Israel News for 3-30-2026
News Update
Israel continues to expand its campaign against Iran’s military infrastructure. The IDF said it recently struck one of the IRGC’s key military sites embedded within Imam Hossein University in Tehran, the corps’ primary academic and training institution, which it said also serves as an operational asset for the regime. Multiple facilities within the university complex were targeted, to damage Iran’s weapons development capabilities.
A combined barrage (included cluster bombs) from Iran and Lebanon struck central and northern Israel on Monday, triggering sirens from Netanya to the Galilee. The barrage from Lebanon toward northern and central Israel, as far south as Herzliya, included about 10 rockets, some of which were intercepted while others fell in open areas. There was a reported impact at the Bazan oil refinery complex. In the Haifa area, reports indicated multiple impact sites, power outages and structural damage, including a roof collapse. Yesterday, Iran fired a cluster missile towards southern Israel, causing some damage in Beersheva and in a large industrial park south of the city.
Sgt. Liran Ben Zion, 19, from Holon, was killed overnight by anti-tank missile fire in southern Lebanon. He served as a tank crewman in the 9th Battalion of the 401st Armored Brigade. Tow other soldiers were seriously wounded from anti-tank fire and another from a drone explosion.
Since the start of the ground operation, five additional soldiers have been killed in anti-tank fire, clashes and rocket attacks: Sgt. 1st Class Maher Khatar, Staff sergeant Or Demry, Staff sergeant Ori Greenberg, Sergeant Aviaad Elchanan Volansky, and Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen. More than 30 soldiers have been wounded in the fighting in southern Lebanon.The goal of the IDF is to create a security buffer deeper inside Lebanese territory, away from the border, to reduce rocket fire on residents of northern Israel.
In other news, Israel invited the U.S. to build permanent military bases in the country, and the Knesset passed the new 2026 budget by a slim majority, along coalition lines. It is the largest budget in the country’s history, at $271 billion.
