Rocket Sirens

IDF to extend time to reach shelter in 49 northern Israel communities

For 46 communities, the time will be extended from 30 to 45 seconds. For another three communities, it will be extended to a full minute.

Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, March 24, 2026.
An Israeli emergency responder inspects the impact of an Iranian missile strike at an apartment in Ramat Gan, March.

Behind the 'secret sauce' of Israeli resilience Americans cannot grasp - comment

Israelis take cover around a small, overcrowded bomb shelter in a public park as sirens sound during Iranian missile attacks on April 6, 2026 in Hod Hasharon, central Israel.

Israelis suffer negative effects on health-related behavior due to Iran war - study

Israelis take cover in a public shelter in the northern Israeli city of Safed as a siren sounds warning of incoming missiles fired into Israel, March 10, 2026

IDF Home Front Command extends siren warning times for Hezbollah rockets in North


Houthi 'hypersonic missile' slams into Tel Aviv area, sixteen lightly wounded

MDA said that ambulances, mobile intensive care units, and medicycle EMTs were dispatched to the scene.  

 Damage to a building from a Houthi missile in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, December 21, 2024.

Despite ceasefire, IAF intercepts UAV over northern Israeli towns

This comes despite the ceasefire agreement made between Israel and Hezbollah at the end of November

 IDF troops operating in the Litani River area in Lebanon for first time in over two decades. November 26, 2024.

Fire erupts in Biriya forest after rocket barrage to Israel's North

Starting at 01:11 a.m. local time, sirens sounded in Safed, Biriya, Kerem Ben-Zimra, and Dalton, among other places.

Israel's Iron Dome intercepts Hezbollah rockets fired over northern Israel. August 25, 2024.

Hezbollah fires triple rocket barrage at northern Israel hitting Kiryat Shmona building

Hezbollah released a statement that the rocket barrage toward Israel was done as retaliation for an earlier Saturday Israeli strike.

 Flares, fired from the Israeli side, burn in the sky as seen from Ramyah near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon, October 11, 2023 (illustrative).

What happened on Day 221?

Hamas uses UN facilities for cover • US denies it withheld information about Hamas leaders' whereabouts • IDF kills Hamas terrorists in UNRWA school

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip.

Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 201?

IDF strikes launchers in Gaza humanitarian area • Jewish French woman allegedly raped, kidnapped to 'avenge Palestine' • IDF Rafah op. appears imminent

 Protesters in Tel Aviv demanding a hostage deal, April 24, 2024

Israel tries to return to old routines when everything has changed - opinion

Returning to old roles when nothing is the same

 OUR SENSE of routine, safety, and comfort has been shattered for now

IDF launches massive assault on Hezbollah positions amid fire on North

The IDF struck a Hezbollah military compound and other infrastructures in addition to several launchpads placed along the border.

 Members of the Galilee Immediate Intervention Unit train in urban warfare in the Golan Heights on December 28, 2023

IDF targets Hezbollah, missile from Lebanon hits inside Israel

A rocket from Lebanon hit a structure at the outskirts of Kibbutz Dovev in Israel's north.

 Smoke and flares during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah terrorists on the border between Israel and Lebanon, November 12, 2023.

Israel-Hamas war: Thoughts amid the biggest rocket barrage in Israel - opinion

The alerts continued for my entire walk – at least 10 minutes. This meant there were hundreds of rockets in the air and thousands of Israelis running for cover.

 SMALL CHILDREN play at a kindergarten inside a bomb shelter in central Israel earlier this month.