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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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US President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, March 3, 2026, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Live updates (closed)

March 3: Trump claims Iran running out of ammo but predicts it will ‘keep lobbing missiles for a while’

Iran said to warn it has not yet used ‘all our advanced weapons’ * Israel partly evacuates UAE embassy staff after 2 Iranian terror attempts — official * IDF says it has shot down more than 100 drones launched at Israel from Iran since war began

10:01 pm

Epstein estate's $35 million settlement with accusers wins preliminary judge approval
9:57 pm

Iranian missile hits US base at Al-Udeid, no casualties — Qatari Defense Ministry
9:50 pm

Drone strike kills Hezbollah operative who fired anti-tank missile at troops — IDF

Debris covers the site of Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV headquarters after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

IDF sends troops further into south Lebanon and strikes Beirut amid Hezbollah attacks

By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg

Navy strike on Lebanese capital kills top IRGC man; rockets fired at north, injuring one; Beirut doubles down on banning Hezbollah’s military activity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff appear on Fox News, March 3, 2026. (Screenshots/Fox News via YouTube)

PM: Iran’s nuke program would have been ‘immune in months’; Witkoff: They bragged to us about enrichment

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

PM says US-Israeli campaign will be ‘swift, decisive,’ as JD Vance says goal is to change Iran’s ‘mindset’; Witkoff says Iranians shamelessly boasted in talks they had uranium for 11 nuclear bombs, had evaded protocols

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2026, in Washington, DC. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

As Trump justifies Iran war, goals and timeline keep shifting

By Reuters and ToI Staff

President Donald Trump speaks at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 3: Goals of war remain murky amid Trump administration’s mixed messages

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to make an arrested landing the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026. (US Central Command/US Navy via AP)

As war widens, Trump says US has yet to launch largest strikes on Iran

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Agencies

On third day, Tehran increases attacks on region; US president doesn’t rule out ground troops; IDF targets Iran’s air defense, leadership, ballistic missiles

An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Israel for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF hits Iran’s ‘leadership complex’ in Tehran; 12 Israelis hurt in Iran missile strikes

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

‘Depart now’: US tells its citizens to urgently leave almost all Mideast countries, including Israel

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Highly unusual directive, issued on third day of US-Israel war against Iran, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans, including over 200,000 in Israel; comes as Iran widens retaliatory attacks, Trump vows larger strikes

A US security alert issued on March 2, 2026, urging Americans to immediately leave over a dozen Middle East countries, including Israel.

Illustrative: People cross the border from Israel into Egypt via the Taba Land Port, June 19, 2025. (AP)

Huckabee advises US citizens in Israel to evacuate via Egypt, noting ‘limited options’

By Nava Freiberg

On Zikim Beach, southern Israel, in November 2020. From left: Barbara Wachspress, Doris Gurin, Janice Prawer, and Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera. (Courtesy)

Filipina caretaker killed by Iranian missile remembered by employers as ‘angel on Earth’

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras are pictured in a street in Tehran, Iran, on April 10, 2023. (Atta Kenare/ AFP/ File); Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, February 1, 2026, ahead of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Report: Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to track Khamenei ahead of assassination

By Lazar Berman

Financial Times reports IDF used algorithms to interpret troves of data, allowing it to build pattern-of-life models for top bodyguards; CIA had human intelligence on supreme leader

This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026. (ALI NAJAFI / ISNA / AFP)

Responsibility unclear for strike on girls’ school that Iran claims killed over 100 children

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Rubio cites planned Israeli attack as a key reason US launched strikes against Iran

Top diplomat says US understood its assets would be hit by Iran in retaliation for preemptive Israeli strike, though Jerusalem seen as unlikely to have acted without Trump’s blessing

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to brief House and Senate leaders on US military action in Iran, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/ AFP)

A protester sets fire to an image depicting a mugshot of US President Donald Trump and reading "Wanted Donald Trump is wanted by all Shia Muslims in the world" during a protest against the US-Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the supreme leader, in front of Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, on March 1, 2026. (Ozan KOSE / AFP)

Iran and its proxies pose ongoing threat to US after Khamenei killing, US intel warns

The main gate of Britain's RAF Akrotiri base is seen after it was hit by a suspected drone strike early morning near Limassol, Cyprus, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

France to send anti-drone systems to Cyprus after British base attack – report

This handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps official website Sepanews on February 17, 2026, shows a rocket being fired during a military exercise by members of the IRGC and navy in the Strait of Hormuz. (SEPAH NEWS / AFP)

Iran claims Hormuz Strait is closed, threatens to set shipping there ‘ablaze’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Financial data is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 2, 2026. (AP/Seth Wenig)

Growing Iranian drone strikes drive slump in global shares, spike in crude prices

By YURI KAGEYAMA and Michelle Chapman

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)

Energy prices soar as Iran strikes Gulf, disrupts Strait of Hormuz

By David McHugh

Analysis

Smaller volleys, more alerts: Attacking Israel anew, Iran shifts tack on missile barrages

Tehran not sending large salvos as it did in June, though unclear if change is due to shortage, operational issues or new strategy; expert says interceptor stocks won’t be challenged regardless

Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

An El Al aircraft, at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, on February 25, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

El Al readies rescue flights as Israel set to gradually reopen airspace next week

By Sharon Wrobel

An oil tanker offshore in Dubai on March 1, 2026. (Fadel SENNA / AFP)

One killed as Iranian missile debris hits tanker in Bahrain port, sparking fire

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Micha Odenheimer

Let’s remember the extent of Khamenei’s evil

Iran didn’t just fund and arm Assad’s regime, it was a key part of the Syrian machine that murdered 500,000 Sunni Muslims, among many others

Mordechai, Esther, and October 8th Jews

The real legacy of Purim is not a formula to defeat antisemitism, but a blueprint for how to live Jewishly after a crisis is over

Stir-fry during ballistic missile attacks

Everything you need to know about how to cook through the sirens, from ingredients to knife technique, plus tips on how to pass the time in the bomb shelter

Steven C. Wernick

Inside the palace and far away: The megillah’s emotional range

I wanted to support my friends in Israel and let them know they’re not alone; instead, they made me understand that I’m not alone either

A clown performs at a park in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood, March 2, 2026 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'We're used to the sirens'

In Jerusalem’s Katamon neighborhood, levelheadedness and levity prevail as rockets fly

Amid Purim preparations, residents express optimism over ongoing war with Iran as they enjoy the pleasant weather between scattered showers of missiles

Retail chains work to refill shelves as shoppers hoard groceries amid war

By Sharon Wrobel

Jewish men and children, some dressed in costumes, read the Scroll of Esther as they celebrate the holiday of Purim in an underground parking garage as a precaution against Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Purim story ‘with a different cast’: Mid-war, festival readings and parties move to bomb shelters

By Melanie Lidman

As Book of Esther is read aloud in Tel Aviv parking garage, sheltering father says conflict with Persia’s modern-day successor feels like the modern iteration of the 2,500-year-old saga

Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Reporter's notebookIsrael’s public shelters again become sites of camaraderie amid steep danger

By Deborah Danan

Esther Scroll scribed by Stellina bat Menachem in Venice, 1564. Braginsky Collection, Zurich, Switzerland. The artifact is part of the exhibition “The Girl Who Wrote” between March and September 2026. (Ardon Bar-Hama, Ra'anana/Courtesy of The Braginsky Collection, Zurich)

Purim 2026'Luna's inscription gives us an opening into her world'

Her-storical documents: 2 Esther scrolls copied by female scribes celebrate Jewish resilience

By Rossella Tercatin

The only two known ancient megillahs written by women are part of a new exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, whose opening has been postponed due to the Iran war

Reporter's notebook

Dueling Times Square rallies on Iran distill differing visions for America

Leftists decry ‘imperialist’ war, before Iranians and allies celebrate strikes on regime in the same place, underlining opposing views toward the US role abroad

A rally in support of US and Israeli strikes against Iran, in Times Square, New York City, March 1, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

A rally opposing US and Israeli strikes against Iran, in Times Square, New York City, March 1, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

New York Jewish Democratic leaders condemn campaign against Iran

An entrance of the Chabad world headquarters after a suspect rammed a vehicle into its doors, in New York City, January 29, 2026. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

Suspect in New York Chabad headquarters ramming hit with federal charges

An American fighter pilot is seen in a video posted to social media after being shot down over Kuwait on March 2, 2026, amid the war with Iran. (Screenshots/X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'You are safe!'

Kuwaitis seen helping US fighter pilot after plane shot down

After three American F-15s spiraled earthward over Kuwait in friendly-fire incidents, footage shows man asking downed pilot if she is okay, saying: ‘Thank you for helping us’

Illustrative: The Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on February 16, 2026 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Hours after Trump announced ban on Claude AI, US military used it in Iran strikes — reports

Iran's Mehdi Taremi shoots the ball during the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifier group A soccer match between Iran and North Korea, at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran soccer team’s 2026 World Cup place in US put in doubt by Middle East war

By Graham Dunbar

Clergy at Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas perform a parody of 'Y.M.C.A' on March 1, 2026. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

'The Purim spiel is a love letter to the community'

At this Dallas synagogue, Purim comes with fog machines, zip lines and Broadway flair

By Grace Gilson

For the past 8 years, Rabbi Adam Roffman has brought his music theater chops to the annual performance at Congregation Shearith Israel – and doubled its attendance in this Bible Belt community

Brandon Herrera, a firearms YouTuber and US congressional candidate, poses with a bust of Hitler in a March 2025 video. (Screenshot via YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Key US primaries in Texas and North Carolina feature Iran, Israel and Hitler’s gun

By Andrew Lapin

Trump’s bombing of Islamic Republic gives group opposed to pro-Israel spending first big chance on Tuesday to flex its power, as AIPAC’s brand seen as increasingly toxic

Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)

Interview'I'm so glad that we can openly say the word "Israel"'

Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel

By Diana Bletter

Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests

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