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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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Emergency rescue personnel at a home in Ramat Gan impacted by a deadly Iranian missile attack, early on March 18, 2026 (Magen David Adom)

Ramat Gan couple in their 70s killed by Iranian cluster missile

By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter and Agencies

Yaron and Ilana Moshe die while trying to reach their apartment’s safe room; Iran fires four barrages overnight, claims revenge for killing of Larijani

Officers from the IDF Home Front Command search through the rubble of a damaged apartment building after an Iranian missile strike, in Tel Aviv, early March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

3,500 people evacuated, 10,946 damage claims filed since start of latest Iran war

Residents looks at the damage to the back yard of a home at the site of a strike that hit a residential neighborhood in Rishon Lezion on March 17, 2026. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Damage but no injuries as Iranian cluster bomb fragments impact in central Israel

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AP

First responders at the site of a suspected Iranian cluster bomb impact in central Israel, March 18, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Live updates (closed)

March 18: Ombudsman says lack of shelters in north is ‘urgent’ danger, state must provide response

Hezbollah fires volleys of rockets, targets Gaza border * Iran continues attacks on Gulf states * US intel chief: Weakened Iran regime appears intact, didn’t try to restart enrichment after June war

10:00 pm

Iran's IRGC warns it will destroy Gulf energy industry if its own attacked again
9:54 pm

Impacts reported in Iranian cluster bomb attack in central Israel
9:49 pm

UK charges 2 with Iran-linked national security offenses as part of probe into surveillance of Jewish community

Iran's Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib in Iran's parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 17, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Israel says Iran’s intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib killed in Tehran strike

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Defense minister reveals IDF has free hand to ‘eliminate’ any senior Iranian security figures; Wall Street Journal reports Iranian security officials being hunted with drones

Op-ed

Regimes are ousted from within, but the US and Israel must not let up until that happens in Iran

Trump and Netanyahu now allow that their confidence in the Iranian people rising up when the bombings stop may be misplaced. But they cannot end this war without the removal of Iran’s uranium stockpile, and a commitment to keep returning until the regime is gone

Israeli security and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene where a missile fired from Iran at Israel killed two people and caused damage in Ramat Gan, central Israel, March 18, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Iran executes man accused of spying for Mossad

Analysis

Larijani’s death removes key pillar of regime. Will it be enough to make Iran collapse?

Ali Khamenei’s handpicked deputy was believed to be coordinating Tehran’s war effort. Israel hopes his assassination will bring protesters out on ancient Persian holiday

Ali Larijani (center) participates in a Quds Day anti-Israel march in Tehran on March 13, 2026, the last time he was seen alive in public. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Ali Larijani (waving) participates in a Quds Day anti-Israel march in Tehran on March 13, 2026, the last time he was seen alive in public. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Ali Larijani was hardline voice in Iran’s regime for decades, with supreme leader’s ear

By Melanie Lidman, Jon Gambrell and Justin Spike

Mourners attend the funeral procession for senior Iranian military officials and civilians killed during the US-Israel campaign as a portrait of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, son and successor of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is seen at center, in Tehran, Iran, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 18 – After Larijani assassination, who’s holding the wheel in Iran?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Illustrative: An Iranian jumps over a bonfire during the pre-Islamic Persian fire festival of Chaharshanbe Suri, held annually on the last Wednesday eve before the Spring holiday of Nowruz, in Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2023. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

PM urges Iranians to celebrate Persian fire festival, in apparent bid to spark protests

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Remarks come as Israeli officials reported to assess protesters would be ‘slaughtered’; some in Iran said marking Chaharshanbe Suri publicly despite Islamic Republic’s warning not to

A kite flies over a park during the ancient annual public picnic day, called Sizdeh Bedar, in the 13th and last day of Nowruz, Iranian New Year holidays, in Tehran, Iran, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Pro-regime crowds gather in Iran as authorities seek to squelch potential protests on Nowruz

By AFP

Iranian American influencer Zoya Biglary poses for photos in Los Angeles, on March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Amid silence of Iran’s internet blackout, diaspora creators raise their voices

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE

Analysis

Why Israeli support for the battle with Iran has stayed so high even as missiles fly

Public backing is still sky-high despite sirens, sleepless nights and shuttered schools. The reason, pollsters say, is Israelis feel they’re waging an existential fight in relative safety

People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missiles, in Ramat Gan, Israel, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

AnalysisFor Israeli consumers, Iran war will likely fuel price hikes well beyond the pump

By Sharon Wrobel

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House, on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says US ‘not ready to leave Iran yet,’ but will in ‘very near future’

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

President assails NATO allies for not helping secure Strait of Hormuz; asked about his day-after plan for Iran, he says US will ‘try to get people that are going to run it well’

Joseph Kent appears before a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing for his pending confirmation to be director of the NCTC, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

A top US counterterror official quits over Iran war, claims Israel tricked Trump into it

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

US aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford is pictured docked at Souda Bay in the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete, on February 24, 2026. (Costas METAXAKIS / AFP)

US aircraft carrier Ford, deployed in war with Iran, to dock temporarily after fire

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

A volunteer from the Purple Vest Mission moves a disabled man to a protected facility during Operation Roaring Lion. (Courtesy)

'Our motto is: Leave no one behind'

‘We’re playing Russian roulette’: People with disabilities struggle to reach bomb shelters

By Diana Bletter

Of the 600,000 severely disabled and elderly in Israel, about 40% — roughly 240,000 — cannot make it to safety as missiles fall from Iran and Lebanon, says Access Israel chairman

What the West misses about fundamentalism

Believers like Tehran’s clerics and Israel’s messianic fringe see violence against their enemies as a way to fulfill God’s plan. To stop them, we must first understand them

The tulip and sirens: Why Jews fight for peace

My family’s expulsion from Arab lands means I can’t accept the idea of ’activating peace’ when its proponents refuse to confront the evil that leads to war

Democratic candidate for Congress, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, speaks during a U.S. House 9th District primary debate, in Chicago, Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Jewish Netanyahu critic wins Illinois primary after AIPAC spends millions against him

By ToI Staff and AP

Set to vie for blue Chicago-area seat, Democrat Daniel Biss slams negative campaign by pro-Israel lobby and says his victory shows that voters understand nuance regarding Israel

Deep diveWhat to know about the Illinois primaries, where AIPAC backs a fierce Israel critic

By Andrew Lapin

Inside story

Charlie Summers

Arab Israelis share Jews’ distrust of Iran, but not their appetite for war

Though most in the Arab community have little affinity for the Islamic Republic, few support the military campaign, seeing Tehran as less of a danger than the war’s potential cost

People look at the damage after a missile fired toward Israel overnight struck the Bedouin town of Zarzir, in northern Israel, March 13, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

The UAE's then-Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash attends the World Government Summit at the Dubai Expo 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Senior UAE official says Iranian attacks will drive Gulf countries into Israeli arms

By Lazar Berman

Emirati presidential adviser Anwar Gargash says ‘more channels will open’ between Israel and Arab countries it doesn’t have ties with, in the wake of incessant Iranian strikes

Damage is seen at a home hit by a rocket from Lebanon in Karmiel on March 17, 2026. (Flash90)

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at north, hitting home but no injuries; IDF pounds Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Karmiel mayor says 3 residents were saved by being in safe room; having warned of major barrage, army launches multiple waves of strikes on launchers and other targets

United Nations Spanish UNIFIL forces arrive to inspect chalets, after the IDF reportedly booby-trapped and blew them up at dawn, on the outskirts of the town of al-Khiam, southern Lebanon on January 31, 2026. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Israel acknowledges tank fire mistakenly hit UNIFIL base in Lebanon, apologizes

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Demonstrators wave a Syrian flag during a march marking the 15th anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution against the Bashar Assad regime in the Old City of Damascus, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

US encouraging Syria to assist with disarming Hezbollah in Lebanon — sources

By Feras Dalatey, Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari

Illustrative: A policeman inspects the wreckage of a drone in downtown Dubai on March 12, 2026. (AFP)

Russia sharing satellite imagery and drone technology with Iran – report

Moscow said providing its own domestically produced components to improve strike capabilities of Iranian Shahed drones; White House says support not making any difference to war

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows fires burning on ships after a US military attack on a port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, March 2, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Newly released satellite images show damage dealt in Iran war across Middle East

By Jon Gambrell

Analysis

As schools and synagogues burn in the Netherlands, its leaders send mixed messages

In the wake of firebombing attacks in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, public figures are condemning antisemitism while simultaneously seeming to use the war in Gaza to justify it

Thousands of protesters march demanding their government do more to halt Israel's campaign against the Hamas terror group in Gaza, during a demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 5, 2025. (Peter Dejong/AP)

Belgian police man the perimeter around a synagogue on Leon Fredericq street after it was struck overnight by a blast in Liege on March 9, 2026. (JOHN THYS / AFP)

After synagogue attacks, Belgium sending soldiers to guard Jewish neighborhoods

Netherland's Foreign Minister David van Weel speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on December 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers walking next to the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

'This report is so people can't look away'

‘Most comprehensive’ report on Oct. 7 attack updated to include new data, survivor accounts

New testimonies from former hostage Emily Damari and others added to report that UK All-Party Parliamentary Group commissioned to push back on denials of the Hamas-led massacre

Inside story

‘Cynicism on steroids’: Experts pan budget cuts in wake of coalition fund increase

Cuts to healthcare, education and science could have been prevented by halting the allocation of billions in coalition funds to ultra-Orthodox schools, says Berl Katznelson Center

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in the Knesset, February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a '40-signature' debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court postpones hearing for petitions demanding Ben Gvir be fired for abuse of power

By Jeremy Sharon and Ariela Karmel

Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Elections committee chief rebukes ‘baseless’ Likud challenge to choice of panel’s lawyer

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Screenshot from video showing one of two men being beaten outside a San Jose restaurant on March 8, 2026 .(X used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Three men charged for attack on 2 Israeli-Americans in San Jose

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israeli security forces near the city of Tulkarem in the West Bank, on September 11, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Cop, IDF troops enter West Bank village under PA control to seize ancient artifact

By Rossella Tercatin

Left to right: Brooklyn Nets' Ben Saraf in action during an NBA basketball game on March 14, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke); Portland Trail Blazers' Deni Avdija competing against the Brooklyn Nets on March 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II); Brooklyn Nets' Danny Wolf competing against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Triple-doubleIn first, NBA game features 3 Israelis — Avdija, Wolf and Saraf

By Gabe Friedman

Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Man shot dead in Holon criminal violence amid missile fire from Iran

German politician Andreas Büttner is sworn in during the state parliament session following his election as Brandenburg's antisemitism commissioner, with members of his Left party in the background, June 20 2024. (Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images/ via JTA)

German antisemitism commissioner quits far‑left party over anti-Israel resolution

By Toby Axelrod

A bull grazing on the hills of the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel. (Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak closes two nature reserves to public

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at the Women's Oncology Hospital in Mexico City on March 9, 2026. (Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)

Mexico’s president offers to host Iran’s 2026 World Cup matches instead of US

By AFP

US Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. (ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US House panel subpoenas attorney general Pam Bondi over Epstein files

By AFP

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