Sirens

Rocket fire from Gaza has subsided, but Israelis are still on alert

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: While a veneer of normalcy has returned, true feelings of security and trust in Israel's defense may never be the same as before the war.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Many Israelis saw their lives turned upside down with no warning, as rocket sirens sounded at all hours of the day and night, forcing millions into bomb shelters. Here, Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv in June.
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on September 20, 2025.

COGAT accuses Hamas of firing at UN vehicles, IDF transfers thousands more soldiers to Gaza City

Hostage families demonstrate for deal • IDF soldier moderately wounded in Gaza City • Egypt threatens to send troops • IDF to increase forces in West Bank ahead of holidays

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump in front of posters protesting for the release of the hostages (illustrative)

Trump says fewer than 20 hostages still alive, Portugal to recognize Palestinian state

IDF confirms death of four soldiers • IDF kills Hamas Bureij Battalion official • Hamas says Gaza City invasion will kill hostages • Edan Alexander, Naama Levy give speeches on their Gaza captivity

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Footage released by Houthi Military Media says to show a launch of missile, which the Houthis say they fired at Israel, at an unknown location in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released on December 19, 2024.

IDF intercepts Houthi missile along with two drones

IDF identified the launch of a missile from Yemen, with alerts expected to sound in the coming minutes, the military said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lawmaker urges changes to Home Front Command rocket warning app

The official Home Front Command application only permits users to receive alerts in three communities at most, preventing residents from being made aware of sirens across the Gaza border community.

JANUARY 13, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
Israelis run for shelter as a siren sounds during a rocket attack near Yad Mordechai at the Israeli side of the Israel Gaza border July 14, 2018

Hamas denies responsibility for attack; IDF: Only Hamas has these rockets

Israeli jets struck Hamas targets in response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

OCTOBER 17, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The damaged house in Beersheba from the rocket attack on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

Rocket alert sirens sound near Gaza border

According to unconfirmed reports a possible interception was made by the Iron Dome missile defense system over Netivot.

OCTOBER 11, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Rocket fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel. [File]

Iron Dome intercepts Gaza rocket over Ashdod

'Red alert' sirens sound in southern Israel; no initial reports of injuries.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod