IDF

Iran says no to ceasefire, more IRGC eliminations

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates the passing of the Death Penalty for Terrorists bill in the Knesset, March 30, 2026

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

An Israeli emergency worker wipes the tears off a child's face at an impact site, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bnei Brak, Israel April 1, 2026.

Rabbis hold key to safety in Israel's haredi society - opinion

Boys wave flags of Lebanon and Amal Movement in Tyre, Lebanon, November 27, 2024; illustrative.

Lebanese Shi’a party Amal competing, coordinating with Hezbollah, experts tell ‘Post’


Gulf states urge end of war, terror death penalty approved

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen wearing a gold pin of a noose, on December 8, 2025.

‘Axis of terror is beginning to collapse’ Zamir says as IDF, US continue strikes across Iran

The IDF also stated that as it conducted the strikes on weapons production facilities, parallel strikes were conducted on missile launch sites and surface-to-air missile launch positions.

Car wrecks and a residential building damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026.

All critical, essential targets within Iran to be destroyed before Passover, IDF announces

The IDF deemed "critical" targets as those that immediately threatened Israel, such as ballistic missile industry targets, as well as targets that were at the heart of the mission goals of the war.

An Israel Air Force fighter jet seen in central Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel-US and Iran, March 18, 2026.

Northern Israel faces over 50 Hezbollah rocket launches, drone infiltrations, leaving three injured

Three people were lightly injured in the attacks, including a 6-year-old child. Only two people were taken to a nearby hospital for their injuries. 

First responders on scene of a fragment fall after an Iranian cluster munition was intercepted over central Israel on March 31, 2026.

WATCH: IDF reveals Hezbollah took control of Christian Lebanese village to launch attacks at Israel

Further, the military said it had killed dozens of terrorists operating in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.

IDF troops from the 226th Brigade during targeted ground operations in southern Lebanon.

Four soldiers killed, two wounded while fighting in southern Lebanon, IDF confirms

The military shared the names of the fallen soldiers: Captain Noam Madmoni, Staff Sergeant Ben Cohen, Staff Sergeant Maxsim Entis, and Staff Sergeant Gilad Harel.

Staff Sergeant Maxsim Entis, Captain Noam Madmoni, Staff Sergeant Ben Cohen, Staff Sergeant Gilad Harel.

IDF destroys launchers used in Hezbollah barrage, Netanyahu says Iranian regime weaker than ever

IRGC recruits 12-year-olds to fill personnel gaps • Four IDF soldiers killed in southern Lebanon • Hegseth refuses to give timeline to end war

An IDF soldier and tank operate in southern Lebanon on March 21, 2026.

Both Hezbollah and Iran weighed preemptive strikes on Israel, defense sources say

Defense sources noted that the IDF and American attacks on Iran threw off Hezbollah's calculations, disrupting their plan for a preemptive strike.

A woman holds a sign depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a rally organised by Lebanese political parties supporting the Hezbollah movement outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut on March 26, 2026.

Israel to keep effective control of southern Lebanon, attacks on Hezbollah to continue post-war

Defense sources said the IDF will use various sensors, surveillance, aerial power, artillery, and tanks mixed in with ground troops in various parts of southern Lebanon to keep Hezbollah out.

Smoke is released after an Israeli army self-propelled Howitzer artillery gun fires rounds from the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border with southern Lebanon on March 27, 2026.

IDF announces death of Sgt. Liran Ben Zion, 19, killed in southern Lebanon

Ben Zion’s family has been informed of his death.

Fallen IDF soldier, Sgt. Liran Ben Zion, 19, who fell during combat in southern Lebanon, March 30.