Putin's war machine helped Iran improve Shahed drones, Zelensky tells 'Post'

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MDA operates at several northern Israel sites after rocket strikes, IDF extends security guidelines

Live Updates
Ukranian President Zelensky meets with The Jerusalem Post's Amichai Stein, March 16, 2026.
 An Iranian Shahed Drone is displayed by the United Against Nuclear Iran at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, US, February 22, 2025.
Ukranian President Zelensky meets with The Jerusalem Post's Amichai Stein, March 16, 2026.

At least eight wounded after several waves of missiles from Iran, Hezbollah, including direct hit

United Hatzalah volunteers respond to the scene of a rocket hit in Nahariya, March 16, 2026.
Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

Ex-defense officials: IDF W. Bank chief failing to stop Jewish violence; IDF: We need gov't help

Benny Gantz on June 9, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

'Winning in Tehran, losing in Jerusalem': Israeli opposition leaders slam gov't's wartime conduct

Mediterranean states say adrift Russian tanker is 'imminent and serious' threat

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024.

Mojtaba Khamenei escaped death by seconds in same strike that killed his father

REPORT
A man lifts a placard depicting slain Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani (L) and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis during a Baghdad funeral march rally for Iran-backed Iraqi militias, led by Kataib Hezbollah, December 4, 2023; illustrative.

Senior Iran-backed Iraqi militia official killed, Kataib Hezbollah not confirming circumstances

Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon August 13, 2025.

Iran pushes on Epstein conspiracies in information war with US, experts tell ‘Post’

An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv

El Al expands US rescue options after Iran war disruptions, says Americans remain a top priority

Mourners wave Hezbollah flags during the funeral of top Hezbollah chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai and other members killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on November 24, 2025.

Lebanon orders official media to stop calling Hezbollah 'resistance'

REPORT
A war between Israel and Lebanon (illustrative)

\Israel’s illusions about Lebanon persist as tensions with Hezbollah escalate

ANALYSIS

When the hospital became a battlefield, these women kept life moving forward

In Collab
Dr. Ofira Azulay.  “This hospital feels like home.”

Inside the 'post-war' debate about annexing West Bank among right-leaning security officials

IDF sources initially skeptical of Katz returning Force 100 Sde Teiman guards to service

Palestinian boys play football on a pitch surrounded by Israeli flags in the village of Umm al-Kheir, east of Yatta in the south of the West Bank, on February 12, 2026.

Gal Gadot directs Genesis Prize toward Israel’s post-October 7 recovery

Gal Gadot attends the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. January 5, 2025.

IDF 9900 intel official: We destroyed Iran's base for attacking satellites to keep space supremacy

Soldiers and an officer in the IDF's Unit 9900
EXPLAINER

What are cluster munitions and how does Israel intercept them?

Footage from Home Front Command soldiers this morning in central Israel.

Record-high number of Israelis trust IDF's command, only 54% trust gov't's decisions

POLL
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market bustles as the war in Iran rages, March 5, 2026

Israel registered 37% less unpaid leave applications than in previous Iran war, report reveals

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Pakistan strikes hit drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Taliban says

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, at separate press events. The coordination between the US and Israel to date has been historic, but will Israel follow the US in announcing a major reform of the military judicial system especially in the light of Sde Teiman?

Ambiguity is surrender: Why the Sde Teiman decision endangers Israel and Jews worldwide

OPINION

Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin

Michigan synagogue attacker's brother was Hezbollah terrorist killed by Air Force, IDF confirms

Police arrest individuals who allegedly threw a red substance at an Israeli flag and red smoke bombs in the middle of a demonstration, on December 17, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Two brothers in France held over suspected deadly ISIS-inspired antisemitic attack plan

Illustrative image of a man handcuffed to represent the two brothers arrested for ISIS-inspired antisemitic attack in France.

Police to investigate 'Death to the IDF' chants by Rapper Bobby Vylan in London protest

 Against the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs at the Glastonbury Festival in England, on June 28.

US Treasury designates four sham charities for funding Hamas' military wing

Iranian leaders admonish Gulf states over support for Israel, US, call for Muslim solidarity

IDF: Dramatic escalation, but still no full invasion of southern Lebanon like in fall 2024

A protester steps on a US flag, at the end of a rally marking Al-Quds Day and opposing the war on Iran and Lebanon, at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 14, 2026.

US allies rebuff Trump's request for support in Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's crown prince and its prime minister Mohammed bin Salman pose at the White House on Tuesday.

Mohammed bin Salman urges Trump to 'keep hitting Iran hard'

REPORT
A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows an oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf.

Trump weighing US boots on the ground to seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil depot

REPORT

Hundreds of public housing units damaged by Iranian missiles, restoration in progress

Understanding the psychology driving modern antisemitism

OPINION
Senior officials from the Construction and Housing Ministry during a tour of the site of the fall in Beit Shemesh in March.

Jewish-American woman deported from Israel after witnessing child struck by car in West Bank

Israeli security forces guard Israeli settlers as they graze their livestock near the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on November 9, 2025.

Lesson learned: First inscribed Hellenistic sling bullet found in Golan Heights' ancient Hippos

Sling bullet found in near the ancient city of Hippos in the Golan Heights bearing the Greek inscription “Learn,” March 16, 2026.

MDA warns of chemical exposure risk, 'two-phase poisoning process' from Iranian missile fuel

Drones, AI, cyber show why warfare has entered a dangerous new era

OPINION

Iron Beam’s limits exposed as Hezbollah drones breach northern Israel's skies

US Sailors prepare to stage ordnance on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.

Drone detection company Autonomous Guard wins two Defense Ministry contracts

Anduril's Lattice AI platform

US Army turns to Anduril for $20 billion AI defense modernization push

 IRON DOME near Ashdod fires an intercepting missile.

Israel offers to manufacture Iron Dome in Germany

Chikli calls October 7 attack a part of long-term Iran-Israel conflict, stresses nuclear threat

War tests India-Israel-Gulf ties but may deepen economic integration

 Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

'I am MAGA': Trump defends 'true conservative' Mark Levin after fight with Megyn Kelly

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight back to Washington, March 15, 2026.

Jewish-American woman deported from Israel after witnessing child struck by car in West Bank

Israeli security forces guard Israeli settlers as they graze their livestock near the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on November 9, 2025.
WATCH

'Weapon of the weak': Herzog visits Rishon Lezion missile impact site, damaged residence

President Isaac Herzog visits the site of an Iranian missile hit in Rishon Lezion, March 16, 2026.

Meet Anat Vidor’s vision for World WIZO

Anat Vidor, president of World WIZO. Her family history is etched onto Israel’s streets and institutions.

Answering the call: Yael Eckstein, one of the women leading Israel’s wartime front

CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Yael Eckstein, in the field.

Feeding hope through food rescue

AGRICULTURAL VOLUNTEERS at Leket Israel.

Airline flyDubai cancels Israel flights to April 30 as foreign carriers extend suspensions

Meet the Israeli woman using AI to reinvent the real estate industry

FEATURE
A Flydubai Boeing 737 Max aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026.

Development from the shelter: Israeli company reveals new AI motor launched amid Iranian missiles

AI video and images.

Strait of Hormuz open to everyone but US, Israel, Iranian FM Araghchi says

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the day he addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026.

Wizz Air hub in Israel stalled as emergency flight rules block foreign operations

Anthony Albanese deploys troops to aid flood-hit Katherine communities

The Dead Sea isn’t dead: A winter hike through Israel’s most misunderstood landscape

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 during a federal parliament sitting following the Bondi terror attack at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 20, 2026.
FEATURE

The Judean Desert in bloom: Following ancient paths of healing just beyond Jerusalem

Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans used to make coffee.

Strauss coffee initiative brews opportunity for women farmers in the Global South

FEATURE
Smoke continues to rise after a reported strike on fuel tanks in an oil refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026.

Lessons from Iran: Decentralized, renewable energy vital for Israel’s defense, expert tells 'Post'

INTERVIEW

Women more likely than men to develop chronic pain after injury, study finds

STUDY

Many people are experiencing this phenomenon right now – but there is something you can do

Illustrative image of a woman suffering from pain.
STUDY

New research reveals how early environment shapes ADHD risk in children

STUDY

Vegan, plant-based diets don’t stunt infant growth, major Israeli study finds

FEATURE

Prof. Nancy Caroline: The woman who revolutionized emergency medicine in Israel

Why Israel and why now

Over 330 new applicants file for aliyah during first week of Operation Roaring Lion

Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.
INTERVIEW

Aliyah Minister: US-Israeli partnership causing severe blow to Iran, inspiring aliyah

Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer seen with New immigrants from France arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" at the Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 1, 2024.

Ben-Gurion Airport closure delays arrival of 140 new immigrants amid Operation Roaring Lion

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive to the Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on June 25, 2025.
FEATURE

Hinenu at 10 million: 100 lives that tell Israel’s real story

Ortal Pelleg connected to the author through surfing.

Finding faith, family, and business: Ben Woolf’s story from England to Jerusalem

Prime Jerusalem – the next home for the Jews of the world in the capital

Israel’s real estate map is changing

In Collab
Prime Jerusalem lets Jews worldwide own a luxury home in the heart of Jerusalem.

Midtown Jerusalem

Jabotinsky 137-7 project. Tel Aviv

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

The new campus of NVIDIA in Kiryat Tivon.

Head of Kiryat Tivon council on NVIDIA: 'An opportunity that can change the entire North'

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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

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Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

Women Leaders Summit 2026

Shaping Tomorrow: The Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit Returns for 2026

Israel’s Economic Leadership convenes for National Economic Conference

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

MDA Heroes   

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

Podcasts   

Defense Minister Israel Katz gestures during joint statements to the press with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Athens, Greece, January 20, 2026

Katz makes fiery statements on Lebanon, more injured in missile barrages

Destructive Iran missile barrage, Araghchi singles out US and Israel

Resilience in crisis: Jonathan Davis on wartime at Reichman University

US Politics   

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) walks through the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles sparks backlash after saying Muslims 'don't belong' in US

'I am MAGA': Trump defends 'true conservative' Mark Levin after fight with Megyn Kelly

FCC's Carr threatens broadcasters who do not 'operate in public interest' will lose licenses

Diaspora   

Group photo of thousands of Chabad emissaries from across the globe.

Chabad warns of Iranian infiltration attempts in new global security campaign

Over 1,100 rabbis sign onto letter supporting immigrant rights: ‘Do Not Oppress the Stranger’

For Chinese-speaking Jews in New York, ‘Mazel Tofu’ offers a new kind of community

Judaism   

Ezekiel teaches that a true beginning requires cleansing.

Shabbat Hachodesh: A time to cleanse and begin again

'Inspirational Reflections for the Seder Night': A Haggadah for empty chairs at the table

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Christian World   

Pope Leo XIV speaks to devotees while leading Mass during a pastoral visit to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Ponte Mammolo on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, in Rome on March 15, 2026.

Pope Leo decries 'atrocious violence' in Iran war, urges ceasefire

Answering the call: Yael Eckstein, one of the women leading Israel’s wartime front

US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'

Food   

Menu option at Vitkin Winery.

Exploring Vitkin Winery’s tastings and dairy menu in Kfar Vitkin

In the kitchen with Henny: Easy Purim, Passover dinners using what’s already in your kitchen

Sushi Bayit Vegan, Har Homa: Mehadrin sushi spot with cooked fish options

Archaeology   

Sling bullet found in near the ancient city of Hippos in the Golan Heights bearing the Greek inscription “Learn,” March 16, 2026.

Lesson learned: First inscribed Hellenistic sling bullet found in Golan Heights' ancient Hippos

Archaeologists pinpoint Alexander the Great's lost Alexandria on the Tigris in Iraq

Mariners’ bane: Ancient ship graveyard identified off Libya’s coast

Science   

Bumblebee.

Researchers stunned: Queen bumblebees survive more than a week underwater

Study suggests our Sun escaped the crowded galactic center for the Milky Way’s suburbs

Engineer crafts custom dog cancer vaccine with ChatGPT; Rosie’s tumors shrink 75%

Culture   

Israeli pitcher-catcher duo, Ben Simons and C.J. Stubbs.

Israel closes out WBC campaign with statement victory over Netherlands

Nomads again: Barda’s Ironi Kiryat Shmona scrambles for season restart

Omri Airlines: The meteoric rise of Israeli midfielder Gandelman with Italy’s Lecce

History   

A GROUP of Hitler Youth, 1933.

'Stay Alive': A personal story of anti-Nazi Germans

Meet the Jews who played pivotal roles in American history

What history teaches about October 7, according to Rafael Medoff

OMG   

A bus. Illustration.

15-year-old takes city bus, drives 150km to bring grilfriend to school

Footballer grabs opponent's genitals. Sent off pitch

‘Horrific signal’: Young job seekers are arriving with parents to job interviews

Consumerism   

Meta.

Meta announces big news for parents: Dedicated WhatsApp account for kids with full supervision

Inspired by Subaru: Dacia unveils hybrid station wagon with all-wheel drive

Unpretentious gourmet: The Rehovot bistro taking on the big city

Rabbi Kalman Ber, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel with Eduard Shyfrin, businessman, mathematician, and Kabbalah scholar

Israel’s Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber visits Monaco Jewish community

Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

From vision to action

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