GOLDIE KATZ

Goldie Katz is a Breaking News Writer and Editor for The Jerusalem Post .

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a security assessment at the Kirya in Tel Aviv with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on April 3, 2026.

Netanyahu vows to continue crushing Iranian regime during security assessment

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, DC, US April 1, 2026.

Trump says US 'on the cusp' of ending war, threatens to hit Iranian electric plants 'very hard'

People attend a funeral ceremony for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri, who was killed in strikes, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026.

US intelligence assessments indicate Iran currently unwilling to negotiate end to war - report


Iran pushes Houthis toward Red Sea attacks as Israel keeps restrictions unchanged

The Houthis' further actions could depend on whether or not the United States escalates its own strikes against the Iranian regime as a part of Operation Epic Fury.

A protester with a poster featuring a picture of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen March 6, 2026.

‘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.

Some 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover

Among the new immigrants were children and the elderly, with 4,119 children and teenagers between the ages of zero and 18 and 2,426 people over 65 making aliyah over the past 11 months.

Group picture of the new Olim that arrived in Israel.

Trump claims Iran 'agreeing' with US on 15-point peace plan

When asked about Iran’s response to the plan, which was sent to Iran via Pakistan, US President Donald Trump said, "They gave us most of the points," and asked, "Why wouldn't they?”

US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, March 29, 2026.

'If Lebanon won't disarm Hezbollah, IDF will': Effie Defrin warns against Hezbollah’s rearmament

“If the Lebanese government does not disarm Hezbollah, the IDF will. We will not allow Hezbollah to rearm, and we will continue operating in order to protect our civilians on our northern border.”

IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin; illustrative.

Trump announces ten-day halt to strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, claims talks are ongoing

“We’ll see if we can make the right deal. We’ll see if they want to do it,” he said. “In the meantime, we’ll just keep blowing them away unimpeded.”

US President Donald Trump, sitting next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.

No US-Iran talks ‘appear realistic’ at the moment, senior Iranian official tells Reuters

The official stated that Iran has reviewed a US 15-point proposal for ending the ongoing war in the Middle East and deemed it “one-sided and unfair,” serving only US and Israeli interests.

People attend an anti-US and Israeli rally, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 22, 2026.

Israel approves proposal to build permanent US embassy in Jerusalem

The approval was announced in a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar, and Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz.

View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, Israel, February 24, 2018.

Canada 'strongly condemns' Israeli plan to occupy buffer zone in southern Lebanon

The plan would entail Israeli forces occupying Lebanese territory between the Litani River and Israel’s northern border in an effort to reduce the threat posed by Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah.

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on a bridge, near Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, March 22, 2026

US sends Iran 15-point proposal for ending war in Middle East

The plan, which was delivered to Iran via Pakistan, reportedly addresses Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs, as well as issues regarding the Strait of Hormuz.

A U.S. Marines F-35C Lightning II prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 7, 2026.