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What Matters Most On Friday, March 13, 2026

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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, on March 13, 2026. (Fadel Itani/AFP) /

Live updates (closed)

March 13: IDF says it dropped 200 bombs on Iranian regime security headquarters

US offers up to $10 million for info on Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Larijani, top IRGC leaders * US reportedly sends Marine unit of 2,200 troops to Mideast * Masked settlers filmed beating Palestinian man in front of his family

9:54 pm

Report: Trump turned down Putin offer to transfer Iran's uranium to Russia as part of deal to end war
9:51 pm

Medics say no injuries reported after day's seventh Iran missile attack
9:45 pm

6-year-old girl hospitalized after Palestinians say she was run over by Israeli settler

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a press conference on March 12, 2026. (Screen capture: GPO)

Says he and Trump are working for 'the future of humanity'

Netanyahu says he doesn’t know if Iranians will oust regime, threatens new supreme leader

By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg

‘You can lead someone to water, can’t make him drink,’ says PM in first press conference of war; scoffs IRGC ‘puppet’ Mojtaba Khamenei can’t ‘show his face in public’; says Israel killed top nuclear scientist

Rescue workers stand amid the rubble of a destroyed building in Tehran on March 12, 2026. (AFP)

Israel targets Iran’s Basij members and drones, as Tehran’s missile attacks continue

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

A statement read out on state TV, attributed to Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, is televised in Tehran on March 12, 2026. (AFP)

Iran’s new supreme leader purportedly issues defiant first statement, without appearing

Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

'We wanted you to know we are safe, and we love you all'

Gunman rams vehicle into Michigan synagogue and preschool before being shot dead

By Luke Tress and Agencies

Guard wounded, no other casualties in attack that occurred as children attended preschool on premises; Temple Israel says ‘terrorist gunman neutralized’ by heroic security personnel; FBI probes ‘targeted act of violence against Jewish community’

Police tape hangs outside the Temple Israel synagogue March 13, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Michigan synagogue attacker’s brothers said to be Hezbollah members killed in IDF strike

By ToI Staff, Leon Kraiem and Agencies

Law enforcement is seen at the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 12, 2026, after an armed terrorist drove a vehicle into the building. (Jef Kowalsky/AFP)

Michigan synagogue’s security preparations credited with saving lives

By Grace Gilson

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War aimed at preventing Iranian nukes may actually lead to them, ex-IDF expert warns

Danny Citrinowicz, IDF’s former top Iran researcher, fears regime will try and break out toward a bomb in response to killing of its supreme leader, whose policy was to keep Tehran at threshold

A banner is displayed at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on March 10, 2026, depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left) watching as his successor the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) hands over an Islamic Republic of Iran flag to his son and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (right). (AFP)

A plume of smoke rises after a reported Iranian strike on fuel tanks in Muharraq, Bahrain, on March 12, 2026. (Fadhel MADHAN / AFP) /

Iran’s Larijani says war won’t end before enemies made sorry for ‘grave miscalculation’

Six US soldiers killed as refueling plane crashes in Iraq due to apparent accident

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Second tanker involved in incident safely lands at Ben Gurion Airport after sending out emergency signal

Illustrative: This photo provided by the US Defense Department shows a North American Aerospace Defense Command F-16 fighter refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker over western Alaska on February 19, 2026. (U.S. Department of Defense via AP)

US President Donald Trump departs a women's history month event in the East Room of the White House, March 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

AnalysisWith Iran war exit elusive, Trump aides vie to affect the outcome

By Nandita Bose, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk

Residents and officers from Israel's Home Front Command inspect a house destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in the northern town of Zarzir, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Woman wounded by shrapnel, dozens lightly hurt as Iranian missile hits northern town

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Diana Bletter

US military announces 4 killed in aircraft crash; IDF strikes 200 targets in Iran over past day, including underground weapons site; French soldier killed in Iraq, 2 dead in Oman

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance in central Israel, March 29, 2012. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Teen girl fatally run over, allegedly by drunk driver, while seeking shelter from missile

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators rally on opposite sides of the street in front of the Roy Thompson Hall, where the documentary 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' is showing, during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2025. (VALERIE MACON / AFP)

'We can no longer take this like good Canadians'

‘Every light is flashing’: After shootings at synagogues, Canada’s Jews fear what’s next

Community leaders worry a Bondi Beach-type attack is around the corner after years of unchecked antisemitism; they’re hopeful lawmakers will finally heed the warnings

People embrace as law enforcement escort families away from the Temple Israel synagogue, in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, March 12, 2026. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Michigan shul is at least the 8th Diaspora synagogue targeted so far this month

Ramming and shooting incident at Detroit-area congregation follows multiple attacks in Canada, a foiled plot in Azerbaijan, blasts in Belgium and Netherlands

A blaze caused by an explosion outside a Rotterdam synagogue on March 13, 2026 (Screen grab via X used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Explosion outside Rotterdam synagogue sparks fire, damages building; 4 arrested

By AFP and ToI Staff

Herzog: I will address pardon 'without pressure or noise'

After Trump insults, Herzog decries PM’s non-response to ‘attack’ on Israeli sovereignty

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Herzog says country’s dignity ‘not for sale’ and indicates Netanyahu should have pushed back forcefully after Trump called Israeli president ‘weak and pathetic’

President Isaac Herzog (center) and First Lady Michal speak to residents of Beit Zarzir at the site of an Iranian ballistic missile strike, March 13, 2026. (GPO)

Behind the headlines

Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian

Rocket barrages underscore remaining potency of Hezbollah’s gutted arsenal

Israeli strikes and supply disruptions have degraded Iran-backed group’s capabilities, yet experts say it may still have enough firepower for weeks

A man looks at the damage after a house was hit by a rocket reportedly fired by Hezbollah in central Israel on March 12, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Defense Minister Israel Katz holds a situational assessment on March 11, 2026. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Katz threatens to destroy infrastructure as ‘price’ of Lebanon not disarming Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona amid the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 12, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Northern communities protest cuts to rehabilitation budget amid war

By Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel

Raising children during wartime: What research can and cannot tell us

Even when everything feels uncertain, know that you can have a very positive impact on your kids’ stability and well-being

Sometimes the most powerful voice in history is a quiet refusal

Like the women who did not contribute to the Golden Calf, Iran’s women’s soccer team’s passive approach of saying nothing showed its strength (Vayakhel-Pekudei)

Our heart is in the east; we are far away

I’m learning how to forge deeper connections with my Israeli counterparts from a surprising source: The Torah’s account of the Israelites building the Tabernacle

On missiles and matchmaking

As I will my dating app to connect me with plausible relationship material, I realize that the guy who didn’t write back might not be avoiding me, but rockets

Reserve soldiers indicted for abusing a Palestinian security detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention center speak to the media outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 2, 2025 (Jeremy Sharon/ Times of Israel)

IDF top lawyer cancels charges against troops accused of abusing Palestinian detainee

By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg

In shock decision on Sde Teiman case, new military advocate general says evidentiary ‘complexity,’ release of alleged victim to Gaza and leak scandal compromised defendants’ right to fair trial

A man stabs the head of Ramat Gan's religious council, seriously injuring him, in what police are investigating as a likely terror attack, Ramat Gan, March 12, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man seriously wounded in Ramat Gan stabbing; police suspect terror motive

By Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian

Cops arrest alleged assailant, a 20-year-old Arab Israeli, shortly after attack; victim, Shas-linked head of Ramat Gan’s religious council, receives visit from Deri in hospital

Belgian police conduct their investigation outside a synagogue that was his by a blast overnight in Liege, Belgium, March 9, 2026. (John Thys/AFP)

As Mideast war rages, fear rises in Europe of Iran-orchestrated terror attacks

By AFP and ToI Staff

After string of Tehran-linked bombings and shootings rock US, Belgium and Norway, worries mount over regime’s potential to leverage terror as a foreign policy tool

Gallia Lindenstrauss (screen shot)

Lazar Focus podcastGallia Lindenstrauss: Iran war reaches Kurds, Turkey and Azerbaijan

By Lazar Berman and Gallia Lindenstrauss

An El Al plane takes off at Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, March 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Inside Story

With foreign airlines fleeing war, fares take off as local carriers cash in

By Sharon Wrobel

Ticket prices for the coming weeks have already gone up by 15% in the past 10 days, as Israeli airlines look to profit off a dominant position during war yet again, says expert

Zevi Samet is a star of the Yeshiva University Maccabees men's basketball team. (Kodiak Creative/Jimmy Naprstek)

Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta

By Joseph Strauss

With YU’s men’s basketball team set to play in Division III March Madness regional semifinals for first time ever, fans flood to see them, challenging Emory’s home court advantage

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An inauguration ceremony for the repopulated West Bank settlement of Homesh, more than 20 years after it was evacuated in the 2005 disengagement, March 12, 2026, in a photo distributed by the Samaria Regional Council. (Roy Hadi)

Government officials mark repopulation of Homesh settlement in West Bank

By Jeremy Sharon

The International Court of Justice hears oral arguments over South Africa's application asking the court to order Israel to halt its military campaign against Hamas, May 17, 2024. (International Court of Justice)

US defends Israel against South Africa’s allegation of genocide in top UN court

By AP and ToI Staff

A counter-demonstrator wears an Israeli flag while carrying an American flag near a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on April 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Some – but not all – US colleges that worked with Trump receive higher marks from ADL

By Andrew Lapin

Osher Gabbay (left) accompanies National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (center) to the site of an Iranian missile impact in Beersheba on March 2, 2026. (Screenshot/Otzma Yehudit via Youtube)

Far-right activist with criminal past is serving as an aide to Ben Gvir — report

US federal agents stand near the site of a shooting, January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

US political standoff over immigration delays security grants for synagogues

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawsuit says DOGE used ChatGPT to tag Jewish-themed grants as DEI, then canceled them

By Andrew Lapin

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