Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy Your Privacy Rights

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Thursday, March 19, 2026

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

First responders work the scene where a man was killed in an Iranian missile strike in central Israel's Moshav Adanim, March 19, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Iranian cluster bombs kill Thai worker in Israel, 4 Palestinian women in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Sirens activated 6 times overnight as north and central Israel inundated with missiles; Hezbollah fires at Gaza border area, in apparent first since renewing attacks on Israel from Lebanon

AnalysisAmid claims of looming interceptor shortage, experts dismiss alarm over finite defenses

By Stav Levaton

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

Israel said threatening Iranian officers on the phone as part of efforts to stir unrest

US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

As Iran strikes Gulf energy sites, Trump says Israel won’t hit its gas field again — but US will if attacks go on

By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Day after IDF hit its South Pars field, Iran strikes Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, others, warns of ‘uncontrollable repercussions’ of further such attacks; Riyadh says it has right to military action

Footage shows the aftermath of an IDF strike on the South Pars gas field on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran, on March 18, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel strikes major Iranian gas field; Tehran vows to hit Gulf energy sites in kind

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during the Senate Committee on Intelligence hearings to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

US intel official: Iran regime is degraded but intact, will seek to rebuild if it survives

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Home Front Command search and rescue soldiers operate at the site of a rocket impact in Kiryat Shmona, March 19, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

March 19: Iran launches five missile salvos at Jerusalem, northern Israel within an hour

Footage shows burning fragment crashing down in Haifa after cluster bomb launched toward northern city * IDF says it hit over 130 targets in western and central Iran over past day * UAE says it dismantled terrorist network funded by Iran and Hezbollah

12:48 am

IDF detects incoming Iran missile attack targeting northern Israel
10:37 pm

Footage shows burning fragment crashing in Haifa in latest Iranian missile attack
10:29 pm

Report: Uzbek worker arrested after appearing to liken people running for shelter from missiles to rats

From Our SponsorThe Jaffa Institute

Don’t pass over them this Pesach

Ensure Israel’s most vulnerable can celebrate the holiday with dignity and joy. Join the Jaffa Institute’s Pesach food package drive.

Analyst: Incident is 'realistic scenario of a drone threat'

US reportedly detects drones over Washington base where Rubio, Hegseth live

By Reuters, Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Multiple drones identified on single night over Fort McNair, sources tell Washington Post; US secretary of state and Pentagon chief have remained on site

From left, US Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, March 3, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

US President Donald Trump (left) speaks to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House on March 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Amid Iran war, US State Department operating with fewer experts after deep job cuts

AnalysisDespite FBI warning, Iran likely can’t strike US homeland with military drones

Kenneth Brander

Violence against Palestinians betrays the Torah

I call on rabbis and educators in the religious world, to publicly condemn extremist attacks and remind all Jews how we must treat others

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Jerusalem, missiles, and a minyan of rage in a traffic jam

I try to give my toddler his routine, even when alerts are sounding and we’re stuck in a taxi somewhere between a blue sky and a Byzantine bomb shelter

Why Tehran is targeting the UAE so heavily

A Muslim-majority society that is modern, globally integrated, economically dynamic and at peace with its neighbors is a refutation of everything Iran stands for

The Iran war’s double-edged sword

Gulf states and Israel may welcome Iran’s weakening, but retaliation, instability, and uncertainty threaten to undermine any strategic gains

Daily life in Tel Aviv during the Israel-US war with Iran. March 18, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Despite war, Israel ranks 8th in global happiness survey, same as last year

By Diana Bletter

Findings reflect overall satisfaction with society and life, says Bar-Ilan University researcher Anat Fanti, but concurrent rise in distress levels also show psychological cost of conflict

In this undated photograph, a Mashabim therapist works with a young girl. (Mashabim)

Anxiety symptoms and lack of trust in adults are rising in children as war drags on

Analysis

Old-fashioned antisemitic tropes and trendy anti-Zionism converge at US Quds Day rallies

Protesters tell pro-Israel demonstrators to ‘stop eating babies,’ recalling the blood libel, and depict ‘Zionists’ as ‘parasites,’ echoing Nazi propaganda

Anti-Zionist protesters at an Al Quds day rally in Times Square, New York City, March 13, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

An NYPD vehicle is seen outside of Congregation Temple Emanu-El on December 14, 2025, in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images/AFP)

NYC synagogues increase security as homeland security shutdown stalls federal funding

By Joseph Strauss

Members of the University of Florida College Republicans pose with gubernatorial candidate James Fishback, third from left, in a photo posted by Fishback, March 13, 2026. (Screenshot via X/ via JTA)

U of Florida College Republicans, seen making Nazi salutes, sue school for disbanding chapter

By Andrew Lapin

Passenger limits reimposed on outbound flights after private jets hit by missile debris

By Sharon Wrobel, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

El Al cancels all non-repatriation flights until March 27, Israir through March 31, as US airlines Delta and United extend suspensions until May, June, as Iran war seems set to drag on

Airplanes depart from the Ben Gurion International Airport during the US-Israel war with Iran, March 16, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Aerial photo of Rujm el-Hiri, an ancient monumental site in the Golan Heights, view to east. (Y. Shmidov and A. Wiegmann)

ArchaeologyMassive circle was built 6,500 to 3,500 years ago

Mystery widens: Researchers find Israel’s ‘Stonehenge’ in the Golan is not unique

By Rossella Tercatin

Remote sensing and AI help identify 28 sites similar to Rujm el-Hiri, challenging theories about the ancient stone circle’s purpose and pointing to a wider regional phenomenon

Iranian mourners gather during the funeral of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commands Basij forces, in Tehran on March 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

These are the key Iranian figures killed in the US-Israeli bombing campaign

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Longtime leader Khamenei, top aides such as security chief Larijani, military brass responsible for terror proxies and internal repression, are among dozens of officials killed in war

A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is seen on the runway at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv amid ongoing missile attacks from Iran toward Israel, March 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 19 – Israelis grapple with Iran’s attritional missile fire

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

T frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran shows protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Iran hangs three convicted of killing police during January protests, judiciary says

By AFP and ToI Staff

Matti Friedman / Troops of the 300th 'Baram' Regional Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on March 18, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcast

Matti Friedman: Israel’s forever wars in Lebanon

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Matti Friedman

Before turning to yet another conflict with Hezbollah, the author dives into his newest book, ‘Out of the Sky,’ on the real pre-state heroes who parachuted into Nazi Europe to save Jews

Illustrative: A Kuwaiti woman brandishes a Hezbollah flag during a protest against the Israel, in front of Kuwait's National Assembly, July 2006, in Kuwait City. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP)

Kuwait says 10 Hezbollah operatives nabbed for alleged plot to attack ‘vital installations’

By AFP

Announcement marks second time this week that the Gulf state has arrested a cell affiliated with the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group

A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in central Beirut early on March 18, 2026. (FADEL Itani / AFP)

IDF strikes Hezbollah financial, military sites; Lebanese authorities report 14 dead

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

IDF chief: Settler violence ‘unacceptable,’ results in ‘extraordinary strategic damage’

By Emanuel Fabian and Sam Sokol

After settlers rampage in Palestinian village following razing of outpost, Zamir and Bennett condemn attack, maintain that the perpetrators don’t represent most settlers

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with officers in the West Bank, March 18, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Screenshot of security camera footage showing the results of an arson attack by masked settler extremists against property in the West Bank Palestinian village of Mukhmas, March 18, 2026. (Courtesy)

Settler extremists attack Palestinian village Mukhmas after nearby outpost demolished

By Jeremy Sharon

Brett Smiley, mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, carries a Torah scroll at his bar mitzvah held at Temple Beth-El in Providence, March 14, 2026. (Candy Adriance)

Divine Providence: Serving and former mayors of Rhode Island capital celebrate bar mitzvahs

Brett Smiley and David Cicilline join 11 others in a group ceremony after 18 months of study for those celebrating the rite of passage as adults

Interview

Estonia is ready to discuss Hormuz mission with US, foreign minister tells ToI

In Israel to discuss growing defense ties, Margus Tsahkna says that his country firmly backs the war against Iran, praises the spirit of the Israeli people

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna speaks to The Times of Israel in Jerusalem, March 17, 2026 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Police officers stand on duty at a road leading to the Embassy of Israel, as anti-Israel protesters take part in a nearby 'Stand with Palestine' demonstration, in west London on October 9, 2023. (Daniel LEAL / AFP)

Two men appear in UK court on suspicion of spying on Israeli Embassy, Jewish sites for Iran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prosecutors say Iranian national, dual Iranian-British man had target lists including embassy and consulate, London’s Bevis Marks Synagogue, community center

More Headlines

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is seen during an interview in Chicago, Illinois, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Illinois’ Jewish Gov. J.B. Pritzker, once an AIPAC donor, slams pro-Israel lobby

By SOPHIA TAREEN

Rachel Goldberg-Polin poses for a portrait on day 98 since her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped by Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Grace in griefUSA Today names Rachel Goldberg‑Polin as a Woman of the Year

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)

Arab Israelis experiencing higher distress levels in war than Jews — study

Minibuses carrying Palestinians wishing to return to the Gaza Strip line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on March 19, 2026. (Amr ADEL / AFP)

Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopens for first time since start of Iran war

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Members of Iran's women's soccer team stand at Turkey's Igdir airport, waiting to reach Dogubeyazit, in Igdir on March 18, 2026 (Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP)

With two exceptions, Iran women’s soccer team returns home after players sought asylum

By AP

Paramedics arrive at the scene of a deadly shooting in Lod, which left a woman dead on March 19, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Woman shot dead overnight in her home in Lod as killings of Arab citizens persist

By Charlie Summers

Police Supt. Rinat Saban arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's refusal to sign off on her promotion on January 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Judge sets 5-day deadline for Ben Gvir to promote officer involved in PM’s trial

By Charlie Summers

Sommelier Avi Bar Am, whose recent February 2026 Best Value event has broadened the approach to affordable Israeli wines (David Silverman)

Bargain bottlesJust in time for war, sommelier ranks list of affordable Israeli wines

By Jessica Steinberg

View Edition by Date

February	March 2026					April
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
Your Privacy Rights
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.