Amid missile strikes and rainstorms, IAF hunts Iranian launchers
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As the IDF looks into the failure to intercept the Iranian missiles that struck Dimona and Arad, causing massive damage and injuries, Fabian discusses the air force's interception rate, which is around 90% for missiles heading to populated areas.
Fabian reports on the ongoing efforts of the IAF to track down and take out Iran's air defense systems, nuclear-related sites and ballistic missile launchers, which are scattered throughout the regime, with current weather conditions complicating the operation.
With four IDF divisions operating in south Lebanon, Fabian reviews the number of troops and their work to demolish Hezbollah sites, while the Iranian proxy continues striking northern Israel.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Over 150 injured, 11 seriously, in Iranian missile strikes on southern cities of Arad, Dimona
IDF says it hit Tehran university site used to develop components for nuclear weapons
US said to strike Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, IDF hits missile production sites
Hezbollah rocket injures 5 in north, buildings damaged in barrages as IDF strikes Lebanon
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Image: The scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Dimona, March 22, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It is Sunday, Mark 22nd, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with Times of Visual military correspondent Emmanuel Fabian. Hey, Manny. Good morning. Hi, Jessica. Good morning. Morning. There have been so far four missile attacks this morning across Israel. |
| 0:23.6 | And last night, over 100 people were injured 11 seriously in Iranian missile attacks on |
| 0:30.1 | the southern cities of Arad and Dimona. |
| 0:33.1 | And I didn't mention that there was also a Hezboah missile attack in Mizgavam this morning, |
| 0:38.9 | right, Manny? |
| 0:39.8 | Correct? |
| 0:40.1 | That's correct. |
| 0:40.8 | Okay. |
| 0:41.8 | Just skipping to the headlines before we get into what Manny has to tell us, |
| 0:45.2 | following these really intensive missile attacks as well as cluster bombs that smashed |
| 0:51.8 | into an empty daycare and other sites in Risha Litsion yesterday. |
| 0:55.9 | All schools were announced on Saturday night as to have gone remote today and tomorrow. |
| 1:02.2 | The Passover vacation begins on Tuesday. |
| 1:04.6 | So that means that there has mostly been no school since February 28th, except in some sites where school went into capsule |
| 1:14.2 | editions and so on over the last couple of last week. We're going to talk about what's happening |
| 1:19.7 | this morning, as well as what happened in Arad and Demona. Mani will also take us through |
| 1:25.7 | IDF reports on sites in Iran hit in recent strikes, as well as the |
| 1:30.7 | latest on Chzbollah in the north and the IDF operations in Lebanon. So stay with us. |
| 1:40.9 | When the headlines feel overwhelming, where do you turn for deeper perspectives and ideas? |
| 1:45.9 | I'm Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen, host of the Five Books podcast. |
| 1:49.4 | In every episode, I sit down with Jewish authors to talk not only about their latest work, |
| 1:53.8 | but about the five books that shaped their Jewish identity and shifted their perspective. |
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