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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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A woman holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during the annual anti-Israeli Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, rally in support of Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Live updates (closed)

March 17: IDF reportedly authorized to take out senior Iranian, Hezbollah figures without usual prior approval

Apparently hoping to spark protests, PM urges Iranians to celebrate ancient festival * Powerful Iran parliament speaker warns Hormuz won’t return to pre-war norm * Iran confirms deaths of national security chief Larijani and Basij force head

9:09 pm

US carrier Ford — deployed in war with Iran — to dock temporarily after fire
9:05 pm

Apparently hoping to spark protests, PM urges Iranians to celebrate ancient festival
9:02 pm

Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed

Left: Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in an undated photo (social media); Right: Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (Lebanese Parliament / AFP)

Israel kills Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ Ali Larijani, Basij force chief in Tehran airstrikes

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg

Islamic Republic acknowledges deaths of Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani after neither confirming or denying for hours; IDF also says it killed a top leader of Tehran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder speaks at the IDF Intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Base near Herzliya, August 21, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)

IDF intel chief said to assess Iran ‘in distress’ as it begins to grasp damage from strikes

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

Members of Iranian paramilitary forces (Basij) during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 17 – Checkmate? Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ and top oppressor killed

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Zamir: Hezbollah feels 'shockwaves' of Israeli strikes in Iran

IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon as Hezbollah keeps up fire at northern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

No Israeli injuries; Lebanese state media reports overnight strikes in southern Beirut and raids and shelling on southern towns, as authorities say 1 million displaced

IDF troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on March 16, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Abu Ali al-Askari, spokesperson of Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah, speaks during a campaign rally in Baghdad on September 3, 2021. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Security commander of Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah said killed in airstrike

By AFP and ToI Staff

Promoted ContentYad Ezra V'Shulamit

Will sirens stop the seder?

5,000 families are on a waiting list for a seder food basket. During the war, many are out of work and can’t afford basics. Help deliver relief to families in need across Israel.

An AI-generated video falsely depicting missiles striking Tel Aviv alongside footage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showing his hand to rebut online claims that he had been killed. (GPO/X via JTA)

'Do you want to count the number of fingers?'

Netanyahu dead? Tel Aviv flattened? AI-generated videos are dominating the Iran war

By Deborah Danan and Grace Gilson

The conflict has produced a flood of fabricated imagery, much of it coming from tens of thousands of pro-Iranian TikTok accounts, highlighting a growing challenge in the deepfake era

Inside story

Burnt by an Iran setting the region ablaze, Gulf also blames Israel for starting the fire

Tehran’s attacks on its neighbors have some rethinking ties, but Arab states are no happier with Jerusalem, which it sees as having plunged the region into war and costly chaos

FlyDubai planes are parked at Dubai International Airport as smoke rises in the background after an Iranian drone struck a fuel tank, forcing the temporary suspension of flights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

A FlyDubai aircraft prepares to land as a smoke plume rises from an active fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026. (AFP)

One killed in Abu Dhabi as Iran keeps up strikes on beleaguered Gulf states

FILE: A fire and plume of smoke rise after, according to authorities, debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

AnalysisWith their economies on the line, Gulf states press US to neutralize Iran for good

By Samia Nakhoul

A foreign worker drives a tractor near Shtula in northern Israel, next to the security wall on the border with southern Lebanon, January 8, 2026. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Inside story'Many go to work because they must continue to survive'

For Israel’s most vulnerable workers, safety often comes second when missiles fly

By Stav Levaton

Deaths of construction workers and a caregiver in Iranian attacks highlight dangers faced by laborers who feel forced to choose between shelter and livelihood

Surge in drone attacks sharpens focus on laser defense

By AFP

US President Donald Trump during an event at the East Room of the White House, in Washington, March 16, 2026. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Says it's unknown if Mojtaba Khamenei is alive

Trump slams allies’ low ‘enthusiasm’ for his proposed coalition to open Hormuz

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

US president says ‘numerous countries’ have said they’re joining, urges others to do so; stresses war will ‘be wrapped up soon,’ but likely not this week: ‘We’re going to have a much safer world’

A woman holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during the annual anti-Israeli Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, rally in support of Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s new supreme leader purportedly issues fresh statement as questions linger over his health

By Agencies and Stav Levaton

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas addresses the media in Brussels on March 16, 2026. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

EU foreign policy chief says bloc working with Mideast nations to find end to Iran war

A new war revives a hateful old lie

Israel and its supporters must combat the slanderous claim, from right and left, that Jews are dragging America into a futile war

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

Why are we still debating a cyberattack defense law?

Even as Iran hits companies and civilians, some in the business sector still resist basic regulation — a stance that risks leaving the economy exposed

To Ron Dermer ahead of your fateful talks with Lebanon

You are uniquely positioned to seize this rare diplomatic opening and spare the next generation the threats I grew up with and wars like the one I fought

When terror struck Temple Israel, we knew where to turn

Active-shooter protocols helped the staff of my Michigan synagogue survive last week’s attack. Deep ties to the community helped us feel truly safe

Inside story

Palestinians seek answers, justice after West Bank family gunned down by Israeli cops

After Ali Bani Awda was killed with his wife and two kids when returning from a shopping trip, his uncle eschews calls for revenge but demands those behind tragic shooting be held accountable

Family members grieve over the bodies of four members of a Palestinian family, including two children, killed by Israeli troops in their vehicle, during their funeral in the West Bank town of Tammun on March 15, 2026. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Aisha Rabi, a 47-year old Palestinian woman, who was killed after a stone smashed through the windshield of the car she was traveling in with her husband and nine-year-old daughter on October 12, 2018. (Photo by FAMILY HANDOUT / AFP)

Extremist settler found guilty of terror charges in 2018 killing of Palestinian woman

By Jeremy Sharon

Sharon Dinur, head of the preservation department at the Jerusalem Municipality

Reporter's notebook'It may not be up to code, but it has survived Crusaders'

Pre-state vaults and ancient cisterns provide shelter for Jerusalemites again under siege

In a city where thousands of buildings lack safe rooms offering protection from Iranian rockets, many residents run to improvised spots rich with historical significance

Police detain suspected antiquities thieves before sheltering with them under rocket fire

By Rossella Tercatin

President Isaac Herzog poses for a photograph as he gives an interview at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on March 16, 2026. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)

Interview

Herzog: Europe should back effort to ‘eradicate’ Hezbollah, Iran war a ‘historical juncture’

By AFP

‘They should understand that if you want to get anywhere, sometimes you need to win war,’ president tells AFP; welcomes Macron’s offer to host Jerusalem-Beirut talks as ‘very positive development’

Illustrative: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on February 16, 2026, shows troops standing at attention during the IRGC's drill in the Persian Gulf. (Sepahnews via AP/ File)

US diplomats told to push allies to blacklist Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)

UN report: Israeli strike on Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year was a war crime

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A 1,400-year-old church featuring colorful mosaic floors has been discovered in the Nitzana National Park in the Negev, in a discovery announced on March 16, 2026. (Nitzana Delegation/Ben-Gurion University)

On the trail of Lawrence of Arabia: 1,400-year-old church found in the Negev

By Rossella Tercatin

Mosaic-decorated church uncovered at Nitzana National Park sheds light on the scene among pilgrims traveling through the Holy Land to Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt

Illustrative: A Wizz Air jet comes in to land at Gatwick Airport, south of London, on June 10, 2022. (Ben Stansall / AFP)

Low-cost Wizz Air nixes Tel Aviv flights till April 7, setting back Israel hub plans

By Sharon Wrobel

British Airways extends its own cancellation of service through June 1, as Israel’s airspace remains shut for foreign airlines amid the ongoing Iran war

Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Tel Aviv, March 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Knesset advances 5.1% deficit and spending hike amid Iran war

By Ariela Karmel

More Headlines

Illustrative: Officers block a road during a police raid in Ramle, October 1, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Two Arab men killed in separate shootings, following earlier homicide

A woman holds a flashlight while walking with a man on a street during a blackout in Havana on March 16, 2026. (Yamil Lage/AFP)

Trump says he will ‘free’ Cuba after US is finished with Iran

Pro-Palestinian protesters outside Gail's Bakery in north London. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

UK Jews decry the Guardian for appearing to justify attack on bakery founded by Israelis

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Gili the poodle, who is awaiting surgery for injuries sustained during an Iranian missile attack on the southern city of Eilat on March 14, 2026. (Courtesy)

Ruff recoveryFamily fundraises for poodles badly hurt in Iranian missile attack

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