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Two girls in Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak were taking a selfie video when the rocket siren went off on Friday morning.
Hamas called Israel's response to the Gazan attack a "serious escalation".
By Rachel Levy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lost no time this year in publicly offering warm Chanukah greetings to the nation's Jewish community, even ahead of US Pres. Obama.
Arab media reports that Hamas test fired three rockets towards the sea from Gaza, on Saturday.
The army believes that the Gazans are testing their rockets in order to increase their rocket launching capabilities.
By Shalom Bear
Israel is not cooperating with William Schabas's attempt to write the Goldstone 2 report.
Abbas may meet Israel in the ICC a lot sooner than he thought.
A Gaza rocket launched at Israel but fell short, set off some alarms, but not others.
A rocket hit an open area in the Eshkol region on Friday night.
Hamas test launched 2 rockets this morning.
Israel's UN ambassador refuted secretary-general's hackneyed and false understanding of instability in the Middle East.
By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency
Hamas has continued to test-fire its homemade rockets, firing them into the Mediterranean and into the Sinai desert in Egypt, where it has spotters. It is possible that the sirens this morning were tripped by such test launches.
Two separate warnings sounded around 7:15 Sunday morning.
7:37am IDF declares.... "False Alarm". 7:22am The rocket siren went off, just as parents around the country are preparing to send their children back to school after Sukkot vacation. The alerted regions are for the Ashkelon and Tzeelim regions. Waiting now to hear if the IDF declares it a false alarm, or if it was […]
Hamas’ ‘cease-fire’ rocket launch Sunday is more ammo for Netanyahu.
At 8:25am Sunday morning the Red Alert siren went off for Israeli communities along the Gaza border, indicating a possible rocket launch from Gaza.
US admits its 'no-strike if any civilians might be hit' policy does not apply to its airstrikes against ISIS.
B'Tselem is once again able to use Israel's national service volunteers to attack Israel's efforts at self-defense and sovereignty.
Hamas is making new rockets while Israel demands disarmament.
The cease-fire does not mean Hamas can’t prepare to end it.
Defense official do not believe Hamas will actually begin shooting rockets at Israel over the next week or two.
Despite previous claims, Hamas now denies they arrested any rocket crews. So, who do we believe?
It would be amusing if the Palestinian Authority used this opportunity to turn the tables around, and accuse Hamas of collusion with Israel.
The IDF has confirmed that a rocket was launched from Gaza at approximately 6:30pm on Tuesday.
Gadi Yarkoni, the last person injured during Operation Protective Edge, was released today from Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva.
11:41am Talk about really bad timing. Sirens heard in Shomron communities were an (unannounced) siren test in the community of Maaleh Shomron. The siren was heard in Karnei Shomron, Ginot Shomron, Yakir, Nofim and Emmanuel. It was *only* a test. 11:39 am OK. Now this is just strange. Rocket Siren heard in Karnei Shomron (in the Shomron) […]
12:04pm IDF says there was no rocket launch at Israel from Gaza. Gazan sources say a rocket misfired and landed inside Gaza. No explosions or rocket landings were heard inside Israel. Conclusion: It's more likely that no rocket was launched and it was a false alarm. We will update this article, if we learn something new. […]
By Rachel Levy
The U.S. State Department has attacked its ally, Israel, for returning fire in combat with Hamas near UNWRA facilities.
Historians one day will ask why the United Nations aided and abetted terror in Gaza.
Rockets and violence over diplomacy and passivity is the Palestinian Arab ruling style of choice, as reflected in a PCPSR poll.
Gazans overwhelmingly support rocket attacks against Israel, but they prefer other methods of attack even more.
Has Netanyahu ever heard of Lincoln’s phrase, “You cannot fool all of the people all of the time?”
Nearly 90 percent of Gaza residents support attacks on Israel, say rockets help 'deterrence'
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The majority of the reactions are against the truce, and all voiced skepticism about its viability.
Released for Publication: The IDF has released the names of the 2 killed by Hamas mortars yesterday...
Simon Wiesenthal Center called on US to denounce the rigged UNHRC Commission on Gaza.
Neither side achieved its stated goal: the Gaza blockade will not be lifted and Hamas will not be disarmed.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
"The time has come for us to say, that our true war is not aimed at opening the border crossings. Our true war is aimed at the liberation of Jerusalem, Allah willing."
One of the seriously wounded people from the Hamas rocket attack on the Eshkol region has died...
Hamas and other Gazan terrorists fired 4,594 rockets and mortars at Israel...
“The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan…but the city…was perplexed.” – Book of Esther
If Netanyahu cracks, Israel about to pay through the nose for not finishing up the job of beheading, figuratively speaking, the Hamas regime.
No one wants to be rejected.
7:16pm Ceasefire? 7:15pm 08-26-2014 Kerem Shalom 7:09pm 08-26-2014 Erez 7:09pm 08-26-2014 Kfar Aza / Saad, Erez 7:09pm 08-26-2014 Kfar Aza / Saad 7:05pm 08-26-2014 Beeri 7:05pm 08-26-2014 Beeri 7:05pm 08-26-2014 Nir Oz, Nir Oz / Ein HaShlosha 7:04pm 08-26-2014 Yad Mordechai / Netiv HaAsrah, Nir Oz, Nir Oz / Ein HaShlosha 7:04pm 08-26-2014 Yad Mordechai […]
Ashkelon residents in shock, Nahal Oz members take refuge away from missile-torn border region.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Ofrah and Yuval went to take their children into the bomb shelter, "Suddenly there was an explosion and the whole house was filled with blackness..."
Qassam rocket fire from Gaza damaged a power line in the Eshkol region on Tuesday morning.
This truce period will simply be a waiting period before a larger, more deadly war.
The latest ceasefire plan is for a month. Hamas can barely even control itself for a day, and Egypt expects it to last a month?
11:01pm Kiryat Shmona (Code Red did not activate) 10:14pm Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shmona, Metullah, Kfar Giladi 9:10pm Iron Dome intercepted at least one missile over the port city of Ashdod -- a second missile landed in an open area. No word on property damage but no reported physical injuries thus far. 9:02pm Ashdod and surrounds […]
Former NY Judge Mary McGowan Davis will joint a UN panel probing Israel's counter terror offensives.
No lull in missile fire as sides return to Cairo; man lightly wounded in Ashkelon
Hamas rejects latest ceasefire proposal while Islamic Jihad says a truce is imminent. Rocket fire resumes at dawn.
By Shalom Bear
It's been quiet for 2 hours, following a Hamas signature ceasefire barrage. Are we in a secret ceasefire?
Rockets launched at Jerusalem were fired from Gazan schools compound.
07:28 Ashkelon Coast, Gaza Belt, Asheklon, Nitzanim 07:22 Yad Mordechai 06:46 Eshkol 06:41 Kiryat Malachi 06:31 Eshkol, Ashkelon Coast 06:29 Ashdod, Ashkelon 06:27 Kiryat Malachi 06:27 Eshkol 06:24 Kibbutz Be'eri 00:20 Jerusalem 00:02 Kiryat Malachi 00:01 Eshkol 11:56pm Lachish, Beit Guvrin 11:52pm Multiples: Ashdod, Be'er Tuvia, Shafir, Ein Tzurim, Orot, Kiryat Malachi, Kidron 11:50pm Eshkol, […]
The IDF targeted the rocket launcher that fired at Jerusalem on Sunday night. A hit was confirmed, the IDF said.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
The three injured were taxi drivers who were preparing to take a group of Gazans from the crossing to Israeli hospitals.
The IDF targeted assassinations of key Hamas terrorists had another success on Sunday.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Four-year-old Daniel Tragerman, Murdered by Hamas, Laid To Rest on Sunday Morning
Hamas’ actions , or lack of actions, in the next two days may determine if the IDF invades Gaza.
1:35am Golan / Alonei HaBashan / Yonatan 1:32am Golan / Alonei HaBashan / Yonatan 1:24am Golan / Alonei HaBashan / Yonatan 11:54pm IDF Spox reports the following numbers...from the beginning of Protective Edge, Gazan terror organizations (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, etc.) have fired the following: 260 rockets fired from schools 130 fired from cemeteries 160 from religious places […]
At least three terrorists are dead and nine others wounded in an IAF air strike in Gaza City following a day of non-stop rocket fire aimed at Israel.
By Rachel Levy
A declassified IDF intelligence report shows the use of human shields by Hamas terrorists has sunk to child sacrifice.
Hamas murdered a 4 yr old Israeli boy with a rocket launched next to an UNRWA school/shelter for Gazan refugees.
5:33pm Shabbat Shalom from Israel. It should be a peaceful Shabbat. 5:28pm Kerem Shalom 5:26 pm Kerem Shalom 5:22pm Nachal Oz 5:13pm Erez, Miflasim 5:13pm Gaza perimeter/Sderot, Erez, Miflasim 5:13pm Gaza perimeter/Sderot 5:02pm Erez, Miflasim 5:02pm Gaza perimeter/Sderot, Erez, Miflasim 5:02pm Gaza perimeter/Sderot 4:04 pm Sdot Negev, Shaar Negev 4:00 pm Sdot Negev, Shaar Negev […]
On Thursday, the Israel Air Force hit a motorcycle transporting 2 terrorists in Rafah.
10:58pm Negev 10:32 pm Eshkol 9:38 pm Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ashkelon Coast 8:47 pm Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, and area. Iron Dome Interception. 8:46 pm Beit El 20:00 pm Iron Dome downs two rockets over Be'er Sheva; three others explode in open areas. 19:42 pm Two warnings of rockets in Be'er Sheva, warnings of rockets Hatzerim , site […]
Non-stop rockets on south; Yadlin: Hamas rocket stockpiles dwindling.
Three more terrorists killed in IAF air strike on Sheikh Radwan section of Gaza City Thursday.
Netanyahu, Ya’alon and Gantz’s comments: War until there is total quiet and everyone can sleep at night.
11:06pm Sapir, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot, Gaza border, Ashkelon, Ashkelon, Ashkelon 10:17pm Kerem Shalom 9:04pm Ashkelon Coast 8:49pm Eshkol 8:12pm Eshkol 7:47pm Eshkol 7:44pm A Hamas spokesperson has warned airlines to not fly into Ben-Gurion starting 6am tomorrow (Thursday), according to a YNet report. It's actually things like that that makes Israel hit Hamas even harder. 7:35pm Kerem […]
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Update: Calls for Renewed Ground Offensive as Rain of Rockets on Israel Continues
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Following Rockets, Israel Renewing Safety Precautions for Civilians
Deif may, or may not, have escaped the bombing raid. His wife, at least one of them, was killed. Is Haniyeh next?
PRESS [F5] to refresh this page: 1:38am IDF Homefront Command directs Haifa and Carmel regions to also open public bomb shelters. Nahariya (Northern Israel) opened their public shelters as well, as per their mayor's request, not the IDF.. 1:29am Ashkelon, Ashkelon Coast, Yad Mordechai, Zikim... (multiples all) 12:47am Reports that IDF has been targeting over […]
The United States holds Hamas accountable for all rocket attacks on Israel, U.S. State Dept. spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters at the daily oppress briefing Tuesday. Asked if the rockets that broke the cease-fire were launched from Gaza, she said, “It came from Gaza, and Hamas has responsibility for Gaza.” Harf also that there has […]
Israel officials say a report that Gaza terrorists fired a Grad missile at the Eshkol Regional Council district was a 'false alarm.'
3 rockets landed near Be'er Sheva.
By Rachel Levy
Turkey's President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scoring major PR at home via Gaza, thru Israel.
Israel will once again have turned victory into defeat if the rumored truce goes into effect at midnight
The reason train service between Ashkelon and Sderot continues to be shut down, is due to a 1 kilometer stretch of exposed train tracks which leaves the trains open to attack by anti-tank missiles fired from Gaza. In May, JewishPress.com discussed a video released from Gaza that showed the Ashkelon-Sderot train being tracked by camera, and […]
Israel Channel 2 reports the cease-fire with Gaza has been extended although no one knows for how long.
IDF Southern Command believes that the rockets and mortars will begin again tonight, hours before the ceasefire is set to end.
The army hasn't said why, but presumably they believe the ceasefire may end sometime very soon.
Hamas deported and threatened journalists from covering its terrorist activities in Gaza.
By Rachel Levy
A cease-fire deal may be worked out. Hamas reps are in Qatar. Israel says it must keep Israelis secure.
By Shalom Bear
"We are the border communities of Israel, not Gaza... I hope that all the citizens of Israel are with us, after this war when even Tel Aviv residents were forced to run to bomb shelters..."
The Wiesenthal Center detailed for Ban Ki Moon Hamas's as well as the UN's grievous wrongs in Gaza.
Which will come first, truce talks Saturday night or a rocket launch from Gaza for which Hamas will say, “Huh? Us?”
By Rachel Levy
An imminent delivery of Hellfire missiles set to arrive in Israel from the US has been held up by the White House.
Three senators condemn UNRWA activities in Gaza and demand investigation, with answers from Kerry.
Obama had a heavy hand in Israel’s agreeing to play Hamas’ dangerous game.
12:09am IDF Homefront Command: Effective immediately all train service South of Ashkelon (that go through Ashkelon) has been cancelled till further notice due to the security situation.
10:04am Code Red siren for Sdot Negev, Sha'ar HaNegev 12:57am Code Red sirens for Sdot Negev, Sha'ar HaNegev 12:40am Israeli citizens in south claim to hear IAF attacks on Gaza. 12:37am Israel media outlets report that Israeli PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yaalon have instructed the IDF to retaliate against Hamas for the multiple rocket […]
10:50pm A child was killed and two other children were injured from a 9:57pm rocket launch from Gaza, according to a Reuters report. The rocket landed in the Sinai. The rocket hit their home in the town of el-Mattallah south of Rafah. The murdered child was identified as Sara Salama, 13, and the injured children […]
Hamas honored the ceasefire, well almost, until the last hour, but the truce did not stipulate it could not built more rockets.
10:31pm Arab sources report that the IDF retaliated against the source of the rocket fire, after Hamas broke the cease-fire, and launched rockets at Israel on Wednesday evening. The Arab source say that Israel took out the rocket crew in northern Gaza. There is no IDF or Israeli confirmation of this report.
Israel ceased and Hamas fired. Reservists called up. IDF has not retaliated – yet..
Iron Dome intercepted 90% of the rockets fired at Israeli population centers.
August 21, 2026 
