Home Front Command

'We are doing everything to bring Ran back': Zamir meets parents of Ran Gvili at IDF's Kirya HQ

Zamir stopped his vehicle and stepped out to talk with the parents of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, assuring them that the army is "doing everything possible to bring Ran back."

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir with the parents of Ran Gvili.
Israeli security and rescue forces take part in an earthquake drill at Ziv Medical Center, Safed, northern Israel, December 23, 2025; illustrative.

Next years 'critical' for Israel's earthquake preparedness, Israel Katz warns

Hammath Tiberias National Park.

Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes northern Israel, Defense Minister calls emergency meeting

IDF spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin is seen in a switch-over ceremony in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2025

IDF spokesperson: We are ready for any scenario in light of increasing regional unrest


Israel to give Syria earthquake assistance, Netanyahu says

A senior IDF official denied any government intention to send aid to Syria. 

 Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building, following an earthquake, in Hama, Syria February 6, 2023.

NY family donates synagogue to IDF Search and Rescue Unit

Soldiers and other guests marked the commemoration of the synagogue last month at a ceremony in Ramla.

Dr. Edward Wolf, son of Florence and Cyrus Wolf, and Lt.-Col. Shai Abramson

Islamic Jihad rockets killed more civilians in Gaza than IDF airstrikes did

An IDF briefing about Operation Breaking Dawn revealed that one in five Islamic Jihad rockets fell in Gaza. That means 200 out of 1,100 rockets fired.

 A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, on August 5, 2022

Israelis close to Gaza ordered to stay near bomb shelters, avoid gatherings

Israel fears massive rocket fire in response to launching of new anti-Islamic Jihad operation in the Gaza Strip.

 A picture taken on August 5, 2022, shows Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza City in retaliation to earlier Israeli airstrikes.

Israelis returning from abroad who feel ill asked to undergo PCR tests

The new policy comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Israel.

Health care worker takes swab samples from Israelis in a drive through complex in Modi'in, March 21, 2022.

Ex-Mossad chief Pardo: Political class egos mess up use of Mossad

Gov’t ignored a preexisting list of options for combating pandemics due to politics.

 Mossad chief David Barnea (center) at the funeral of Aura Herzog, wife of late Israeli president Chaim Herzog, and mother of current Israeli president Isaac Herzog on January 12, 2022

Love in the time of corona

A letter by a mom of young kids in her ninth bidud.

A HEALTH worker administers a COVID test to a child at a Maccabi HMO clinic.

IDF's Home Front Command preparing to confront internal disruptions in next war

Riots broke out across the country during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May, killing two people and injuring dozens

A burnt out bus after a day of riots in Lod, Israel, May 11, 2021

Defense Min. to build shelters in three more Lebanon border communities

The Northern Shield project began in November in the northern community of Kfar Yuval which sits directly on the border. In the coming days, it will expand to the other three communities.

The new shelters are being built in the communities of Metula, Shlomi, and Shetula as part of the Northern Sheild project.

Israel needs to 'be ready' for war, IDF officer says as large-scale drill ends

The week-long drill with thousands of troops, reservists and government officials comes on the heels of the May operation in Gaza.

Soldiers participating in the IDF’s large-scale Homefront Command and National Emergency Authority (RAHEL) drill