Iranian forces hit hard by US, Israeli strikes, continue to crackdown on potential protestors

REPORT

IDF begins new waves of attacks in Iran, Lebanon, drone attacks target UAE, Iraq

Live Updates
Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref visited several checkpoints to boost the morale of Basij and IRGC forces.
In recent days, the Basij and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, together with the police, have set up checkpoints across the streets of Tehran and other cities, some of which have been targeted in Israeli attacks. This photo dates back to previous months.
Clashes have escalated in Iranian universities following attacks on students by Basij forces; on Monday, students set fire to Islamic Republic flags on campuses.

Gulf states use Israeli expertise against Iranian missiles, drones, ambassador to US says

Smoke rises in the sky after blasts were heard in Manama, Bahrain, February 28, 2026.
Leonie Gittani, instructing solicitor for alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram, speaks to the media as she leaves Downing Centre Local and District Court with Senior Public Defender for New South Wales Richard Wilson SC, in Sydney, Australia, March 17, 2026.

Family of Bondi Beach shooting suspect seeks gag order amid vigilante threats

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media, as he heads to Marine One to travel to Ohio and Kentucky, from the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 11, 2026.

US urges allies to label Iran’s IRGC, Hezbollah as terrorist groups amid Middle East tensions

WATCH

IDF begins limited ground operations targeting Hezbollah in northern Israel

US Vice President JD Vance holds a joint press conference with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), in Yerevan, Armenia, February 9, 2026.

JD Vance voices full support for Trump on Iran war, dismisses rift speculation

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
Ukranian President Zelensky meets with The Jerusalem Post's Amichai Stein, March 16, 2026.

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

EXCLUSIVE
A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019

US judge blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy overhaul, halts changes to child shot schedule

Debris lies in a ward of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Pakistani air strike devastates Kabul rehab center as survivor recalls 'doomsday' scene

US President Donald Trump takes a question as he speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, March 9, 2026.

Trump says he expects to have 'honor of taking Cuba,' heightening tensions

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

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

Sa'ar calls Mojtaba Khamenei's absence 'embarassing', says Iran is close to 'modern piracy'

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

Israeli Minister of foreign affairs Gideon Saar attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026.
REPORT

Israeli group quietly organized charter flights evacuating Palestinians from Gaza

Palestinians flee with their belongings loaded on vehicles and carts as others walk along Rashid Street towards the south of Gaza, following intensified Israeli airstrikes and evacuation orders in the northern areas of the enclave in Gaza City, Gaza on September 17, 2025.

IDF kills Hamas anti-tank corps commander in Gaza, terrorists throwing rocks in West Bank

IDF Armor Brigade 7 soldiers operate in Gaza on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

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

A man brandish Israeli flags following an Iranian strike in Givatayim, in the center of Israel on March 6, 2026.

Israel's government risks unity by advancing divisive laws amid ongoing war with Iran

EDITORIAL
Members of the Nigerian Red Cross assist wounded victims into an ambulance after multiple explosions struck the northeastern city of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, March 16, 2026.

'Barbaric, inhumane': Casualties feared as multiple blasts rock Nigeria's Maiduguri

Students and their teachers from Berlin’s Refik Veseli School and Tirana’s Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri pose for a group shot in front of Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2026.

German school named for Albanian who saved Jews sends students to Tirana for Holocaust remembrance

A banner in tribute to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after he was killed in Israeli and US strikes, and other leaders who were killed amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, is displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026.

Iran's revolution-in-waiting: Why the point of no return has already passed

ANALYSIS

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

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

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.

Jews decry UK newspaper for appearing to justify attack on Israeli-founded bakery

Red paint was splattered on the entrance to a north London branch of Gail's, a popular bakery chain founded by Israelis.

One in five UK university students would not have Jewish roommate, UJS polling finds

 The Gilbert Scott Building at the University of Glasgow.

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

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

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi forms committee for transitional justice, truth-finding in Iran

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

Sa'ar calls Mojtaba Khamenei's absence 'embarassing', says Iran is close to 'modern piracy'

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

Smoke rises following a drone attack on the US embassy in Baghdad on March 14, 2026. A drone struck the US embassy in Baghdad on March 14, an Iraqi security official said, as an AFP journalist saw smoke rising from the complex.

Drones attack US embassy in Baghdad, Oil Industry Zone in UAE

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

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

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

What are cluster munitions and how does Israel intercept them?

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli center coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 9, 2026.

Mother claims Grey Bull Rescue delayed daughter’s Israel evacuation unless $1 million raised

A FULL MOON, also known as a blood moon, is seen behind the flag of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. What Iran actually did was answer, once and for all, a question that had lingered over Middle Eastern geopolitics for the better part of a generation: Whose side are the Gulf states

KAN 11 to rerun 'Tehran' series at midnight every night

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

Rubio designates Jewish Iranian American Kamran Hekmati as wrongfully detained by Iran, cousin says

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

Kemran Hekmati, pictured in a family photo. Iran charged the 70-year-old Jewish Iranian-American for traveling to Israel.

What to know about AIPAC’s boosting of a candidate who accused Israel of genocide

Evanston mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss, right, confronts U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino in Evanston, Illinois,  Dec. 17, 2025.

US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case

A view from the public hearing at the International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, the Hague, Netherlands, April 29, 2025.

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

A Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, floats in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Linosa, in this handout picture released on March 13, 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

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

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

FEATURE
Debris from a missile fired from Iran that fell in a field in central Israel, March 10, 2026. Photo by Flash90
STUDY

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

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

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

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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   

US President Donald Trump sits with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as he speaks during a lunch with the Trump Kennedy Center Board Members in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles diagnosed with breast cancer, will continue work, Trump says

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

Diaspora   

Evanston mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss, right, confronts U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino in Evanston, Illinois,  Dec. 17, 2025.

What to know about AIPAC’s boosting of a candidate who accused Israel of genocide

Mother claims Grey Bull Rescue delayed daughter’s Israel evacuation unless $1 million raised

Chabad warns of Iranian infiltration attempts in new global security campaign

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   

Shemesh vs. Efendi Shawarma.

The end of the argument: The big winner in the heated Shawarma showdown of greater Tel Aviv

A new dermo-cosmetic solution for skin prone to psoriasis

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

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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