Rockets

German startup makes history with first orbital space flight launched from European soil

It was Isar's second launch, coming 18 months after the company's first rocket plunged to the ground and exploded in a fiery spectacle shortly after takeoff from the same site.

An Isar Aerospace rocket.
YARON BOB stands next to a remnant of an Iranian ballistic missile in the backyard of his blacksmith studio in Yated.

From Iranian missiles to menorahs, Israeli blacksmith forges trauma into works of art

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

Rocket attack hits Iranian-Kurdish opposition camp near Erbil, security sources say

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) launches from Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, 2026.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound


My Word: War goes beyond imagination

Israel doesn’t need your sympathy – although that would be nice. It needs you to recognize the dangers all of us are facing. This isn’t a drill, it’s the real thing.

 ISRAELIS TAKE refuge in a bomb shelter in Acre during Hezbollah rocket attacks from Lebanon in November.

Palestinian influencer arrested after firework rocket hits Berlin apartment

"I didn't know how a rocket works and how far it would fly. I didn't want to hurt anyone on purpose," Atallah Younes said.

 Remains of New Year’s celebration in Berlin.

Rockets from Gaza trigger alerts in Gaza border area

Rocket alerts sounded in the Gaza border community of Be'eri in addition to Sderot and Nir Am, among other localities. 

Iron Dome intercepts UAVs, rockets barrage simultaneously in test

Inside the IDF's strike on Iran's Syrian missile factory: Shaldag's high-stakes operation

IDF's Shaldag unit dismantles Iranian missile factory in Syria, preventing the production of hundreds of long-range missiles in a high-stakes operation.

 Operation Heavy Roads, involving IDF special op. against Iranian missile production facility in Syria

Why is the air force getting so many false rocket siren alarms? – analysis

False alarms surge as IDF adjusts air defense to prevent another drone attack like the incident that killed four and wounded 60 Golani soldiers in October.

 People take cover as siren warns of incoming missile fired from Yemen, at the parking lot of the Ben-Gurion Airport in Lod, on October 7, 2024.

As new year begins: Hamas fires rockets at Israel

The IDF said it had intercepted one rocket while an additional rocket had crashed in an open area. 

An iron dome launches rockets to intercept incoming rockets from Gaza on Tuesday.

IDF destroys weapons storage facility in south Lebanon, Shin Bet reveals 2024 Gaza counterterror op

IDF kills PIJ rocket commander • IDF kills dozens of Hamas terrorists in Jabalya• Military confirms sensitive covert op in Syria from September

 IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon, December 27, 2024.

Projectile from Yemen intercepted after sirens activated in central Israel

Magen David Adom said that no casualties have been reported so far, but that several people were injured on their way to a shelter.

 People take cover as siren warns of incoming missile fired from Yemen, near Rehovot, December 30, 2024.

WATCH: Israeli Air Force strikes Gaza launcher, causing rocket to fire

The IAF struck a launcher containing a rocket that was ready to be fired, causing the rocket to be launched.

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City July 14, 2018

Jerusalem’s stability shaken: Rockets from Yemen and Gaza could mark new phase in war – editorial

Jerusalem weathered two rocket attacks after a period of relative quiet, but does this mark the start of a new era for the capital?

THE OLD CITY of Jerusalem – quartered and whole