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What Matters Most On Sunday, March 8, 2026

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Emergency services at the scene of a ballistic missile attack from Iran, in Tel Aviv, March 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

6 wounded by shrapnel, 1 seriously, as Iran fires suspected cluster warhead missile at Israel

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

8 volleys send millions of Israelis to shelters; Iranian president vows ‘stronger response’ to US-Israeli strikes as fresh attacks reported in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain

Israelis take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv during the war with Iran and Lebanon as missiles are fired toward Israel, March 6, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 8 — Despite fewer missiles per attack, Iran strikes still a lethal threat

By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on Jan. 28, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran may still have access to enriched uranium at site bombed by US last year – report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Two IDF soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Bulldozer dispatched to help stuck tank is hit by a projectile, causing deadly blaze; at least 3 drones from Lebanon downed by Israel

Sgt. First Class Maher Khatar from Majdal Shams killed in Lebanon on March 8, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)

First aid responders inspect a Ramada Hotel room targeted by an Israeli strike, in Beirut's Rawche area, on March 8, 2026. (Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Navy strike on Beirut hotel overnight killed five top IRGC commanders, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

IDF tanks gather in the upper Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border on March 7, 2026. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

2 soldiers hurt in Hezbollah missile attack; IDF says it hit 600 of terror group’s targets

By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton

Flames rise from an oil storage facility south of the capital Tehran as strikes hit the city during the US–Israel military campaign, Iran, March 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Netanyahu tells Iranians freedom is near as Israel hits Iran’s oil depots for first time

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Air Force strikes Iranian infrastructure, key IRGC missile sites; Iran fires a dozen volleys at Israel, no injuries reported; one killed in Dubai; Trump blasts Iran for Oct. 7

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Clothes clips covered in soot from burned fuel are seen as smoke from a strike on an oil facility lingers in the cloudy sky over Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran strikes Kuwait fuel tanks, Bahrain desalination plant

Black clouds over Tehran rain down oil drops after Israel strikes oil facilities

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

IDF says fuel depots served Iran’s military infrastructure, as Iranian Red Crescent warns that contaminated precipitation ‘is extremely dangerous’

A Muslim pilgrim drinks water after she casts stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual Hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2025. (Amr Nabil/AP)

ExplainerOil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War threatens both

By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG

This handout picture taken in Tehran on October 30, 2024, shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Office of Supreme Leader / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

March 8: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say ‘ready for complete obedience’ to Mojtaba Khamenei

Iranian parliament speaker: Tehran not seeking ceasefire * 9 salvos fired at Israel from Iran Sunday * 2 killed in Saudi Arabia, 7th US soldier dies * North under incessant Hezbollah fire * Flights out of Israel begin

10:29 pm

Bahrain says civilians injured, buildings damaged in Iranian drone attack
10:25 pm

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say 'ready for complete obedience' to Mojtaba Khamenei
10:02 pm

NYT: US orders diplomats in Saudi Arabia to exit the country

An F-16 fighter aircraft of the United Arab Emirates Air Force during the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 18, 2025. (Fatima Shbair/AP)

Leaks alleging UAE strike on Iran spark Emirati fury, fear of fallout in Israel

By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman

Emiratis and Israelis condemn latest ‘fake news’ reports, warn leaks could damage delicate wartime relations

A person points at a page on the Marinetraffic website that shows commercial boats traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast, in Paris on March 4, 2026. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

UAE tugboat hit by explosion, sinks in Strait of Hormuz; 3 Indonesian crew missing

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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 Arabia has told Iran to stop attacks, warned of possible retaliation, sources say

By Reuters and ToI Staff

After initially voicing support, Trump says he doesn’t want Kurds to enter Iran war

By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff

US president previously stated Kurdish invasion from Iraq would be ‘wonderful,’ but now says conflict ‘complicated enough as it is’; believes Iran behind deadly strike on school in south Iran

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One during a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, on March 7, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

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

US bypasses congressional review to approve munitions sale to Israel

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A US Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of US Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the US and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, past President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during a casualty return, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump joins grieving families for return of US soldiers killed in war in Middle East

By Seung Min Kim and JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON

Screenshots from a video posted on social media on March 7, 2026 shows an impact and smoke rising from the Dubai International Airport. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel pauses UAE repatriation efforts as Dubai airport hit by drone attack

By ToI Staff and AFP

Some 4,000 Israelis are still believed stranded in Gulf state amid war with Iran; report says Israel is considering a special military op to bring them back

The silhouette of a US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber is seen at the RAF Fairford base in southwest England early on March 7, 2026. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

US starts using British military bases for ‘defensive’ Iran operations

By AFP and ToI Staff

This picture shows the destruction at Evin prison in Tehran after Israeli airstrikes in June, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)

Families of US detainees in Iran fear they risk becoming collateral damage in war

By AP

Before we celebrate women, stop attacking them

We teach women to be wary, give them products to keep them safe, and codes to ask for help, but 1 in 3 are victims of sexual violence. And then we don’t believe them

Cochav Elkayam-Levy

For a better future in Iran and everywhere, women’s freedom is a must

A long-term strategic vision for internal and regional stability must go beyond civil rights, and regard women’s integration into decision-making as essential

Sarit Silverman

Since March 2020, kids have lost at least half a year of school

Every day that students learn, grow, and build friendships in person counts, so here’s my plan to get them back in the classrooms – once it’s safe

What is this war for?

Is the aim of the attack on Iran deterrence? Regime change? Liberation? How can Israel win the battle if its goal is not clearly defined?

A large banner with a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) is displayed next to portraits of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran (L) and of Hassan Nasrallah (R), the third secretary-general of Hezbollah, outside the US Consulate in Johannesburg on March 7, 2026 (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

Panel picking Iran’s next supreme leader has reached consensus, members say

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel vows to hunt down Khamenei’s successor; Assembly of Experts apparently bypasses formality of meeting in person amid ongoing air war, doesn’t release name

File: Then-Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, accompanied by the armed forces commanders, visits an exhibition of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' aerospace achievements, in Iran, November 19, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

AnalysisCracks emerge in Iran’s leadership as it reels under a war seen as existential

By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL

Pro-government demonstrators march against the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign with a picture of the the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

US intel assessment before war said assault on Iran unlikely to topple regime — report

Zaki Djemal (Courtesy)

Tribute

Wendy Singer and Todd Kesselman

In memory of Zaki Djemal

Two colleagues mourn the sudden death, at 38, of a high-tech leader who helped some of Israel’s cutting-edge startup founders begin their journeys, and sought to solve problems from Arab-Jewish relations to humanitarian crises

Screen capture from video purportedly showing extremist Israel settlers attacking the West Bank village of Abu Falah, March 8, 2026. (X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinians say 2 killed in fresh settler attack in West Bank

By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Thaer Hama’el, 24, and Fares Hama’el, 57, shot dead amid raid by settlers near Ramallah; IDF says criminal probe launched, indicating suspicion gunfire came from Israeli civilians

Amir Shenaran, 27, was shot dead in the southern West Bank's Masafer Yatta on March 7, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF investigating as Palestinian man shot dead in southern West Bank

By Noam Lehmann and Emanuel Fabian

Channel 13 anchor Lucy Aharish speaks on the network's evening news, February 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 13)

Arab-Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish sues Likud activist over racist harassment

Lawsuit alleges Rami Ben-Yehuda led a racist campaign including shouting abuse outside TV news anchor’s home, trespassing, and posting online smears depicting her as a terrorist

Damage at the US Embassy after a loud bang was reported at the site, in Oslo, Norway, March 8, 2026. (NTB/Fredrik Varfjell/via REUTERS)

Police probe terror as blast strikes US embassy in Oslo, causing no injuries

By AFP

Norway’s foreign minister calls the incident ‘unacceptable’ as police, dogs, drones, and helicopters search for one or more perpetrators

A banner with a portrait of President Donald Trump is hung from the Department of Justice, Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

NY jury convicts Iranian agent of foiled plot from IRGC to assassinate Trump

By Luke Tress and AP

A man holds a homemade explosive device before throwing it towards police during a protest organized by far-right influencer Jake Lang against alleged 'Islamification' in New York, in front of Gracie Mansion, March 7, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

2 arrested for allegedly throwing ‘ignited’ devices at anti-Muslim protest in NYC

NY police commissioner says devices hurled by counter-protester toward ‘Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City’ rally were jars with a fuse, filled with nuts and bolts

Illustrative: A statue of Jesus on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on November 10, 2020. (AP/Andrew Medichini)

US right-wing schism over antisemitism puts ‘Christ is king’ at center of culture war

Phrase has increasingly been used by far-right figures as a hate meme targeting Jews, even as others use it as a sincere declaration of faith

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This handout photograph taken on March 5, 2026 and released by the Sri Lankan Navy on March 6, 2026 shows the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr after a US submarine attack, off the coast of Colombo. (Sri Lankan Navy / AFP)

India letting Iran warship dock after US sank another off Sri Lanka, officials say

Pope Leo XIV appears at his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional Sunday blessing of the faithful gathered for the noon Angelus prayer, March 8, 2026. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope prays that ‘roar of bombs may cease’ across Middle East

US President Donald Trump holds up a newly-signed proclamation at the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Saul Loeb / AFP)

Trump offers missile support to Latin American leaders to target drug cartels

Luton airport, as seen on July 26, 2024 (iStock by Getty Images)

Luton Airport apologizes, promises enhanced staff training after alleged antisemitism

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