War by the numbers: Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 31 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 Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
About half of the roughly 300 ballistic missiles Iran has launched at Israel in the current war carried cluster bomb warheads, according to Israel Defense Forces assessments published Tuesday, a day after the munitions killed two people and seriously wounded another in central Israel. Fabian gives insight into the number of munitions used by the US, Israel and Iran.
Turning to Lebanon, we hear that Hezbollah is raining down projectiles on northern Israel, but potentially rationing the use of key anti-tank rockets as they engage Israeli troops. At the same time, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday that it had completed a wave of airstrikes targeting branches of a Hezbollah-linked financial institution across Lebanon, as it keeps up the pressure on the Iran-backed terror group.
We then turn to Gaza and learn how Hamas is continuing to attempt to cross the Yellow Line. Fabian also updates us on the tunnel demolitions and the discovery of Hamas fighters hiding underground.
And finally, we introduce a new segment, Five Minute Frontlines. Join video reporter Eli Katzoff as he explores what's happening on the ground throughout the country.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Iran has fired some 300 missiles at Israel, about half with cluster bomb warheads — IDF
US says it destroyed minelayers near Hormuz after Trump warns Iran not to mine strait
Hezbollah rationing munitions as it braces for full-scale Israeli invasion – sources
IDF hits Hezbollah command centers and finance body as rockets fly at northern Israel
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IMAGE: Rescue workers gather at the site where Israeli airstrikes hit apartments in Beirut, Lebanon, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today is Wednesday, March 11th. I am Amanda Borchelle |
| 0:10.0 | Don from our Jerusalem studio, joined by our military correspondent Emmanuel Fabian. Mani, how are you doing today? |
| 0:16.8 | Hi, good morning. Good morning. So glad that you are joining us, and I do actually want to know. How are you doing today? You know better. We've seen less missiles overnight, which means a bit more sleep. Actually, you saw fewer missiles, but in my neck of the woods, we saw many more alerts and sirens than usual. So wins some lose on, Mani, and I'm glad you got better sleep. So today we are going to take a tour of our |
| 0:38.3 | borders and Manny will let us know the stats, the figures, what's happening on each of the |
| 0:43.0 | fronts because there are many fronts still active in terms of the IDF. And then at the very end of the |
| 0:49.2 | program, we have a new feature. It's called Five Minute Frontlines, so stay tuned. |
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| 2:02.7 | And we're back. I'm Amanda Borcheldan here with our military correspondent Emmanuel Fabian. |
| 2:08.0 | Mani, just to begin with, I saw a bunch of stats and figures coming out from the U.S. military. |
| 2:15.0 | So I'd like to start with what we're hearing from the U.S. in terms of |
| 2:18.8 | their effort in Iran and then move to our own IDF. What are you hearing from the U.S.? |
| 2:24.8 | So the U.S. puts out these stats every so often on sort of how many targets it's hit. |
| 2:30.6 | I think the last number we heard from the US was around 5,000 Iranian targets |
| 2:36.0 | struck in Iran since the beginning of the war, at least in the first 10 days of the war. |
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