Iran War Updates Friday March 6

3:00pm

Rockets intercepted no reports of injuries 

- Sirens sounding across Iarael with incoming Rockets from Iran according to foreign media

-White House: We’ll need 4 to 6 weeks to meet war objectives; Iran’s navy ‘combat ineffective’

- U.S. Embassy Jerusalem has started offering bus service to Taba for U.S. citizens in need of assistance departing Israel. If interested in assisted departure via a bus on Saturday, March 7 or Sunday, March 8, 2026, please fill out this online form . Once we have assigned you to a bus you will receive details about the time of departure and rally point. Departures are available from the Jerusalem area and the Tel Aviv area. 

- Dans Deals: Air Haifa, Arkia, and Israir are now selling flights from Tel Aviv to Europe starting on Sunday, 3/8! You can book flights on their sites or from a travel agent. El Al is assigning seats on the flight starting Sunday based on the order of previous cancellations. Up to 70 people will be allowed per flight and flight operations will be limited.

- Iranian Missile interception over Tel Aviv tonight as shabbos began no reports of injuries or impact 

- The US Navy is ready to deploy Optical Dazzling Interdictor Navy (ODIN) LASERS against Iraninstalled on at least TWO Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.  

Precision laser-guided rockets are ALREADY being used from air, ground, and sea platforms to shoot down Iranian drones in real time.  

Trump: We are moving thousands of people out of various Countries throughout the Middle East. It is being done quietly, but seamlessly. The State Department, under Secretary Marco Rubio, is doing a great job! 

- American citizens including bochurim in EY began receiving calls from the state department about arrangements to evacuate via a flight from the airport. U.S. government is working toward arranging evacuation flights for American citizens seeking to return to the United States from Israel In the coming days, the U.S. Embassy hopes to operate flights from Ben Gurion Airport. At this stage, details are still being worked out

- Trump: “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).” Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Eight IDF soldiers were wounded, five of them seriously, in a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel on Friday, the military said. The rocket struck an army position near the Lebanon border.

- Israeli Rosh Yeshiva was blocked from leaving at the border with Jordan.

- Israel has eliminated Ali Asghar Mir Hajazi, Acting Chief of Staff to the Supreme Leader

- Military chiefs in Israel and the US said Thursday that the countries’ airstrikes had notched major successes in taking out Iran’s missile threat and warned that the offensive was set to intensify in the coming days, even as ballistic missile and drone attacks continued to harass Israel and Gulf states.

- The son of Minister Bezalel Smotrich was injured during military activity on the Lebanon border. his condition is mild and he is doing well BH. Smotrich called on everyone to daven for the American soldiers durin the war.

- Washington Post: Russia is providing Iran with intelligence that helps it strike US targets in the Middle East. According to the report, since the beginning of the war, Russia has been supplying Iran with intelligence on the locations of American forces and assets in the region, including aircraft and naval vessels. One source said, "It seems to be a comprehensive effort."

- Last night was the first night since the war started without any launches from Iran

- About 50 IDF jets struck Iran’s supreme leader’s bunker in Tehran, dropping ~100 munitions on the underground command complex Iranian leaders long believed was untouchable. Israeli intelligence had tracked the site for years.

- Iranian opposition sources: Iranian commanders have started moving through the streets disguised as women, fearing they will be identified and harmed.

- Official Lebanese sources to the Qatari newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed: Intense diplomatic talks are underway to pressure Israel to "stop the escalation against Lebanon." Macron is leading negotiations and has promised to intervene to help find a solution. It is claimed that there are proposals for a one-month ceasefire. 

- The IDF has begun a new wave of attacks targeting infrastructure belonging to the Iranian terror regime in Tehran and Isfahan.*