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Six leading Senate Democrats condemn apparent U.S. strike on Iranian girls' school

Haaretz - 01:25 Mar 09, 2026

Senators Mark Warner and Jack Reed, along with four other senior Democrats, described the strike in a joint statement as 'appalling and unacceptable' and called for a full and impartial review of the incident. The girls' school in Minab, southern Iran, was hit during the initial wave of U.S. and Israeli attacks on the country.
Woman moderately wounded after Iranian missile hits central Israel

Haaretz - 22:35 Mar 08, 2026
Not exactly 'Dunkirk': Rescue yachts prepared for the Iran war – but few Israelis came

Haaretz - 22:02 Mar 08, 2026

Last June, private yachts ferried stranded Israelis between Cyprus and Israel at thousands of shekels per person. During the current war with Iran, flights to nearby airports, winter weather and calmer travelers are killing demand

Tags: Iran Israelis
While all eyes are on Iran, Jewish terrorism is rising in the West Bank

Haaretz - 21:37 Mar 08, 2026

Israel, by means of the Jewish marauders, is advancing the gradual expulsion of Palestinians from their lands, and in doing so, it may be responsible for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity

Tags: Jewish
Iran names Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as new supreme leader, state media report

Haaretz - 21:15 Mar 08, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has previously called the newly chosen leader a 'lightweight,' saying that he should have a role in the choice of the next leader, a demand Iran has rejected

Tags: Iran
What Israel's wars do to women

Haaretz - 20:48 Mar 08, 2026

This International Women's Day, the region must confront a grim reality: war exacerbates domestic violence. Cramped shelters, sleepless nights, reserve duty and its trauma, closed schools and a stalled economy are pushing families to the brink
BBC: Hospital and schools in Iran damaged by strikes on nearby targets

Haaretz - 20:45 Mar 08, 2026

According to an analysis of satellite imagery and verified videos by the BBC, Tehran's Gandhi Hospital and Golestan Palace were both damaged after nearby government targets, a broadcasting building and the Supreme Court building, were attacked
200 women, 200 children among 1,200 killed in war, Iran's Health Ministry says

Haaretz - 20:37 Mar 08, 2026

Iranian authorities say more than 10,000 have been wounded and hospitals damaged. After strikes ignited fuel depots near Tehran, the Red Crescent warned of toxic smoke over the capital
IDF officials admit military struggling to intercept Hezbollah drones from Lebanon

Haaretz - 20:19 Mar 08, 2026

So far, the IDF is sticking with its initial decision not to order evacuations, but army officials noted that the IDF's success with interceptions has been 'very partial,' and that a 'long war' is likely
Shin Bet threatens Israeli with security offense charges over anti-Netanyahu posts

Haaretz - 20:16 Mar 08, 2026

Anti-judicial coup activist Yuval Leshem was detained on Friday night in breach of a High Court ruling, and was told to cease posting about Netanyahu and his family online. The Shin Bet said the investigation concerned suspicion of contact with foreign parties

Tags: Netanyahu
Purim in Israel was canceled because of the Iran war. Or was it?

Haaretz - 19:43 Mar 08, 2026

War may have shut down Israel's biggest Purim parties, but in bomb shelters and at smaller celebrations Israelis kept dancing. Is this resilience or escapism to the point of denial?

Tags: Purim
Explosive device thrown at NYC anti-Islam protest outside Mamdani's mayoral home

Haaretz - 19:00 Mar 08, 2026

An anti-Islam protest organized by far-right influencer Andrew Lang outside the official mayoral residence of Zohran Mamdani ended in multiple arrests after counterprotesters were pepper sprayed and responded with homemade incendiary devices

Tags: Islam
Trump wants to bomb Iran into submission, but he may not find what he seeks in the rubble

Haaretz - 18:22 Mar 08, 2026

Iran's protest movements remain unripe and lack the leadership needed to seize power. Trump's statements about approving the country's next leader may evoke memories of darker times before the Islamic Republic, when foreign powers helped restore a dictatorship at the expense of democracy
Jewish-Arab group raises funds for bomb shelters in Bedouin towns in Israel's south

Haaretz - 18:17 Mar 08, 2026

While Bedouin communities have one shelter per 50,000 residents, a nearby Jewish Israeli city has one per 270; Arab-Jewish group Standing Together launches a shelter fundraiser: 'Israel started the war with Iran without thinking about those who can't protect themselves,' an activist says
How Israeli air defense systems are helping shield Cyprus, UAE and Azerbaijan from Iran's missiles and drones

Haaretz - 18:14 Mar 08, 2026

The three countries have deployed Israeli Barak and SPYDER systems alongside U.S. and other defenses to counter Iranian strikes
Trump says deploying U.S. ground forces in Iran 'on the table'

Haaretz - 17:47 Mar 08, 2026

The U.S. Ambassador to the UN confirmed that the U.S. has 'troops and assets that are focused on seizing weapons of mass destruction if needed and if so ordered,' as Senator Lindsey Graham urged Arab countries to 'get in this fight' and strike Iran

Tags: Iran
Israeli satire show touches a nerve with 'advice' from Khamenei on democratic backsliding

Haaretz - 17:34 Mar 08, 2026

The satirical monologue imagines Khamenei recalling how Iran abandoned liberalism for religious rule, sparking debate in Israel over whether the sketch was a divisive attack on Jewish tradition or a warning about the country under Netanyahu's far-right government

Tags: Khamenei
Iran war rages, but killings continue: Arab Israeli shot to death in Nazareth

Haaretz - 16:36 Mar 08, 2026

The victim, a man in his 50s, is the latest in a wave of killings that has disproportionately affected Arab citizens, who were killed on average every 36 hours in 2025
Two Israeli soldiers killed by anti-tank fire in southern Lebanon, IDF says

Haaretz - 16:17 Mar 08, 2026

The soldiers were killed while towing a stuck military vehicle near the Lebanese border. The incident, which also wounded an officer, follows a weekend in which ten soldiers were wounded in separate cross-border attacks
Iranian cluster missile strike in central Israel leaves five wounded, one severely

Haaretz - 15:39 Mar 08, 2026

Tel Aviv District police chief told reporters that cluster munitions fell at several of the impact sites, while in others, interceptor shrapnel landed. According to eyewitnesses, buildings and vehicles were damaged in Bnei Brak and Petach Tikva

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