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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-03-14 at 03:02
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- IDF strikes Iran evacuation order issued
- Beirut apartment strike kills four
- Muslim advisor resigns over Zionist agenda
The time is now 3:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
In Direct Israel-Iran Clashes, the Israeli Defense Forces issued an evacuation order for an industrial area west of Tabriz, Iran, telling residents to leave the area shown on the map as operations are expected in the coming hours and warning that staying could put lives at risk. The IDF said it has conducted 20 waves of strikes across western and central Iran, targeting more than 150 regime sites including missile sites and launchers, drone facilities, defense systems, and weapons production facilities. It also said the Israeli air force eliminated several members of the Iranian Basij overnight as they operated recently established roadblocks in Tehran.
In Regional Impacts, sirens were reported along frontline lines near Goren, Shomra, and the surrounding area as tensions persist. Hamas called on Iran’s allies not to attack neighboring states. Baghdad reported last night a volley of attacks from Iran and Lebanon with a direct hit in the north, though there were no casualties. Reports also quoted Putin as wanting to wrap up the war in Iran and floated a plan for President Trump. The Mossad was described as continuing to cast pressure on the Basij, and one account cited a man who blocked entry to a shelter during a siren, saying the direct message to the Iranian people was to “call me a Nazi and crush me at that moment.”
In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Arab media reported four people killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment in Beirut’s al-Nabwa area of Burj Hamud. Hamas again urged Iran’s allies not to attack neighboring states as Baghdad described last-night volleys from Iran and Lebanon with a northern hit and no casualties. Separately, southern Lebanon authorities reported a targeted killing directed at an apartment in the heart of Sidon, underscoring the ongoing regional volatility linked to the wider Iran confrontation.
In US Policy Concerning Israel, Sameerah Munshi, a Muslim advisor on the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission, resigned to protest what she described as a Zionist political agenda, arguing free expression is being curtailed as a result of the Israel-Iran crisis; she pointed to the removal of commissioner Carrie Prejean Boller and published her resignation on Substack after posting the message to X, noting the timing came hours after a Michigan synagogue incident. In a separate development, Trump adviser David Sacks urged the United States to declare victory and withdraw from the Iran conflict, warning that continued escalation could endanger Gulf infrastructure, oil markets, and Israel’s air defenses and calling for a negotiated off-ramp.
In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, an explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, with the city’s mayor calling it a deliberate attack on the Jewish community; the incident follows an attack on a Rotterdam synagogue earlier in the week, for which four suspects were arrested. A new Shi’ite group, Ashab Al Yamim, claimed responsibility for the Rotterdam bombing, and authorities have stepped up surveillance of synagogues in the city as investigators pursue further leads amid heightened concerns about attacks on Jewish targets worldwide.
In Uplifting News, Prof. Nancy Caroline is highlighted as the woman who transformed emergency medicine in Israel, driving the development of mobile intensive care units and shaping the modern paramedic profession as Magen David Adom’s first medical director, with her work celebrated on International Women’s Day. A feature on the Judean Desert in bloom follows, describing a healing landscape just beyond Jerusalem and outlining a new wellness-focused series
- IDF strikes Iran evacuation order issued
- Beirut apartment strike kills four
- Muslim advisor resigns over Zionist agenda
The time is now 3:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
In Direct Israel-Iran Clashes, the Israeli Defense Forces issued an evacuation order for an industrial area west of Tabriz, Iran, telling residents to leave the area shown on the map as operations are expected in the coming hours and warning that staying could put lives at risk. The IDF said it has conducted 20 waves of strikes across western and central Iran, targeting more than 150 regime sites including missile sites and launchers, drone facilities, defense systems, and weapons production facilities. It also said the Israeli air force eliminated several members of the Iranian Basij overnight as they operated recently established roadblocks in Tehran.
In Regional Impacts, sirens were reported along frontline lines near Goren, Shomra, and the surrounding area as tensions persist. Hamas called on Iran’s allies not to attack neighboring states. Baghdad reported last night a volley of attacks from Iran and Lebanon with a direct hit in the north, though there were no casualties. Reports also quoted Putin as wanting to wrap up the war in Iran and floated a plan for President Trump. The Mossad was described as continuing to cast pressure on the Basij, and one account cited a man who blocked entry to a shelter during a siren, saying the direct message to the Iranian people was to “call me a Nazi and crush me at that moment.”
In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Arab media reported four people killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment in Beirut’s al-Nabwa area of Burj Hamud. Hamas again urged Iran’s allies not to attack neighboring states as Baghdad described last-night volleys from Iran and Lebanon with a northern hit and no casualties. Separately, southern Lebanon authorities reported a targeted killing directed at an apartment in the heart of Sidon, underscoring the ongoing regional volatility linked to the wider Iran confrontation.
In US Policy Concerning Israel, Sameerah Munshi, a Muslim advisor on the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission, resigned to protest what she described as a Zionist political agenda, arguing free expression is being curtailed as a result of the Israel-Iran crisis; she pointed to the removal of commissioner Carrie Prejean Boller and published her resignation on Substack after posting the message to X, noting the timing came hours after a Michigan synagogue incident. In a separate development, Trump adviser David Sacks urged the United States to declare victory and withdraw from the Iran conflict, warning that continued escalation could endanger Gulf infrastructure, oil markets, and Israel’s air defenses and calling for a negotiated off-ramp.
In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, an explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, with the city’s mayor calling it a deliberate attack on the Jewish community; the incident follows an attack on a Rotterdam synagogue earlier in the week, for which four suspects were arrested. A new Shi’ite group, Ashab Al Yamim, claimed responsibility for the Rotterdam bombing, and authorities have stepped up surveillance of synagogues in the city as investigators pursue further leads amid heightened concerns about attacks on Jewish targets worldwide.
In Uplifting News, Prof. Nancy Caroline is highlighted as the woman who transformed emergency medicine in Israel, driving the development of mobile intensive care units and shaping the modern paramedic profession as Magen David Adom’s first medical director, with her work celebrated on International Women’s Day. A feature on the Judean Desert in bloom follows, describing a healing landscape just beyond Jerusalem and outlining a new wellness-focused series