Israel & the United States at War with Iran
Special Update from Israel

March 19, 2026

Prepared by and sent from Jewish Federations of North America's Israel Office 

• Day 20 of the US/ Israel War with Iran
• Iranian missile kills a foreign worker in Israel’s center and three Palestinian women near Hebron.
• Israel continues to strike both Iran and Hezbollah
• Israel ranked eighth in the World Happiness Report for the second consecutive year

See Jewish Federations’ Joint Security Guidance for Jewish Institutions Following Strikes on Iran.

Missile and Rocket Fire

• A 30-year-old foreign worker from Thailand was killed at Moshav Adanim in central Israel overnight. The incident occurred after an Iranian missile attack scattered shrapnel and apparent cluster munition impacts across the area. Magen David Adom medics treated him for critical shrapnel wounds but declared him dead shortly afterward. First responders reported multiple impact sites in central Israel linked to the same salvo. The incident was one of several barrages last night, with authorities continuing to assess where fragments fell and whether additional damage was caused.
• In a separate overnight Iranian launch, another missile carrying an apparent cluster bomb warhead struck parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent said at least three Palestinian women were killed and 13 injured as a result of a direct strike and falling missile fragments in a village near Hebron.
  
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