יום רביעי, ו׳ אלול תשפ״וWednesday, August 19, 2026
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By Israel Hayom
Farmers fear for their crops, but migratory birds are enjoying nature’s “protein bars.”
At least one rocket was launched at Israel from Gaza.
From November 15-16, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project outdid its predecessors on all fronts, attracting record numbers of participants.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Embassy has already donated more than 75 portable bomb shelters to Israeli towns and villages along the Gaza border.
The Kalaniot (anemone) flowers are blooming in Israel's Shokeda forest.
By Israel Hayom
Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, it has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
Today, the IDF carried out the largest wave of daytime strikes since Operation Protective Edge in summer 2014.
By JNi.Media
"The whole city became Venice. Everything is flooded, the playground, there are ten cars stuck in the puddles."
“After in-depth study of the investigation material and the findings presented by the police investigations unit, the state prosecutor has decided to halt proceedings."
Around the same time as the rocket attack on Israel, ISIS killed six Egyptian soldiers were killed and wounded dozens more in northern Sinai.
By JNi.Media
"She's a brave girl," a relative said. "She's been through many things in life and seen more than she should have seen. It's time for her to have an easy life."
By JNi.Media
The high schools at the bottom of the list in terms of their students' eligibility for a matriculation certificate include eight Arab and two Haredi institutions.
The IDF said nothing hit southern Israel.
The IDF is checking if the rocket succeeded in crossing over into Israel or not.
IDF forces secured the classrooms as part of a region-wide, day-long drill.
Israeli authorities have been ordered to release the body of Ya’akub Musa Abu al-Qi’an, who ran over an Israeli police officer.
By JNi.Media
The demonstration was designed to highlight IMI Systems' capabilities, establishing it as the world's leading producer of advanced artillery systems.
By JNi.Media
Liberman is changing the rules in Gaza, and it appears that from now on, a provocation, no matter how small, will be met with a fierce and destructive reaction.
The ancient oil lamp is dated to the 12th century AD (early Crusader period).
One Arab is dead after a shootout follows a Negev blood feud in southern Israel.
Arabs breached the Gaza security fence Tuesday for the third time in a week. Live fire was aimed at soldiers, who were not hit.
The long-planned and long-delayed high-speed train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is getting closer Israel Railways has begun to lay tracks for the western section of the line in the Ayalon Valley, west of Jerusalem. The target date for launching passenger train on the new line is January 2018, 17 years after construction began. The […]
The solar energy field of at Kibbutz Ketura cost $79 million and consists of 140,743 solar panels.
Europe's low-fare airline will fly three routes to the Ovda Airport, northwest of Eilat.
10:22 PM Walla reports that according to an IDF source, 3 rockets were launched. At this point they do not think it was Hamas who launched them. 10:16 pm No specific terrorist group in Gaza has yet claimed responsibility for the rockets. 9:55 PM Reminder from the IDF: If you hear the Red Alert siren […]
Arabs attacked an Israeli bus traveling between Arad and Be'er Sheva along Highway 31 Thursday evening.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“I know that you spent your vacation doing things not according to what you planned," the prime minister told students in southern Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The majority of the reactions are against the truce, and all voiced skepticism about its viability.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Four-year-old Daniel Tragerman, Murdered by Hamas, Laid To Rest on Sunday Morning
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Two rockets landed Monday just outside Ofakim without warning; the Color Red system failed to activate.
Due to the security situation in southern Israel, the Economy Ministry has opened a hotline.
Train service to the south has been temporarily adjusted due to the security situation.
The Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted a terrorist rocket over a kibbutz in southern Israel Monday afternoon.
Families in southern Israel raced for shelter Wednesday afternoon as mortar shells fired from Gaza exploded in the Eshkol district.
PM Netanyahu now holds PA unity gov't leader Mahmoud Abbas personally responsible for Gaza attacks on southern Israel.
By Rachel Levy
Rocket attack from Gaza starts off the morning in southern Israel to show the new PA unity government is the 'same old thing.'
By JTA
An Israel Air Force aircraft struck what the Israeli military said were terrorists planning to launch rockets at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. One man was killed and three injured in the attack, Palestinian media reported following the airstrike on Monday evening. The dead man was identified as Mus’ab Za’aneen, 21, a member of […]
There were no casualties from the six rockets fired from Gaza into Israel overnight Sunday, but the harm from the Arab Palestinian supporters for whom lies are truth is more far-ranging and more damaging.
A delegation of 20 rabbis from across North America arrived in Israel yesterday to tour areas of Southern Israel as part of an emergency solidarity mission of the Rabbinical Council of America.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah read listener emails, talk about rain in Israel, attacks on southern Israel, and raising children in the Land.
By Anonymous
Greetings to all, my name is Nachalah, I am a 24-year-old student. I am studying communications and graphic designing at Sapir College… Sapir College in Southern Israel is under fire, situated near Sderot and the surrounding Kibbutzim, where the bravest children in the world live.
For hundreds of thousands of Israelis living in the south, yesterday was tumultuous in the worst way. Unstemmed rocket attacks have been conducted by one or another of the terrorist groups based in Hamas-controlled Gaza at all hours of the day and night. While it's tempting to look at the absence of deaths on the Israeli side, the reality is any one of these rockets and mortars can easily have exacted the heaviest of prices. It's our great fortune that this did not happen today.
Chairman of the Knesset State Comptroller’s Committee MK Uri Ariel reacted to the deteriorating security situation in Southern Israel, saying: “Israel’s weakness in the face of the escalating terrorism against residents of Southern Israel must end. It’s about time to let the IDF win again, to stop allowing the fear from the International Community’s reaction […]
A barrage of rockets eight hours after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has brought a quick end to the quiet, with Israel ramping up preparations for possible ground reprisals to end attacks from Gaza on civilians in Israel’s south.
Below are any changes to the starting time of schools in Southern Israel. 9:15 AM All schools around the Gaza border have canceled classes. ---------------- Ashdod schools will be open. Ashkelon schools will be opening 2 hours late. Residents are advised to stay within 15 seconds of their bomb shelters. S'dot HaNegev classes delayed until 9:00 canceled. […]
Three foreign workers were badly injured by Hamas and Popular Resistance Committee rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel on Wednesday morning.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Days and nights in southern Israel have been punctuated by a growing number of sirens and rocket explosions, with over 60 rockets striking Israeli cities and communities this past week. On Monday morning alone, 55 Qassam and mortar shells were fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. The rocket strikes damaged buildings, properties and a kibbutz petting zoo that is usually filled with children, but was empty because of the early morning hour.
Numerous people sent me a blog post which has been reverberating around the internet -- its title translated into English; "One who believes isn't afraid" The article is about a trip to a wedding last night in Southern Israel, and how the wedding took place, under Gazan rocket fire. ....the scene was just as it […]
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, "We are deeply concerned by the renewal of violence in southern Israel. We call on both sides to make every effort to restore calm." "We condemn in the strongest terms the rocket fire from Gaza by terrorists into southern Israel in recent days, which has dramatically and dangerously escalated […]
August 14, 2026 
