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Fallen soldiers, death penalty approved

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NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen wearing a gold pin of a noose, on December 8, 2025.
Car wrecks and a residential building damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026.

IDF strikes anti-tank, anti-aircraft missile production sites in Tehran

The IDF also stated that as it conducted the strikes on weapons production facilities, parallel strikes were conducted on missile launch sites and surface-to-air missile launch positions.

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An Israel Air Force fighter jet seen in central Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel-US and Iran, March 18, 2026.

All critical, essential targets within Iran to be destroyed before Passover, IDF announces

The IDF deemed "critical" targets as those that immediately threatened Israel, such as ballistic missile industry targets, as well as targets that were at the heart of the mission goals of the war.

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First responders on scene of a fragment fall after an Iranian cluster munition was intercepted over central Israel on March 31, 2026.

Eight wounded, cars catch fire in central Israel following strike from Iranian cluster munition

In the afternoon, a man in his 50s was moderately wounded in northern Israel after being hit by shrapnel from a rocket launched by Hezbollah.

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Covert Israeli drones used in sensitive missions during Operation Roaring Lion

Drones have played a significant role in the war against Iran, but it's not only the big ones that are taking part. It's also the small, quiet ones.

MARCH 23, 2026ByANNA AHRONHEIM
AeroSentinel’s G3 drone, designed for advanced tactical missions, handled by special forces in the field.

Sirens sound in Dimona area, Netanyahu and Trump float talks with Iran

EU to assess Iran war impact on gas supplies at emergency meeting • Several wounded following wave of Hezbollah rockets • Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly unresponsive

MARCH 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wreckage from a missile impact in Arad. March 23, 2026.

US-Israeli strikes killed Basij Shiraz commander earlier this week, IRGC-affiliated outlet says

Meanwhile, the IDF and US military continued strikes across Iran, including Tehran, on Sunday night, according to eyewitnesses and anti-regime media.

MARCH 23, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Basij militia Shiraz commander Ebrahim Mortazavi-Nasb, killed in an Israeli strike, in an undated photo.

This war ended the old argument about America and Israel - comment

One younger officer put it to me simply: for long stretches of this war, he has been working in English. That is a bigger story than many people understand.

MARCH 23, 2026ByZVIKA KLEIN
An IDF soldier holds a combined Israeli-American Flag

At least seven IDF soldiers suffer minor injuries in northern Israel, southern Lebanon

Seven IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in separate incidents, including a safety event in southern Lebanon and an accident in northern Israel, Walla learned on Sunday.

MARCH 22, 2026ByAMIR BOHBOT, JAMES GENN
IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah terrorists, published March 20, 2026.

Number of those wounded in Iran war matters more than number of those killed - analysis

If one focuses on the under 25 people killed in three weeks compared to the over 30 killed in 12 days in June 2025 (which in military terms was also impressive), the Jewish state is holding up well.

MARCH 22, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Magen David Adom paramedics respond to a shrapnel hit site in central Israel following an Iranian missile attack, March 15, 2026.

Ofer Moskowitz from Misgav Am killed by friendly fire, IDF confirms

Per the IDF's initial findings, artillery fire meant to support soldiers operating in southern Lebanon was carried out at an incorrect angle and against "required protocols."

MARCH 22, 2026ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
File Photo: Ofer Moskowitz, 60, an avocado farmer in Kibbutz Misgav Am, who was killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in Northern Israel. November 1, 2021.

Iran using ‘satellite-like’ launches to double missile range, ex-IDF air defense chief warns

After Iran doubled the range of its ballistic missiles from 2,000 to 4,000 kilometers overnight, Ran Kochav tells The Post recent launches may have exposed a clandestine program.

MARCH 22, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The scene where an Iranian ballistic missile struck a building in central Israel, March 22, 2026

'No evidence' Iran can strike Europe despite Israeli warnings, UK minister claims

On Saturday, the IDF posted on social media that Iran has missiles "that can reach London, Paris or Berlin".

MARCH 22, 2026ByREUTERS
An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Iranian Defence Week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2025.

'Gaza model': Netanyahu, Katz instruct IDF to strike bridges, homes in southern Lebanon

Israel's defense minister said he ordered "an acceleration in the destruction of Lebanese homes in contact-line villages...in accordance with the model of Beit Hanun and Rafah in Gaza."

MARCH 22, 2026ByFRAIDY MOSER
Israeli soldiers lean out from a tank to inspect a disabled tank stuck in the mud, in northern Israel, March 21, 2026