Iran missile launch damages central Israel as Trump's deal deadline approaches

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After F-15s assassinated Khamenei, Air Force Base chief says now hunting Iran ballistic missiles

INTERVIEW
An IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon, published April 7, 2026.
Shrapnel from an Iranian missile hitting a road in Ramat Gan, April 7, 2026.
US President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 29, 2026.

Mojtaba Khamenei unconscious in Qom, not actually running Iran

REPORT
A woman holds a portrait of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on the day of a gathering to support Mojtaba Khamenei, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian holds a book as he addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2025

Pezeshkian says ready to die for Iran as official urges youth to form human chains near targets

Smoke rises following a strike on central Tehran, April 7, 2026.

IDF strikes Shiraz petrochemical site, releases footage of attacks on Iranian air defenses

EXCLUSIVE

Russia provided Iran with list of Israeli energy targets, Ukrainian intelligence finds

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, published April 7, 2026.

IDF kills Hezbollah anti-tank terrorists operating from southern Lebanon mosque

WATCH
A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US shouldn't negotiate with Iran until it realizes how badly it's losing

EDITORIAL
FILE PHOTO: A view shows The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025.

WHO suspends medical evacuations from Gaza following death of contractor in 'security incident'

Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. He held a crowded Women for Abdul rally in a Detroit suburb. El-Sayed was born in Michigan to parents who immigrated from Egypt.

Jewish leaders uneasy over Senate candidate’s alliance with Hasan Piker

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks, while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on, as they hold a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 6, 2026.

Trump says Iran can be taken out in one night, reveals details on fighter pilots' rescue mission

Birds fly near the Jag Vasant vessel transferring LPG at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions linked to the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Mumbai, India, April 1, 2026.

South Korea envoy to visit Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia to secure oil supplies

Victory over the kingdom of evil

‎Shraga F. Biran, founder of the Institute for Structural Reforms

Schools set to gradually reopen following Passover holiday, Health Ministry says

‘No objectives being met’: Lapid, opposition slam Netanyahu for war conduct, lack of strategy

Parents pick up their children at the end of the school day at an elementary school in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council after the Home Front Command and the Ministry of Education approved the resumption of studies in local authorities where the risk of rocket fire is relatively low and schools have
INTERVIEW

Israel's death penalty law draws inspiration from US policy, Ben-Gvir tells 'Post'

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates the passing of the Death Penalty for Terrorists bill in the Knesset, March 30, 2026

IDF Home Front Command extends siren warning times for Hezbollah rockets in North

Israelis take cover in a public shelter in the northern Israeli city of Safed as a siren sounds warning of incoming missiles fired into Israel, March 10, 2026

Israeli officials do not expect a ceasefire in Iran any time soon, sources tell 'Post'

Members of the US Air Force Pararescue, April 5, 2026; illustrative.

Behind the US Air Force unit that spearheaded the mission to rescue downed airman

IDF technicians prepare a fighter jet for operational activity, August 24, 2025

IDF intelligence, strikes helped US rescue downed pilot, sources tell 'Post'

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Iraq on May 5, 2018.

How tech enabled the overnight rescue of a downed US airman in Iran

ANALYSIS
US MC-130J planes, blown up by US forces before evacuating Iranian territory following the successful rescue operation of a US downed airman. April, 5, 2026.

How US fooled Iran to rescue downed F-15 airman stranded in a mountain crevice

Sponsors back out of London festival that invited Ye to headline despite record of antisemitism

Modigliani painting looted, resold by Nazis returned to estate of rightful Jewish owner

US rapper and producer Kanye West gestures upon arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 11, 2025.

Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash

A woman sits alone in a Frankfurt, Germany, cinema in November 2021.

Georgia political candidate apologizes for Passover ad that featured challah

A Georgia Democratic candidate for the state Senate, Nathalie Kanani, came under ridicule after a Passover ad published in the Atlanta Jewish Times reportedly featured challah, a leavened bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. April 5, 2026.

PA ordered to pay $655.5 million to Intifada victims after NY Appeals Court reinstates prior ruling

What US pilot rescue means for Hormuz, Kharg, potential invasions in Iran

ANALYSIS

IDF kills senior IRGC Quds Force officials in strikes against Iranian regime

US AIRMEN conduct preflight operations prior to a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber departing base in the US Strategic Command area of responsibility for a mission supporting Operation Epic Fury, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at an undisclosed location, March 29, 2026.

Hormuz war pushing millions into poverty, warns Bahrain Foreign Minister

US Army Soldiers conduct low-light, live fire training with M240B machine guns in the US Central Command area of responsibility.

US boots on the ground in Iran could lead to widespread regional conflict, experts say

IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi pictured in February 2026.

Katz, IDF: We assassinated IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi

Unpacking viral theories: Censorship, Mojtaba missing, and death hoaxes

WATCH

Turkey the new Iran? Ankara's growing challenge to Western interests

OPINION
 Israel CENSORED, Khamenei in Russia, and Trump 'disappears'
INTERVIEW

Iranian dissident to ‘Post’: Someone had been sent by Iran’s regime to kill me

Arvin Khoshnood, Iranian-Swedish analyst and outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic.
WATCH

105-year-old Holocaust survivor celebrates birthday in bomb shelter during sirens

105-year-old Holocaust survivor Miriam celebrates her birthday with singer Regev Hot in a bomb shelter in Haifa in March 2026.
ANALYSIS

Strait of Hormuz closure has raised oil prices, but not without precedent

Israel's Elbit Systems signs $750 million deal for missile systems with Greece

Elbit Systems set to start delivery of drones to Romania after delays, threats of cancellation

Elbit System's PULS rocket launcher

Ondas’ 4M Defense wins tender for large-scale border demining project in Israel

 Arrow air defense system

Israel approves increased production of Arrow missile interceptors for second time this year

AeroSentinel’s production facility sustained heavy damage after an Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel on April 2, 2026.

AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike

Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth

WATCH

Iran is using North Korean weapons against Israel, US, expert tells Fox News

REPORT
NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.
POLL

Trump, Netanyahu greater threats to world peace than Mojtaba Khamenei, Spaniards believe

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

IAEA Director General Grossi shares fears over potential for renewed nuclear arms race

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

North Korea distancing itself from Iran to leave door open for US talks, Seoul says

NORTH KOREA'S Kim Jong Un visits a special operations training base in North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 29, 2026.

One month into “Epic Fury”, what have we learned so far about Israel’s economy? - opinion

Matan Shitrit, Chief Economist at Phoenix Financial

“The human capital of Israel’s economy is what continues to drive its growth”

Chairman of the Board of Bank Leumi, Uri Alon

Amid war with Iran hospitals in central Israel operate under emergency conditions and severe strain

Dr. Alon Bar, Head of the trauma unit at the Kaplan Medical Center on the scene of an emergency

Q-Factor emerges as Israel’s latest quantum computing developer with $24 million seed investment

The invisible risk: Can you really trust your ‘private’ AI assistant to keep your secrets?

FRONTLINES
Q-Factor is led by professors from the Technion, the Weizmann Institute, and experts in the world of deep-tech startups.

Enlight CEO: Iran war reinforces Israel's need for renewable energy

An electricity-generation plant in the Bedouin village of Tirabin al-Sana in Israel’s Negev Desert. Israel must do more to foster renewable solar, gas, and wind energy.

Leviathan gas field resumes operations after risk of strikes from Iran war outbreak

The gas platform for Leviathan, Israel's largest gas field is seen from a helicopter near Haifa bay, northern Israel, August 1, 2023.
WATCH

How ActionAI’s Miriam Haart is shaping the future of reliable AI

Hundreds of kilos of protected plant seized by Israel Nature and Parks Authority in Golan

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

FEATURE
Some of the bags seized, including the Gundelia tournefortii - which is in danger of extinction due to over-harvesting.
INTERVIEW

'Silent murderer': Israel must deal with air pollution, epidemiological research finds

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.

Anthony Albanese deploys troops to aid flood-hit Katherine communities

A Judean Desert carpet of spring wildflowers.

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

FEATURE

Israel’s population struggles with depression amid ongoing conflict, crises

OPINION

As Israel’s PTSD crisis deepens, new treatment offers hope for IDF veterans

FEATURE
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel caused damage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 23, 2026.
FEATURE

Dream Care: This haredi male nurse is helping redefine private nursing care in Israel

Slowness: The healing village in Israel's Lower Galilee that restores body and mind

Health Ministry reveals wartime preparations in Eilat, Dead Sea amid tense security situation

Some 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover

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

Group picture of the new Olim that arrived in Israel.

She moved to Israel during war and this chess champion says she would do it again

CHESS CHAMPION Tícia Gara.

Despite Iran war, 40 American, Canadian Jews make aliyah ahead of Passover

Group picture of the new Olim that arrived in Israel.

Knesset advances bill granting five-year tax exemption to olim, returning residents

Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

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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Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

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Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog

Michal Herzog: Women must 'use their voice' to shape Israel’s future

'Without human insight, innovation is useless'

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

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   

 Israel CENSORED, Khamenei in Russia, and Trump 'disappears'

Unpacking viral theories: Censorship, Mojtaba missing, and death hoaxes

Iran says no to ceasefire, more IRGC eliminations

How ActionAI’s Miriam Haart is shaping the future of reliable AI

US Politics   

A Georgia Democratic candidate for the state Senate, Nathalie Kanani, came under ridicule after a Passover ad published in the Atlanta Jewish Times reportedly featured challah, a leavened bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. April 5, 2026.

Georgia political candidate apologizes for Passover ad that featured challah

US Supreme Court clears way for dismissal of case against Trump ally Steve Bannon

Georgia candidate faces backlash over Passover ad with challah instead of matzah

Diaspora   

Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. He held a crowded Women for Abdul rally in a Detroit suburb. El-Sayed was born in Michigan to parents who immigrated from Egypt.

Jewish leaders uneasy over Senate candidate’s alliance with Hasan Piker

Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash

Jewish families, rabbi, ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school

Judaism   

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Passover reimagined: How Jews reinterpret freedom at the Seder table

Seder night: A crumpled white shirt reveals Passover’s deeper meaning

Christian World   

LATIN PATRIARCH of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, shakes hands with a person, as he passes through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

Police reach agreement with Latin Patriarchate to allow limited groups in Church of Holy Sepulchre

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars, says they have 'hands full of blood'

Sarah Mullally enthroned as first female Archbishop of Canterbury after 1,400 years

Food   

Chinese almonds

Post-Passover recipes to try: Bagels, veggie soup, chicken, and almond cookies

Rashel in Tel Aviv Port: Moroccan feast of holiday flavors

Lifta, the art of food: Inside chef Eli Davis’s bold Jerusalem dining experience

Archaeology   

(a) Section of the mosaic showing the leopard and the woman. (b) Section of the mosaic showing the venator with the pole, the leopard, and the woman.

Lost mosaic shows first visual depiction of women fighting beasts in Roman arenas

Scandinavia's largest prehistoric mound is not a tomb, but a memorial to a natural disaster

China’s largest meteorite iron artifact found at Bronze Age ritual site

Science   

NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth

Google research flags looming quantum threat to cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin vulnerable in minute

Study shows AI systems deceive users to keep fellow AIs from being turned off

Culture   

Tenufa Bakehila worker making shelter safe and accessible

When there is nowhere safe to run

Israel closes out WBC campaign with statement victory over Netherlands

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

History   

Prince Phillip, 2008.

New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years

'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack

'Playmakers': How Jews shaped the American Dream through toys and teddy bears

OMG   

WAHL haircut and shaving machine, Hamilton

Austria’s high court rules male soldiers may wear long hair

Brazil enacts law to allow divorced couples shared custody of pets

Kit-napped: Viral Kit Kat heist sparks responses from brands, cities, and even a Real Housewife

Consumerism   

"Peiwen Su plays a key role in shaping how emerging musical talent is evaluated and developed on the international stage."

Peiwen Su – service on international competition jury panels

Brand news: When Europe arrives in Israel and everything you need for Passover

Breaking the market: Factory 54 invests NIS 30M in its flagship complex at Ramat Aviv Mall

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

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