Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-03-11 at 11:03

HEADLINESNetanyahu says Iran war lasts weeksSalalah oil tanks ablaze from dronesTrump says Iran war ends soonThe time is now 11:02 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.In Direct Israel-Iran Clashes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in closed-door remarks to local leaders that Israel expects the war with Iran to last weeks rather than days, aiming to end the conflict’s most intensive phase before Passover or to reduce Iran’s launch capabilities enough to shift to an emergency routine, while warning that regime change in Tehran cannot be imposed “at the push of a button.” Opposition sources reported a massive explosion at an Iranian military base in western Tehran’s Qads area following an Israeli and American strike. An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander, Colonel Majid Kashafi, a former senior official in the IRGC’s Air and Space Force, was eliminated last night in a targeted attack on his car inside Iran. Separately, reports said something big blew up in or near the Iranian holy city of Qom.In US Military Role, Iranian air force radar systems at the port of Bandar Abbas were described as affected in the wake of an American strike.In Regional Impacts, regional observers reported a series of drone-related attacks on Oman’s oil infrastructure. Video and subsequent reporting described a massive fire at storage tanks at the Mina Petroleum Facility at Salalah port after a drone strike attributed to Iran. Oman’s authorities said several drones were intercepted, but one struck fuel tanks, triggering fires and damage to storage infrastructure, with no casualties reported. The Port of Salalah is a key logistics and energy hub along the Arabian Sea. In addition, a Thai merchant ship was reported to have been hit by a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Iraqi channels reported American and Israeli strikes against command facilities of the Iraqi Shiite militant group al-Hashd al-Shaabi near Mosul. A Popular Mobilization Forces ammo storage site exploded following a reported airstrike by the same coalition elsewhere in Iraq’s al-Suwaira area. Basij members on motorcycles, disguised as maintenance workers and wearing civilian coats, were described in coverage as fearing elimination.In US Policy Concerning Israel, President Donald Trump told Axios there is “practically nothing left” to target in Iran and that the war there will end “soon,” adding that “any time I want it to end, it will end,” as Washington and Tel Aviv pursue strikes aimed at dismantling Iran’s military capabilities and nuclear program.In Israeli Domestic Politics, Tzohar has petitioned the High Court of Justice for the fourth time seeking an order that the Rabbinate license it to issue official kashrut certification, arguing the state has not acted since a November ruling directed the Rabbinate to decide whether Tzohar qualifies and to issue a license. The filing frames this as a constitutional right to provide food supervision and kashrut services amid a long-running religion-and-state dispute surrounding a 2021 kashrut reform. In a separate Hebrew-language piece, a report describes a dramatic government move related to defense and security, with emphasis on significant steps affecting pilots, Iron Dome, Arrow missiles, and related defense structures. In Israeli Economy and Business, the Agriculture Ministry disclosed a broad enforcement operation that uncovered a network supplying unregulated dairy products to m shops in Rahat and Hura, including the seizure of around 4,500 eggs bearing counterfeit Passover marks and about 600 kilograms of smuggled beef, alongside roughly 4.5 tons of dairy from a non-regulated dairy operation in Hebron. Authorities also disrupted shipments and documented accompanying paperwork that exposed the supply chain, with additional seizures tied to other crossings and routes aimed at distributing unapproved dairy products for the Passover period.Thank you for tuning in to this Israel Today: Ongoing War Report update.I'm Noa Levi. 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