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What Matters Most On Thursday, March 5, 2026

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IAF F-16i fighter jets fly to Iran to carry out strikes, in a handout photo published on March 4, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IAF chief touts 'extraordinary missions' by special forces

IDF planning for at least 1-2 more weeks of Iran ops; over 5,000 bombs dropped

By Emanuel Fabian

Air force officer says Israeli strikes have killed thousands of Iranian troops; IDF officials describe conflict as first full-scale joint military campaign by Israel and US: ‘This is a war in English’

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Iran threatens to hit Dimona nuclear site if Israel and US try to topple regime

By Reuters and ToI Staff

This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defence Ministry on March 12, 2024 shows the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy frigate IRIS Dena (75) at sea in the Gulf of Oman (Iranian Army office / AFP)

Iranian warship was returning from naval exercises hosted by India when hit by US torpedo

By AP and ToI Staff

Houthi supporters hold posters of the slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian flags during a rally against Israel and the United States in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Live updates

March 5: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi leader says ‘finger on the trigger’ in Mideast war

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Footage shows what are likely sub-munitions from Iran cluster bomb crashing in central Israel * Israel advises citizens to limit transit via Egypt, Jordan; urges those in UAE to return

10:01 pm

Arab foreign ministers to hold emergency meeting Sunday
10:00 pm

US House rejects war powers resolution, backs Trump on Iran war
9:59 pm

Strike on Beirut southern suburb after evacuation warning: AFPTV

US, Israel targeting Iran forces involved in crackdown to enable renewed protests — officials

Israeli official tells ToI the strikes are among steps being taken to create conditions for regime change, with US official saying that Basij members are among those on hit list

Members of Iranian paramilitary forces (Basij) march with weapons and their national flag during a rally in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (AFP)

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Houthi supporters hold posters of the slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian flags during a rally against Israel and the United States in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

On Iranian TV, cleric calls for ‘shedding’ of blood from Israelis and Trump

By AP, Reuters and ToI Staff

Tehran continues to threaten Washington and Jerusalem, as FM says US will ‘bitterly regret’ sinking warship and diplomat says if US deploys ground forces it will get ‘many coffins’

US War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, March 4, 2026. (AP/Konstantin Toropin)

Hegseth: Iran is ‘toast,’ and the US and Israel will rain down ‘death and destruction’

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Agencies

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Khomeini, commemorating the 47th anniversary of his return from exile during 1979 Islamic Revolution, just outside Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran postpones funeral for Khamenei — state media

An Israeli couple arrives at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on first repatriation flights on March 5, 2026. (Courtesy of the Israel Airports Authority)

First repatriation flights land in Israel, outbound travel to start Sunday

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

El Al passenger jet lands from Athens, followed by charter flight from Rome, bringing home the first of some 100,000 stranded abroad by war; up to two planes an hour planned

People take shelter in an underground train station in Tel Aviv, during the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, March 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel eases restrictions on public as rate of Iranian fire declines

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A large billboard reading "Together we will win" with the Israeli and US flag, seen on the deserted Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv during the war with Iran. March 4. 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

War set to cost $3 billion a week if current limits on economy persist, ministry warns

By Sharon Wrobel

Member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan PDKI stands at a checkpoint leading to their base in Koya district of Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)

Iran says it hit Kurdish forces in Iraq, as some groups plan to join fight against Tehran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Kurdish dissident groups say the US has asked them to support its efforts against the regime; Iran warns it will not tolerate ‘separatist groups’ and claims it damaged headquarters

A plume of smoke rises following a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran intel operatives said to have signaled openness to talks with CIA to end war

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Sharon Steinbaum

Why I chose to live in the North, and would choose it again

The Galilee’s green landscape is too often marred by plumes of smoke and missile interceptions, but it is not only my home — it is Israel’s future

Telling Arab Israelis to ‘take shelter’ is a cruel joke

After the last war with Iran, the state said there was time to help the 46% of Arab citizens who have no protection from missiles. And then, it did…nothing

People take part in a counter-protest of a vigil for Iran's supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in central Manchester, on March 4, 2026. (PA via Reuters)

Candlelit vigil for Khamenei in UK overshadowed by larger, jubilant counter-protest

Across from a vigil attended by 100, some 300-400 revelers waving Israeli, UK, and pre-regime Iranian flags celebrate killing of Islamic Republic’s leader

Lior and Misha stand during their wedding ceremony in an underground parking lot used as a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

For better or worseWedding sirens: Under fire, Israeli couple ties the knot in bomb shelter

Analysis

Jon Gambrell and Jamey Keaten

Iran’s barrage of attacks across Persian Gulf shows regional chaos key to its strategy

Tehran is unleashing drones and missiles on countries throughout the region in a bid to raise the costs of the war — but the campaign could very well backfire

A large fire and plume of smoke are visible after, according to the authorities, debris of an Iranian intercepted drone hit the Fujairah oil facility, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Screen capture from video of an Iranian drone hitting Nakhchivan International Airport, Azerbaijan, March 5, 2026. (OSINTWarfare/X)

Azerbaijan threatens to respond after Iranian drones hit airport and near school

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The Greek frigate Kimon enters the port of Limassol as the Akrotiri air base is seen in the background, Cyprus, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Italy, Spain, France and others send naval vessels to protect Cyprus after Iranian strike

A man and a woman walk past destroyed buildings following airstrikes in central Tehran, on March 4, 2026. (AFP)

Analysis

To some, legally problematic strikes on Iran clear a higher bar: morality

A strict reading of the UN charter appears to back critics who say US-Israeli strikes on Iran are illegal. But experts say a dogmatic approach to international law fails in the face of tyranny

Illustrative: A man holds a copy of the Hebrew daily newspaper Israel Hayom at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, featuring on its front page Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, March 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Poll: Most Jewish Israelis support Iran war, toppling regime; Arab backing far lower

By Stav Levaton

An Israeli APC maneuvers in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

IDF assesses Hezbollah attacks may ramp up, urges evacuation of terror group’s Beirut stronghold

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hezbollah rockets continue to be fired on Thursday; Air Force striking terror group’s targets in Lebanon and IDF expands its presence there, repeating warning for all residents south of Litani to leave

Trails of rockets fired toward Israel from south Lebanon are seen from northern Israel, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hezbollah, Iran launch simultaneous strikes on Israel; 2 soldiers wounded in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem delivers a speech broadcast on March 4, 2026. (Screenshot/Al Manar via X)

Hezbollah chief: Attacks on Israel a response to truce violations, ‘unrelated to any other battle’

By Noam Lehmann, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Analysis

Hezbollah wades into Israel-Iran conflict, but calculated restraint may wane

Analysts say terror group’s largely limited attacks show loyalty to Tehran and alienate Lebanon while failing to seriously challenge IDF, though fighting could widen further

A banner of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen next to a building damaged by an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3, 2026. (AFP)

Analysis

The US and Israel are fighting the same war — in opposite political realities

The Iran war is very popular in Israel. In the US it’s deeply unpopular, which could be dangerous for Israel, especially if Americans feel they’re fighting on Jerusalem’s behalf

Demonstrators hold placards at a protest against military action in Iran outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, on March 2, 2026. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)

From left: Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, Capt. Cody Khork, 35, and Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42. (Sgt. Brent Newton/US Army via AP)

‘Unimaginable loss’: US soldiers who died in Iran war mourned by friends, family

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and Rebecca Boone

In this handout photo released by La Moncloa on March 4, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers an official statemen in response to US President Donald Trump's remarks, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid. (Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP)

Spain denies US claim of military cooperation on Iran as rift deepens

By Robin Bjalon

Reporter's notebook

Charlie Summers

Flouting wartime restrictions, revelers party in Jerusalem streets for Purim’s final hours

Giant street party lasts into night as cops repeatedly fail to disperse drunken crowd for defying IDF ban on public gatherings; ‘Whoever is destined to die will die,’ says partygoer

Revelers gather on the road to celebrate Purim in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood on March 4, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

A man wearing a wolf costume with his daughter dressed as Little Red Riding Hood shops at a stall in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, which was operating at limited capacity because of the war with Iran, during Purim in Jerusalem, March 4, 2026. (Theia Chatelle/ JTA)

Photo essayJerusalem marks a wartime Purim a day later than most, a tradition born in what is now Iran

By Theia Chatelle

Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak amid the war with Iran and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, March 3, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 5: Deadly Iranian strike changes Purim for Haredi enclave in Beit Shemesh

By Jessica Steinberg, Sam Sokol and Charlie Summers

Demonstrators protest the US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Analysis

Andrew Silow-Carroll

A new war revives some old tropes about Jewish and Israeli influence

Echoing antisemitic conspiracy theories spread during the 2003 Iraq conflict, some claim the ‘Zionist war machine’ is manipulating the US — but this time there are key differences

A fake, AI-generated video claiming to show airstrikes on Tel Aviv. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

X cracks down on AI-generated war footage as Iran misinformation runs rampant

Illustrative: California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the audience at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2026. (Michael Probst/AP)

California’s Gavin Newsom says some ‘appropriately’ call Israel an ‘apartheid state’

By Grace Gilson

A user checks an app to see whether it's a safe time to shower. (JTA)

Shower, shelter, swipe: Israel’s ‘startup nation’ meets Iran war with a wave of apps

By Deborah Danan

Amid frequent missile alerts, Israelis are downloading apps to calculate the risk of showering — and to look for love in bomb shelters

An Elbit Hermes 450 drone comes in for landing at the Palmachim airbase, during Operation Breaking Dawn in early August 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Defense giant Elbit becomes Israel’s most valuable company, after 45% surge this year

By Sharon Wrobel

Fueled by booming arms sales, Elbit’s market value soars to $40 billion in Tel Aviv, overtaking generic drug giant Teva and the country’s largest banks, Leumi and Hapoalim

This handout photo released by the Israel Defense Forces on February 27, 2024, shows soldiers casting their municipal elections ballots at a polling site in the Gaza Strip, amid the war there against Hamas. (Israel Defense Forces)

Analysis

Will the war with Iran boost Netanyahu’s prospects at the ballot box?

PM unlikely to push for snap elections to capitalize on wartime gains, says coalition source, because that would come off as ‘cynical’… and he may be hoping for a further sweetener ahead

More Headlines

A photo of Andrea Weiss, former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Ellen Dubin via JTA)

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

By Grace Gilson

Texas pastor Frederick Haynes III delivers a sermon entitled 'Boots on the Ground,' March 1, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Pastor who embraced Farrakhan, Nazi-gun enthusiast both advance in Texas votes

By Andrew Lapin

The Tel Aviv apartment building destroyed in an Iranian strike on February 28, 2026, killing one person, is next to one of the city's historic Bauhaus structures (Bauhaus Center)

Historic Tel Aviv Bauhaus building damaged by Iran missile explosion

By Jessica Steinberg

A protester shouts slogans in a megaphone during an antifascist demonstration outside of the Greek court of appeal during the trial of far-right party Golden Dawn, March 4, 2026. (Aggelos NAKKAS / AFP)

Greek court upholds convictions in neo-Nazi party trial

By John Hadoulis

A view of downtown Dubai on March 3, 2026. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Grounded by war, Dubai’s super-rich are paying megabucks to flee hard-hit UAE

A pair of finials, which adorned the wooden rollers of a Torah scroll, are among the artifacts being returned to Greece. (Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw)

Poland, in a first, returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece that were stolen by Nazis

By Shira Li Bartov

Tourists visit the street market of San Telmo neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Eitan Abramovich)

Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag

By Juan Melamed

Police officers detain a man at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Germany, after another man was seriously injured, February 21, 2025. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Syrian man handed 13-year sentence for Berlin Holocaust memorial stabbing

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