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What Matters Most On Monday, March 2, 2026

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Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Live updates (closed)

March 2: Hezbollah claims attack on Israel was ‘defensive act’ after year of Israeli strikes

US State Department urges Americans to immediately leave over a dozen Mideast nations, including Israel * Iran missiles trigger widespread sirens * IDF strikes Hezbollah sites in Beirut

12:06 am

Hezbollah-linked channel back on air, says it was targeted by IDF
11:26 pm

IDF says it's striking series of Hezbollah targets in Beirut
11:18 pm

Rubio tells Americans abroad 'to follow our security updates,' does not mention latest State Dept directive that they immediately leave Middle East, including Israel

Footage shows IDF strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli warnings, March 2, 2026. (Screenshot / Kamal Mehanna / AFPTV / AFP)

Katz: Hezbollah chief 'a marked target for elimination'

IDF strike kills Hezbollah intel chief; Lebanon to ban terror group’s military activity

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Beirut demands group hands over weapons and tells army to prevent it from attacking Israel; Israeli strikes across Lebanon kill senior PIJ commander, hit Hezbollah-linked banks

A fire is seen in a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike in response to Hezbollah rocket and drone fire in Beirut's southern suburb neighborhood of Haret Hreik on March 2, 2026 (AFP)

IDF strikes in Beirut after Hezbollah enters fray and fires rockets, drones at north

By Shira Silkoff, Emanuel Fabian, Noam Lehmann and Agencies

Hezbollah supporters wave their group's flags and an Iranian national flag during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, February 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing March 2 – IDF adds Hezbollah to decapitation campaign after it joins war

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Clockwise from top left: Sara Elimelech, Ronit Elimelech, Gavriel Baruch Ravach, Bruria Cohen, Yosef Cohen, Oren Katz, and siblings Sara, Yaakov, and Avigail Biton, who were killed in an Iranian missile attack in Beit Shemesh on March 1, 2026. (Courtesy/United Hatzalah/Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Mourners shelter from further missile fire at funeral

9 victims of Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh named, including 3 teen siblings

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

Fatalities are teens Yaakov, Avigail, and Sara Biton; Ronit Elimelech and her mother, Sara; mother and son Bruria and Yosef Cohen; Gavriel Baruch Ravach and Oren Katz

Reporter's notebook‘Everything is gone’: Deadly Iranian strike on Beit Shemesh leaves residents reeling

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Tel Aviv overnight, causing heavy damage, March 1, 2026. Inset: Mary Ann De Vera, 32, a Filipino national killed in the attack. (Nava Freiberg / Times of Israel; courtesy)

Woman killed Saturday in missile strike on Tel Aviv identified as Philippine national

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

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3 US F-15 fighter jets shot down by Kuwait in ‘friendly fire’ incident; crews survive

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

CENTCOM says planes mistakenly downed by Kuwaiti air defenses during Iranian attack; US embassy in Kuwait City closed as black smoke rises from compound

Screen captures from videos of US F-15 fighter jets shut down over Kuwait, March, 2, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

This image provided by US Central Command shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) for a mission in support of Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026. (US Navy via AP)

6 American soldiers killed, several seriously injured in war with Iran — US military

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor, taken and released on March 1, 2026, shows a destroyed radar system following strikes at Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)

IDF: Over 2,000 bombs dropped on Iran in 30 hours, air supremacy achieved on 1st day

By Emanuel Fabian

Screen captures from videos said to show smoke billowing from the Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia after an Iranian drone strike, March 2, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Saudi Aramco shuts down Ras Tanura refinery, its biggest, after Iran drone strike causes blaze

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Defense ministry says two drones intercepted, shrapnel fell, no injuries; social media videos show flames and smoke billowing from oil facility, one of the world’s largest

A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

AnalysisDubai’s carefully built image as sun-filled safe haven shattered by Iranian strikes

By brian melley

A family sits against the backdrop of a dockyard off the coastal city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern United Arab Emirates on February 25, 2026. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Three tankers damaged in Gulf and one seafarer killed as US-Iran conflict escalates

Iranian demonstrators hold posters of Hezbollah terror group leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, Hamas terror group chief Yahya Sinwar, center, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

AnalysisHow the Hamas chief doomed his patron

Sinking Iran’s proxies, Sinwar’s Al-Aqsa Flood left Khamenei high and dry

By Lazar Berman

Iran’s supreme leader pushed to restore ties with Hamas, whose October 7 attack spurred an Israeli response that washed away the Iranian axis, leaving the regime exposed

France ready to ‘take part’ in defense of Gulf countries and Jordan against Iran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian drone hits British airbase in Cyprus, damages runway

By Agencies and Lazar Berman

An image of the Iranian missile impact on a road in the Jerusalem area, March 1, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Three wounded in Iranian missile strike on highway outside Jerusalem

By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Man, 46, in moderate condition after stopping vehicle on edge of crater caused by blast, as Iran continues to launch missiles across the region in response to US-Israeli bombing

The site of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in a residential area of Beersheba, March 2, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

19 injured, one moderately, as Iranian missile hits Beersheba amid multiple barrages

By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Smoke rises from where the warhead of an Iranian ballistic missile fell in the Sultan’s Pool outdoor venue just meters from the Old City of Jerusalem, February 28, 2026. (Screenshot, courtesy, Israel Police Spokesperson’s Department)

Iranian missile warhead falls less than a kilometer from Temple Mount, al-Aqsa Mosque

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: Protesters wearing costumes depicting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, September 21, 2021, UN General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Echoes of ancient Persia

What is the biblical holiday of Purim, and why do Israelis link it to Khamenei’s death?

By Rossella Tercatin

Joint Israel-US strikes on the Iranian regime are taking place just as Jews are set to mark a festival commemorating another war against a Persian official who sought their destruction

Explainer

Rossella Tercatin

From Zoom megillahs to sirens during reading, all you need to know about Purim at war

In light of the emergency situation, Israel’s Home Front Command has banned public gatherings, including recitations of the Book of Esther. Leading rabbis weigh in on how to celebrate

Jews read the Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther) on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on March 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Trump says he’ll talk to Iran’s leaders, but urges Iranians to topple regime, says op could last weeks

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

White House official says dialogue with ‘new potential leadership’ to take place ‘eventually’; president encourages public to overthrow regime in wake of Khamenei’s death

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 1, 2026, on his way back to Washington, DC. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

AnalysisWith Operation Epic Fury, Trump relies on Iranian people to finish the job

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani attends a ceremony by the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of their longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2025. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)

Ali Larijani, once seen as a pragmatist, steps into void left by Khamenei’s death

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Analysis

What the fighting in Iran says about the future of the US-Israel relationship

The US-Israel alliance, often termed a ‘special relationship,’ has always operated on two planes: values and interests. One is going very badly, the other is closer than ever

US President Donald Trump (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)

Unbreakable Israel rides the wartime roller coaster

Is the joint campaign against Iran destined to strengthen the US-Israel alliance? There’s good reason for optimism

In the role of Haman for my imaginary Purim shpiel: Tucker Carlson

When a bottom-crawler kindles underlying Jew-hatred in those who find his farfetched lies entertaining, his influence on otherwise good people is perilous

Where should we begin the megillah? 4 visions of Purim

Who controls the Purim story – Ahasuerus, Haman, Mordechai, or the hidden miracles? The answer reveals not only who pulls the strings but what the holiday is truly about

When men hold their wives captive on purpose

The fact that there are ’chained women’ these days should surprise us, but why there are tells us what tools we need to fight the scourge differently

Reporter's notebook

Iranians and Jews celebrate Khamenei’s death shoulder to shoulder in north London streets

After their Persian neighbors showed support following Oct. 7, Jewish Londoners return the gesture, joining jubilant crowds Saturday night cheering the prospect of regime change

Iranians and Jews celebrate the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in north London, February 28, 2026. (Meir Porat)

Illustrative: Demonstrators attend a rally in support of Iran's anti-government protests, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

‘Things can’t get any worse’: Iranian expats in Israel celebrate Khamenei’s downfall

Iran's former crown prince and now key opposition figure Reza Pahlavi attends a discussion during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 13, 2026 in Munich, southern Germany. (Alexandra BEIER / AFP)

Inside story

Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran’s exiled crown prince touts himself as future leader. Is this what Iranians want?

While the battered leadership of the Islamic Republic has announced interim transition plans after Khamenei’s killing, Pahlavi says he’s ready to lead a new, democratic Iran. But some fear he’s seeking a return to an absolute monarchy

Hezbollah supporters shout slogans as they gather to mourn the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 1, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

AnalysisRepeated blows to Iranian power and its proxies set the stage for US-Israeli attacks

By ADAM GELLER and ABBY SEWELL

The second meeting of the Interim Leadership Council attended by President Masoud Pezhakian (C) Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei (L) and Alireza Aarafi (R), a member of the Guardian Council's jurist, in Tehran, in a photo made available on March 2, 2026. (Handout / IRIBNEWS / AFP)

AnalysisWhat future for Iranian leadership after Khamenei’s death?

By AFP

Deborah Benson-Ben Aderet in Dubai's Old Town, February 27, 2026 (courtesy)

Interview'Terror follows us everywhere'

Israeli who survived 9/11 and October 7 now faces down Iranian missiles in Dubai

Chicago native Deborah Benson-Ben Aderet is stranded in the United Arab Emirates while her two daughters weather the war in their southern Israel home

Illustrative: The empty departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv after Israel closed its airspace to takeoff and landing following strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

With Israel’s airspace shut, Arkia starts flying homeward-bound Israelis to Egyptian border

By Sharon Wrobel

Amid uncertainty regarding when flights will resume, land border crossing and maritime travel routes can help stranded Israelis and travelers get in and out, at a high cost

Passengers stranded by the closure of Dubai International Airport await assistance in the airport parking lot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. (AP/Altaf Qadri)

Global flights in chaos as Iran’s strikes on Gulf shut down world’s busiest air hub

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People take cover at Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missile from Iran, March 1, 2026 (Rachel Alroey/Flash90)

Schools transition to distance learning amid ongoing missile fire from Iran

The Israel Museum puts the long-awaited exhibit of the Isaiah Scroll away as Iran began launching missiles at Israel on February 28, 2026.(Courtesy)

Moving Isaiah: For fourth time since October 7, museums pack up artworks for safekeeping

By Jessica Steinberg and Rossella Tercatin

As sirens sound throughout Israel and Iranian missiles rain down, curators and staff get to work, putting away valuable artifacts and art

Elderly people work out with wooden dumb-bells in the grounds of a temple in Tokyo on September 17, 2012, to celebrate Japan's Respect-for-the-Aged-Day. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP)

'Biological proof that SuperAger brains are more plastic'

Israeli scientists: ‘SuperAger’ brains make twice as many new neurons as their healthy peers

By Diana Bletter

A team of researchers from Israel and the US say their findings about biological brain flexibility in a new peer-reviewed study may help design therapeutics for healthy aging

More Headlines

Left to right: settlers are seen in the Palestinian village of Qaryut, one of whom trains an assault rifle on an off-camera target, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, March 2, 2026; Palestinians carry a man bleeding from his head following the alleged settler attack in Qaryut. (X screenshots; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two men shot dead by settlers in northern West Bank, Palestinian Authority says

By Noam Lehmann and Emanuel Fabian

Police investigate the site of a shooting at Buford's in Austin, Texas, March 1, 2026. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Gunman in ‘Property of Allah’ sweatshirt kills 2 in mass shooting at Texas bar; terrorism motive probed

By JACK MYER, OLIVIA DIAZ and John Seewer

Antisemitic graffiti reading 'Rat' and 'Jew' is seen on an Ireland road, around December 31, 2025. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months; state has no mechanism for reporting antisemitism

By Shira Li Bartov

Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives for the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cemetery in Modi’in, February 17, 2026. (Jonathan Sahul/Flash90)

Court declines to extend key restrictive conditions on Netanyahu’s chief of staff

By Jeremy Sharon

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