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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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L-R: Cpt. Noam Madmoni, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, Staff Sgt. Gilad Harel, who were killed in Lebanon on March 30, 2026. (Courtesy)

Katz: IDF to demolish Lebanon border villages

Four soldiers killed, 3 wounded in south Lebanon clash with Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian

Slain troops named as Cpt. Noam Madmoni, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, Staff Sgt. Gilad Harel; civilian hurt by a rocket attack in border community of Avivim

Illiustration: Portraits of Hezbollah's late leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and his cousin, Hashem Safieddine, are seen as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, March 30, 2026. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Alleged Mossad spy escapes Hezbollah detention thanks to IDF strike in Beirut — report

By AFP

A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 23, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

3 UN observers killed within 24 hours in south Lebanon; IDF says it’s investigating

By AFP and Emanuel Fabian

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) celebrates the passing of the death penalty law for terrorists in the Knesset, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Knesset passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror

By Ariela Karmel, Reuters and Jeremy Sharon

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

PA, rights groups denounce death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

A rescue worker carries an infant from the scene of an Iranian missile strike in central Israel, March 31, 2026 (MDA)

Home Front Command not planning to ease war regulations

8 lightly hurt by cluster bombs in central Israel as Iranian attacks persist across region

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

US launches massive strikes on Iranian ammunition bunkers near Isfahan overnight; crude oil tanker set ablaze by drone strike off Dubai, briefly spiking oil prices

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

Iran hangs two political prisoners from opposition group, activists say

By Stuart Williams

Protesters display a banner calling for a halt to executions in Iran during a rally in Berlin, Germany, on January 10, 2026, in support of the Iran protests. (John MacDougall / AFP)

Iran warns of executions, asset seizures for spying or aiding ‘hostile states’

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Workers build reinforced safe rooms in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, March 31, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

March 31: Hezbollah hits north with rocket barrage, lightly hurting 3; IDF strikes launchers

Trump says Iran war ‘coming to an end’ * Katz: Israel will destroy Lebanon border towns * Lebanon decries ‘new occupation’ * US judge: Trump administration can demand list of Jews at UPenn

9:02 pm

Foreign Press Association slams Israeli police attack on photographer
8:53 pm

Israeli strikes in south Lebanon kill 8, including paramedic — Lebanon Health Ministry
8:43 pm

Fresh attack hits major Iranian steel factory — local media

Inside story

After uprooting Palestinian hamlets, extremist settlers set sights on purge of entire West Bank

As settler violence escalates, apparently under cover of Iran war, some behind the attacks appear to be pursuing a deliberate campaign aimed at ethnically cleansing the whole territory

Graffiti is seen through the window of a burnt out car following a settler attack on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

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

Palestinian shot dead during alleged ramming attempt in the West Bank, IDF says

By Stav Levaton, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Sheina Gutnick with her father, Reuven Morrison, who was murdered in the Bondi Beach terror attack on December 15, 2025, in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Gutnick)

Interview'As an ex-Soviet Jew, he related to the Exodus from Egypt'

Reviewing massacre footage, Bondi hero’s daughter discovers more of her dad’s bravery

By Nomi Kaltmann

Reuven Morrison was killed fighting the terrorists who murdered 15 at a Hanukkah party in Sydney. As his family marks his favorite holiday without him for the first time, they find a small comfort

US President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, March 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

PM: Half war goals achieved; regime will collapse internally

Trump said to tell aides he’s willing to end Iran war without reopening Hormuz

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president and his aides reportedly conclude op to reopen waterway would take too long; Iran’s decision-making said impeded due to killing of leadership, complicating talks

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, March 29, 2026. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says he expects deal ‘shortly’ with Iran, threatens to ‘blow up’ power plants if not

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

Analysis

Facing a resurgent Hezbollah, Israel slouches back to a security zone in Lebanon

IDF forces spent 18 years in southern Lebanon and Israelis promised never to get stuck in the Lebanese mud again, but leaders now boast about an indefinite stay in a new buffer zone

IDF troops of the 769th 'Hiram' Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on March 29, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026, a day after a ramming and shooting attack on the Jewish house of worship; inset, suspect Ayman Ghazali. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP; X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

FBI: Terrorist who rammed pickup into Michigan synagogue was inspired by Hezbollah

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Was Iran an imminent threat?’: Wrong question, wrong standard

A president’s duty isn’t to wait for perfect certainty, but to decide when a risk has become too dangerous to bear

Questions about Israel’s wars — and how to answer them

In the spirit of the Passover Seder, here is a guide for helping others to understand how — and why — Israel is facing down its enemies in the Middle East

A woman prays in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalia)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Mar. 31 – Israel angers Christian world in another avoidable scandal

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman attempts to untangle the strategy for the Iran war and lays out Israel’s enduring trauma over the previous buffer zone in Lebanon

A plume of smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on March 29, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Israel providing US with intelligence on Strait of Hormuz

Israel shifts to hitting Iran’s economy, as it enters ‘completion phase’ of war

By Emanuel Fabian

Leaders order IDF to cause economic damage to Iranian regime, after nearly finishing bombing all military targets outlined at start of campaign

A worker takes measurements of an aluminum beam on the factory floor at The Luxury Pergola, a company that manufactures aluminum pergolas, on, February 20, 2026, in Noblesville, Indiana. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy)

Iran blows hole in US aluminum supply chain with strikes on Gulf smelters

By Tom Daly and Pratima Desai

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)

Satellite images begin to show damage wrought across the region by Iran war

By Jon Gambrell

This handout image taken by the European Space Agency, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, shows a view of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country's main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometers south of the mainland in the north of the Gulf, on March 7, 2026. (European Space Agency/AFP)

Explainer

Kharg Island is key to Iran’s oil exports, but targeting it would carry major risks

A threatened US ground operation to seize control of the energy hub would put troops just 21 miles off Iran’s coast, within range of missiles and drones

A view of the island of Qeshm, which oversees the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on December 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iranian media says desalination plant on Gulf island non-functional after airstrikes

By AFP and ToI Staff

The Sorek desalination plant operates in Rishon LeZion, Israel, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

AnalysisWhat do Trump’s threats to bomb Iran desalination plants mean for rest of Mideast?

By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG

Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo)

Analysis

Gulf states harden positions against Iran as economic toll of war mounts

As Trump negotiates, Arab states seem to be pushing for war to continue until certain demands are met, driven by the damage wreaked by Hormuz’s closure and attacks on energy sites

In this satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC, a vessel identified as the Virgo by the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran is seen off Khargh Island, Iran, on Jan. 16, 2022. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

AnalysisSeizing Kharg Island would risk US troops and may not end Iran war, experts say

By Ben Finley and SAM METZ

President Donald Trump, fifth left, attends a group photo session with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, fourth right, with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second right, Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, third left, Kuwait's Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, second left, Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, right, during the GCC Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gulf allies privately pushing Trump to keep up war until Iran decisively defeated

By AAMER MADHANI, Samy Magdy, Matthew Lee and SAM MEDNICK

Inside story

Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel

Opposition MKs voted to allocate NIS 800 million for Haredi schools. How did that happen?

Caught by a parliamentary ‘maneuver,’ lawmakers mistakenly supported a surprise reservation to the 2026 state budget massively boosting ultra-Orthodox education funds, sparking a harsh backlash

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri attends a vote on the 2026 state budget in the Knesset, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ Flash90)

AG halts transfer of budget funds for Haredi institutions after contentious vote

By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol

MK Boaz Bismuth leads a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 24, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition to advance ultra-Orthodox draft exemption bill after pause due to Iran war

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair Bismuth says work will resume on the controversial legislation when war ends, after IDF chief warned cabinet that manpower shortages risk army’s ‘collapse’

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett delivers a broadcast speech denouncing parts of the 2026 budget and pledging to crack down on draft-dodging if elected, on March 30, 2026. (Screenshot, Naftali Bennett on X)

Bennett vows to investigate ‘sabotage of Haredi enlistment’ if elected PM

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Analysis

After backing Iran with Israel strike, Houthis avoid further escalation, for now

Joining war, albeit late, to satisfy Tehran and assert relevance, Yemeni rebel group is limited by fears of retaliation, but maintains threat of blocking Red Sea traffic and attacking Gulf

Supporters of Yemen's Houthis brandish weapons during a rally condemning Israel, in Sanaa on October 17, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Family and friends of Israeli soldier Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on March 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Moshe Yitzchak Katz, Israeli-US soldier killed in Lebanon, laid to rest in Jerusalem

By Grace Gilson

Katz, who moved to Israel from Connecticut to serve in the military, is remembered by loved ones as a loyal friend and a proud soldier

Zelensky: Putin helping Iran, yet Netanyahu wants to ‘balance’ between Russia and Ukraine

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Ukrainian president says he showed Arab counterparts proof Moscow gave Iran intel against them, while Israel didn’t take up Kyiv’s offer to share expertise in shooting down Tehran-made drones

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky meet on the UN General Assembly sidelines on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/File)

Iranians visit an exhibition showcasing missiles and drones in Tehran on November 12, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Drone purchases in Russia and Iran surge using crypto, report says

More Headlines

Israelis at the Azrieli shopping mall in Givatayim near Tel Aviv, where stores opened after staying closed for a few days amidst the ongoing Israel-US war with Iran, March 6, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Bank of Israel slashes growth prospects as Iran war takes toll on economy

By Sharon Wrobel

Avi Lewis attends the "This Changes Everything" photo call during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival at Ryerson Theatre on September 13, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Mike Windle / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Canada’s main progressive party taps anti-Zionist Jewish ex-journalist as new leader

By Shira Li Bartov

Festival goers dance at the Nowruz spring equinox festival at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. (Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)

War with Iran casts a shadow as Persian Jews mark Nowruz in New York City

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Illustrative: Rescue teams help shocked residents in a targeted residential neighborhood in the southern city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021, after rockets were fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Chatbot aims to help rescuers defuse acute anxiety, right after traumatic events

Holocaust survivor Ginette Kolinka, 100, attends a commemorative ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the return of death camp deportees, in Paris, France, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

At 101, Holocaust survivor credits Spielberg for her ongoing fight against hatred

By John Leicester

Members of antifa pass a fountain during an alt-right rally on August 17, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump administration planning international summit on countering antifa violence

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