiless genius

People gather at the bomb shelter in Tel Aviv's Basel Square during a missile alert on February 28, 2026. (Ben Sales/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

‘We meet again’: Inside the ‘pajama party’ at a north Tel Aviv bomb shelter

The denizens of this shelter came for safety. But what they found was the impromptu community created when dozens of Israelis are packed together underground, waiting out a war

Pedestrians run for cover in central Jerusalem following sirens warning of incoming missiles from Iran, on February 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reporter's notebookSirens, shelters and an empty Old City: Jerusalem rattled on day 1 of war with Iran

By Theia Chatelle

People close up a shop after missiles were launched at Israel from Iran, in the northern city of Haifa, on February 28, 2026. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Schools, most businesses stay shuttered amid Israel-US assault on Iran, regime’s missile fire

By ToI Staff, Sam Sokol and Sharon Wrobel

Health system suspends all non-essential services, while courts cancel all but urgent proceedings; banks, supermarkets remain open as economy minister urges public to avoid panic buying

An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran toward Israel, February 28, 2026. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)

Iran conflict strands tens of thousands of Israelis abroad

By Zev Stub, Sharon Wrobel and Jessica Steinberg

Inside story

Top US official: Iran planned to preemptively launch missiles, Trump was forced to act

Senior admin official claims US offered ‘free nuclear fuel forever’ but was rebuffed by Iran, which wanted to preserve enrichment ability ‘for nuclear bomb’; US official denies being dragged by Israel into war

US President Donald Trump monitors the Iran strikes at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on February 28, 2026 (White House)

US President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 27, 2026. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Before strikes, Trump was told attacking Iran is high risk, high reward

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon points toward the Iranian delegation during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on February 28, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

US, Israel defend strikes on Iran as lawful at heated UN Security Council meeting

By AP and Jacob Magid

Islamic Republic’s ambassador calls death of civilians amid joint attack a crime against humanity; US counterpart trades barbs over regime’s mass killing of protesters last month

Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

American Jewish groups throw support behind US-Israeli operation against Iran

By Grace Gilson

A man holds up an Iranian pre-1979 Islamic Revolution flag and a sign reading "Khamenei is dead!" during a rally expressing support for US and Israeli military action against Iran's Islamic Republic regime on February 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

Iranian exiles across North America rally for strikes; others march against war

By AFP

Screen captures from videos posted to social media show smoke and damage caused by Iranian projectile attacks on the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel and Dubai airport, February 28 and March 1, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran attacks on Gulf damage Dubai airport, ignite fire at iconic Burj Al Arab hotel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Blasts heard in UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar day after Pakistani national killed, luxury properties struck; Qatar reports at least 65 missiles, 16 injuries

A Hezbollah flag flutters above the rubble of a building that was hit in January by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Qannarit, on February 16, 2026. (Joseph EID / AFP)

Hezbollah condemns strikes on Iran but stops short of pledging to attack Israel

By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump following talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 28, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Backing US and Israel, Zelensky says hoping for fall of ‘terrorist regime’ in Tehran

Ukrainian president notes that Iran supplied Russia with tens of thousands of strike drones to attack Ukraine, says ‘important’ for US to be ‘determined’ in its mission

Reporter's notebook

As US Jews reckon with antisemitism uptick, a NY institution doubles down on education

Questions abound on whether outreach is worth the investment in today’s climate, but a recently opened center for students at YIVO institute is all-in on sharing pre-Holocaust Jewish life

Educator Susannah Trubman walks a group from Hunter College through the YIVO Learning and Media Center, February 11, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

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By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

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