Jacob Jaffa

Jacob Jaffa is the JC's Digital News Editor. His specialist topics include UK and US politics, the far-right and antisemitism in Europe. You can reach him on jjaffa@thejc.com

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Israel

Around half of Iranian missiles fired at Israel were cluster munitions, IDF finds

Two people were killed earlier this week in central Israel after suffering shrapnel wounds from the blasts

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A ballistic missile fired from Iran seen in the sky in Northern Israel on March 07, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the site of a rocket strike on March 1, 2026, in Tel Aviv (Getty Images)

Pro-regime accounts spread false claim Ben-Gvir was killed in Iranian airstrike

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Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun delivers a speech during a meeting of Pope Leo XIV with authorities, civil society and diplomatic corps at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on November 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

Lebanese president calls for fresh ceasefire following Israeli strikes on Beirut

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Israeli rescue and emergency forces at the scene where shrapnel from a ballistic missile fired from Iran fell in Yehud, March 9, 2026 (Flash90)

Second Israeli dies after Iranian ‘cluster bomb’ strikes Tel Aviv

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Trump and Netanyahu will make ‘mutual decision’ on when to end Iran War

‘We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel,’ said the US president

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March 9, 2026 14:26

US President Trump holds a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran?

The second son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the backing of the IRGC and a reputation for brutal suppression of dissent

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March 9, 2026 11:32

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, on May 31, 2019 (Getty Images)

One dead after Iranian ‘cluster bombs’ hit central Israel

Several others are in serious condition in hospital as the Islamic Republic ramped up attacks in the region

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March 9, 2026 11:05

Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed as new supreme leader of Iran

The 56-year-old, the second son of the last supreme leader, is closely linked with the IRGC and, ideologically, has been described as ‘like his father – but on steroids’

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March 8, 2026 22:54

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, pictured in 2020 (Getty Images)

‘I have to be involved’ in selection of Iran’s new supreme leader, says Trump

The US president said the current reported candidate would be ‘unacceptable’ and likened the military operation against Iran to Washington’s effective takeover of Venezuela

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March 6, 2026 12:07

US President Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on March 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel eases public restrictions as Iranian strikes slow

US commanders estimate that the number of missiles fired by the Islamic Republic has dropped by 86 per cent since the start of the conflict

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March 6, 2026 11:18

Rocket trails from an interception by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system are pictured over Jerusalem on March 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF sets out legal justification for Khamenei strike

Two of Iran’s most senior clerics have issued a fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge against ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’ for the supreme leader’s death

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March 6, 2026 10:31

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a state television broadcast on June 18, 2025 in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images)

Four arrested over alleged Iran-linked plot against London’s Jewish community

The suspects were arrested under the National Security Act and the investigation is being led by Counter Terrorism Police

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March 6, 2026 09:25

Side view of a London Metropolitan Police car (Getty Images)

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

Senators voted largely along party lines to give the Trump administration a broad mandate to continue striking the Islamic Republic

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March 5, 2026 11:49

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talks to reporters ahead of a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from continuing the military campaign against Iran (Getty Images)

Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

Hossein Noori Hamedani and Naser Makarem Shirazi said it was a ‘religious duty’ to take revenge on ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’

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March 5, 2026 10:22

Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

US ‘in active talks’ with Iraqi Kurds over potential CIA-backed Iran regime change

American intelligence agencies are reportedly discussing arming Kurdish militias to facilitate regime change in the Islamic Republic

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March 4, 2026 11:51

Members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) participate in a military drill in an outpost near Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq, on January 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Navy could be deployed to protect ships through Strait of Hormuz

President Trump also ordered a federal agency to provide insurance to commercial vessels passing through the vital trade route

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March 4, 2026 11:09

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its associated strike group pictured in the Arabian Sea on February 2, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Jacob Jaffa

Latest from Jacob Jaffa

Around half of Iranian missiles fired at Israel were cluster munitions, IDF finds

Pro-regime accounts spread false claim Ben-Gvir was killed in Iranian airstrike

Lebanese president calls for fresh ceasefire following Israeli strikes on Beirut

Second Israeli dies after Iranian ‘cluster bomb’ strikes Tel Aviv

More from Jacob Jaffa

Trump and Netanyahu will make ‘mutual decision’ on when to end Iran War

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran?

One dead after Iranian ‘cluster bombs’ hit central Israel

Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed as new supreme leader of Iran

‘I have to be involved’ in selection of Iran’s new supreme leader, says Trump

Israel eases public restrictions as Iranian strikes slow

IDF sets out legal justification for Khamenei strike

Four arrested over alleged Iran-linked plot against London’s Jewish community

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

US ‘in active talks’ with Iraqi Kurds over potential CIA-backed Iran regime change

US Navy could be deployed to protect ships through Strait of Hormuz