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IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon amid incessant Hezbollah rocket fire on Israeli towns
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- IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon amid incessant Hezbollah rocket fire on Israeli towns
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- Launched between wars, Tel Aviv bookstore offers curated English selection amid sirens
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- Trump predicts conflict with Iran to end soon, but won't commit to timeline
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
During a briefing and in a one-on-one phone interview with Magid, US President Donald Trump discusses a possible timeframe for ending the war with Iran, a decision he says will be made with Israel. The US leader notes that if the regime harms oil exports, he will strike Iran harder than before.
Magid notes that Trump is not happy with the choice of the new Iranian leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, but isn't discussing his removal, unlike Israel, which has not ruled out his assassination. He also discusses whether Trump is betraying anti-regime protestors by not creating a government that will support them.
There appears to be some behind-the-scenes discomfort with the war against Iran from Vice President JD Vance, report...
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- Is the war causing American gas prices to skyrocket? Learn more on The Daily Briefing Podcast
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- 3 months ago
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- 50 Cargo airlifts carrying equipment for the IDF have landed in Israel over the last 10 days
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- 3 months ago
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- Did Israeli strikes on Iranian oil sites ignite schism with US?
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- 22:08
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Overnight, the Israeli military says, it pushed deeper into southern Lebanon as part of its “enhanced forward defense posture” after Hezbollah began attacking Israel a week ago. While there are Israeli boots on the ground, Berman clarifies that the IDF is not -- yet -- taking part in a ground maneuver.
We turn to Iran and the question of a potential schism between the US and Israel over Israel's targeting of Iranian oil sites. How long can the US continue the conflict in light of the ripple effects on the global economy?
The Times of Israel's US bureau chief Jacob Magid conducted a telephone interview with US President Donald Trump yesterday. We hear the main headlines today, and Magid will fill us...
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- Footage shows two Iranian cluster bomb munitions’ impacts in central Israel
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- 3 months ago
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- Behind the Scenes: ToI during an air-raid siren
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- 3 months ago
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- Behind the scenes: Take a peek at The Times of Israel’s Jerusalem office during an air-raid siren warning civilians of an imminent Iranian ballistic missile attack.
Get the best live updates on the war with Iran from our journalists.
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- Six wounded by shrapnel as Iran fires suspected cluster warhead missile at Israel
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- 3 months ago
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- Six people were injured, one of them seriously, at two impact sites in central Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack that apparently used a cluster warhead on Sunday afternoon, the sixth salvo of the day targeting Israel.
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- IDF: More than 400 targets were struck in western and central Iran
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- IDF: More than 400 targets were struck in western and central Iran
"Over the past day, the Israeli Air Force completed a broad wave of strikes in western and central Iran, during which numerous munitions were dropped on more than 400 military infrastructure targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime, including ballistic missile launchers and additional weapons production sites" the military said.
"Since the beginning of Operation ‘Roaring Lion,’ the Israeli Air Force has carried out hundreds of strikes targeting launchers, air defense systems, weapons storage facilities, and additional infrastructure belonging to the Iranian terror regime. These strikes are aimed at reducing, to the extent possible, the scope of fire directed toward the territory of the State of Israel," they added.
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- Iran attacks still frequent, but fewer missiles each time lowers threat
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- 1:20
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- 3 months ago
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- Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg to discuss how though the frequency of Iranian strikes has remained similar, the threat level is possibly lower given the smaller number of missiles in each strike, making it easier for Israeli air defense systems to intercept each missile. At the same time, Hezbollah in Lebanon has been ramping up its rocket strikes and drones on northern Israel, notes Fabian.
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- Iran attacks still frequent, but fewer missiles each time lowers threat
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Following a long weekend of Iranian and Hezbollah strikes that sent Israelis to shelter multiple times, Fabian notes that while the frequency of Iranian strikes has remained similar, the threat level is possibly lower, given the smaller number of missiles in each strike, making it easier for Israeli air defense systems to intercept each missile.
At the same time, Hezbollah in Lebanon has been ramping up its rocket strikes and drones on northern Israel, notes Fabian.
Israel's Air Force conducted many waves of strikes in Iran, bombing the regime's oil and fuel depots, Fabian reports, hitting the infrastructure involved in ballistic missile production, which forms the biggest threat to Israel.
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- Khamenei vigil in NYC
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- 3 months ago
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- ‘Death to America’ chanters, counter-protesters clash at NYC Khamenei memorial.
Demonstrators dub supreme leader’s death an ‘assassination by US government forces’ as counter-protesters chant ‘terrorist’ and ‘Bibi, thank you’ across a police barricade.
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- Military releases footage of IAF jets striking the underground bunker of Iran's supreme leader
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- 3 months ago
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- A massive Israeli strike Friday morning destroyed the underground Tehran bunker of Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, which was being used by senior regime officials, the IDF announced, as the US-Israeli bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic continued into its seventh day.
The military added that “the compound continued to be used by senior members of the Iranian regime” even after the killing of Khamenei days ago.
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- The Israeli Air Force publishes cockpit footage of IAF fighter jets it says were flying over Iran.
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- 3 months ago
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- The Israeli Air Force publishes cockpit footage of IAF fighter jets it says were flying over Iran.
"We, Israeli Air Force pilots and navigators, are currently flying in formation over the skies of Tehran, en route to strike historic targets," a pilot is heard saying in a recording.
"We continue to fight, as required around the clock, and feel your support all the time. We wish you, Israeli citizens, a safe and quiet Shabbat," the pilot adds.
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- Micah Goodman: How Israel and the US may prevent World War III
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- 3 months ago
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- How Israel and the US may prevent World War III
Host Amanda Borschel-Dan sits down with author and public intellectual Micah Goodman on the sixth day of the United States and Israel's joint war against the Iranian Islamic Republic to take stock and wonder: What if we actually won this war against the evil regime?
Watch the full episode on The Times of Israel Youtube channel.
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- Can the Iran regime be toppled from the air?
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe.
We are one week into a stunning US-Israel bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. Senior Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have been eliminated, and Iran's ability to attack its neighbors and to defend itself has been severely damaged.
But it is still fighting, and launching attacks on countries across the region.
What are US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trying to achieve in this war? And if it is regime change, is that even possible without sending in ground troops?
A possible way to thread that needle -- to avoid committing US or Israeli forces but to still take ground from the Islamic Republic -- is to use local opposition forces. The Kurds are being talked about as a possible vanguard of eth...
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- In world first, Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian jet in air-to-air combat over Tehran
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- 0:17
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- 3 months ago
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- In world 1st, Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian jet in air-to-air combat over Tehran
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- Israel announces its entry for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest
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- 3 months ago
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- Israel announces its entry for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest
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- Micah Goodman: How Israel and the US may prevent World War III
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with author and public intellectual Micah Goodman.
In the sixth day of the United States and Israel's joint war against the Iranian Islamic Republic, Goodman takes stock and allows himself to wonder: What if we actually won this war against the evil regime?
We discuss the trickle effect on the Iranian people, the Mideast region and the world at large.
At this historic juncture, Goodman is hopeful that not only will World War III be averted, but peace may come to the region as Israel's existential threats are neutralized.
And so this week, we ask Micah Goodman, what matters now.
What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Eli Katzoff and edited by Ari Schlacht.
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- Deadly Iranian strike changes Purim for Haredi enclave in Beit Shemesh
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- 3 months ago
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- Deadly Iranian strike changes Purim for Haredi enclave in Beit Shemesh
Political correspondent Sam Sokol and police reporter Charlie Summers join host Jessica Steinberg to discuss the aftermath of Sunday's deadly strike on Beit Shemesh, which include both shock and mourning, as well as Purim celebrations in some synagogues that flouted the Home Front Command directives regarding gatherings.
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- Deadly Iranian strike changes Purim for Haredi enclave in Beit Shemesh
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political correspondent Sam Sokol and police reporter Charlie Summers join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Following the deadly strike on Sunday that killed nine people in Beit Shemesh, Sokol and Summers discuss the shock and mourning in the centrally located city with a strong Haredi enclave.
Purim celebrations and revelry continued in some parts of Beit Shemesh, report the pair, as some synagogues flouted the Home Front Command directives regarding gatherings, while others reflected a somber, cautious mood.
Sokol takes a moment to update us on matters in the Knesset, where most committee meetings were canceled due to the hostilities, and speculates on whether war with Iran will boost Netanyahu at the ballot box in the upcoming elections.
Finally, Summers reports on...
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- Bomb shelter wedding
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- 0:21
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- 3 months ago
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- Get the best live updates on this war from the links in our bio
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- IDF strikes in Qum
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- 3 months ago
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- The IDF publishes new footage of airstrikes against Iranian ballistic missile launchers and air defenses systems in Iran.
According to the military, the ballistic missile launcher in Qom was ready for an attack on Israel.
The air defense system destroyed in the strike was located in Isfahan, the military says.
Get the best live updates on this war from the links in our bio
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- US, Israel targeting Iran regime forces involved in crackdown to enable protest renewal
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- 0:19
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- 3 months ago
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- Trump’s war on Iran draws ire as detractors blame Jewish state
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- 0:55
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- 3 months ago
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- Editor David Horovitz on who launched this war, whose war it is, and how the international stage may be getting it all wrong
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- The Israeli Navy shot down a Hezbollah drone launched from Lebanon this morning
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- 0:12
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- 3 months ago
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- Her-storical documents: 2 Esther scrolls copied by female scribes celebrate Jewish resilience
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- 3 months ago
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- On February 9, 1767, just a few weeks before the Jewish holiday of Purim, a Jewish teen in Rome celebrated her 14th birthday by putting the final touches on a parchment scroll.
Joining the ranks of only some two dozen known female scribes through the mid-19th century, Luna Ambron had just completed writing a copy of Megillat Esther, the biblical Book of Esther, which Jews traditionally read from to mark the festival.
Accompanying the scroll was a separate blessing sheet, also written by Ambron in delicate Hebrew cursive, that marked the occasion. “With the help of the wondrous God of great deeds, the writing of these blessings together with the scroll was completed on the tenth day of the month of Adar 1 in the year 5527, all in script, written as if by the hand of the Lord who has taught understanding the modest and gracious girl, innocent lady Luna, daughter of the honorable gentleman Yehudà Ambron, may his Fortress preserve and sustain him in life,” re...
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- Trump’s war on Iran draws ire as detractors blame Jewish state
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied that Israel dragged the US into war with Iran, insisting that if anything, the opposite could be true and that he felt Iran was going to attack first. These remarks come as politicians and media influencers on both sides of the US aisle condemn "Israel's war" and point their fingers at the Jewish state.
In the first half of the program, we take a deep dive into Iran's greater existential threat to the Mideast -- and the world at large. Which nations appear to start internalizing that the extremist Islamist nation may actually do what it threatens it will?
In the second half, we talk about the opportunity afforded at this time for Iranians to rise up and change their regime....
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- Volunteers in Israel clean up missile debris
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- Hundreds of Israeli volunteers from relief organizations are helping clear debris from homes struck by missiles since the start of the renewed war with Iran.
Several civilian response organizations are working in cooperation with the Home Front Command.
Lev Ehad (One Heart) aims to help victims of terror and mobilizes thousands of volunteers in times of emergency and crisis.
(Footage courtesy of Lev Ehad)
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- Missile shrapnel wounds 12 and causes substantial damage in central Israel
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- 3 months ago
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- As the IDF kept pounding Tehran and cities across the country with strikes, Iran launched dozens more ballistic missiles and drones at Israel and Arab countries across the Gulf.
After a 10-hour lull, sirens again sounded across Israel Tuesday morning and into the afternoon, including in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Submunitions from cluster bomb warheads hit several locations in central Israel, wounding 12 people, medics said Tuesday afternoon.
Magen David Adom said it treated a woman in her 40s in moderate condition who was injured by a blast, and four others in good condition after they were hit by glass shards and blasts.
Stay up to date with The Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-3-2026/
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- IDF sends troops further into south Lebanon and strikes Beirut amid Hezbollah attacks
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- 3 months ago
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- The IDF said Tuesday it had deployed troops deeper into southern Lebanon “as part of an enhanced forward defense posture” amid attacks by the Hezbollah terror group.
The expanded deployment came after Iran-backed Hezbollah began launching rockets and drones at northern Israel early Monday in response to Israel’s killing of the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader.
This expansion comes just after the Israeli Air Force carried out an “extensive” wave of strikes against Hezbollah military assets in Beirut overnight and on Tuesday morning which, according to the IDF, hit weapons depots, command centers, and “satellite communications” equipment belonging to Hezbollah’s intelligence division in Lebanon’s capital.
Continue reading on The Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-sends-troops-further-into-south-lebanon-and-strikes-beirut-amid-hezbollah-attacks/
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- Goals of war remain murky amid Trump administration's mixed messages
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- 1:20
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- 3 months ago
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- As the US tells American citizens to evacuate the Middle East, US bureau chief Jacob Magid and host Jessica Steinberg discuss the mixed messaging about the war with Iran from American administration officials.
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- Goals of war remain murky amid Trump administration's mixed messages
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- 28:22
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As the US tells American citizens to evacuate the Middle East in a warning posted on X, Magid discusses the mixed messaging about the war with Iran from Trump administration officials across a range of statements and press conferences on Monday.
US President Donald Trump spoke about the need to rid the Iranian regime of its nuclear capabilities, to destroy its missiles and navy, and then bring about regime change, reports Magid, as well as mentioning possible negotiations with the successors to leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed Saturday in a strike.
Trump's stated goals were followed by comments made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, each of whom offer...
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- IAF maneuvers
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- 0:31
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- 3 months ago
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- The IDF publishes footage showing a drone strike targeting Iranian air defense soldiers in Iran.
The military says the Iranian soldiers sought to target Israeli Air Force aircraft.
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- Book of Esther reading in airport
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- 0:19
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- 3 months ago
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- Stranded Israelis attempting to return home from Europe are about to board a flight to Egypt’s Taba border crossing, on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
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- March 2, 2026
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- 3 months ago
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- Israeli fighter jet pilot evading interceptor missile over Iran
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- Footage shows fire and destruction following overnight Israeli strikes on south Beirut, Lebanon
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- 3 months ago
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- IDF strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli warnings
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- 3 months ago
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- Israel's Air Force neutralizing Iranian soldiers
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- 0:13
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- 3 months ago
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- Israel's Air Force neutralizes a squad of Iranian soldiers from the regime's defense array before they activate defenses against Israeli forces.
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- Munitions and equipment airlift arrives in Israel
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- 0:13
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- 3 months ago
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- Over the past 24 hours, the first cargo aircraft landed in Israel carrying various munitions and military equipment. Defense Minister Israel Katz and Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Director General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram, have prioritized bolstering Israel’s strategic endurance and ensuring uninterrupted operational readiness amid preparations for potential escalation across additional fronts.
Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense
The airlift operation is expected to scale up in the coming days. It is being carried out jointly by the IMOD Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD) through its International Shipping Division, the IMOD Missions to the United States and Germany, the IDF Planning Directorate, the Israel Airports Authority, and the Israel Civil Aviation Authority.
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- IDF adds Hezbollah to decapitation campaign after it joins war
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- 0:50
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- 3 months ago
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- On day 3 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran, military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on fatalities in Beit Shemesh and among US servicemen, plus, how the conflict launched on Saturday
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- IDF adds Hezbollah to decapitation campaign after it joins war
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- 22:53
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Rockets and drones launched from Lebanon set sirens blaring across northern Israel in the early hours of Monday, as the Hezbollah terror group entered the fray to assist its backer, Iran, after the killing of the supreme leader. Fabian describes how this strike from the terror group has allowed the IDF to add Hezbollah heads to an ongoing campaign to decapitate the leadership of Iran.
Nine people were killed and more than 40 were injured when a missile destroyed a Beit Shemesh synagogue and caused extensive damage to a public bomb shelter beneath it, as well as surrounding homes. Fabian explains what we know about the failure to down this missile and why the impact was so deadly.
Three American soldier...
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- In London and New York, Israelis and Iranians celebrate Khamenei's death together
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- 0:26
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- 3 months ago
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- After the announcement of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death, areas home to both Jewish and Iranian communities in London and New York saw massive celebrations. In Finchley and Golders Green, fireworks were set off and members of the Orthodox Jewish community sang in Persian and Hebrew together with their Iranian neighbors. Meanwhile, in Times Square, Israelis and Iranians danced together jubilant celebration.
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- An Israeli Air Force fighter jet prepares to take off from an airbase in Israel for strikes in Iran
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- 0:14
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- 3 months ago
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- Khamenei is dead. Will the Iranian regime die with him?
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- 18:24
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, was killed Saturday in a joint US-Israeli strike on his Tehran compound at the outset of a long-planned military operation against the Islamic Republic. Berman weighs in on how, after Khamenei's almost 37 years in power, the regime may choose a new leader -- or whether the people could rise up and create a new paradigm.
We speak about the widespread nature of Iran's retaliatory strikes, including on many of its neighboring Arab states. As opposed to the June 2025 12-day war, Iran seems bent on punishing US allies in the region. We hear how these nations, including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, are responding so far.
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- Israel launches preemptive attack on Iran; targets Iranian leaders
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- 1:00
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- 3 months ago
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- US, Israel strike Iran's top leaders in Operation Roaring Lion
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- 12:48
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- 3 months ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Israel and the US launched a major joint strike on Iran on Saturday, with waves of attacks on sites across the Islamic Republic. US and Israeli officials confirmed that this coordinated strike has been months in the making.
Fabian updates us that strikes targeted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, alongside other top regime and military commanders. We hear what we currently know about the strikes' results, even as Iran has retaliated with some 40 ballistic missiles so far.
Schools have been canceled for the near future and medical centers around Israel have switched to emergency mode, moving critical patients and operations to underground complexes or protected spaces.
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- US and Israel launch major joint assault on Iran | February 28, 2026
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- 1:17
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- 3 months ago
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- Stay up to date on The Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-february-28-2026/
