Sirens

IDF Home Front Command updates application's alert system for clarity in emergency situations

The IDF Home Front Command revamped its mobile and smart TV alerts with color-coded warnings, dedicated sounds, and clearer instructions to help citizens respond faster in emergencies.

|ByJAMES GENN
Israel's Home Front Command app; illustrative.
PLAYING WITH Israeli flags ahead of this year’s Independence Day, at Kobi kindergarten in Moshav Yashresh.

What raising my children in Israel is teaching me - opinion

As we celebrate our independence this year, and Jerusalem Day this week, I find that my sense of pride is not only in the state itself but in the next generation who will continue to shape it.

|BySARI NOSSBAUM
Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, March 24, 2026.

IDF to extend time to reach shelter in 49 northern Israel communities

For 46 communities, the time will be extended from 30 to 45 seconds. For another three communities, it will be extended to a full minute.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A MOMENT of stillness as Israel marks 78 years of independence facing a complex reality.

Independence Day: Israel’s sirens signal danger, loss - and a wake-up call

Maybe we need that last one as a new tradition of ringing another siren at the beginning of every Independence Day – an alert that we are part of a very special country.

|ByDAVID BRINN

IDF attacks Gaza again after rocket fire

Earlier, rocket sirens were heard in Gaza Border communities and the southern city of Sderot.

NOVEMBER 27, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ANNA AHRONHEIM
Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel

IDF to hold nation-wide drill with new, more specific siren system

The drills, taking place in the mornings of November 26-28, have alerts that display the names of municipalities and/or areas within municipalities, not just general areas.

NOVEMBER 10, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Rocket siren system in Israel

IDF to test new red alert siren activation method

Normally, the “tzeva adom” (red alert) sirens are activated by region.

MAY 20, 2019ByEZRA TAYLOR
Israelis run for shelter as a siren sounds during a rocket attack at the southern city of Sderot July 14, 2018

My Word: Between the Eurovision and making Hamas face the music

Security cameras outside the home of the Handeli family in Rehovot last week revealed a state of confusion that could pass as a state of mind.

MAY 9, 2019ByLIAT COLLINS
A MAN PAINTS a mural on a structure located close to the Eurovision Village in Tel Aviv

Center Field: The new Jews of silence

Of course, when I’m rude enough to ask, you’ll condemn the rocket fire – but where were you? Where are you, really?

MAY 7, 2019ByGIL TROY
Shattered glass covers shoes left on the seat of a car that was damaged after a rocket hit a house north of Tel Aviv, Israel March 25, 2019

Too soon? Memorial Day siren sounds early, Tel Aviv stands at attention

The moment provided a bit of comic relief during the somber Memorial Day atmosphere.

MAY 7, 2019ByZACK EVANS
Israelis stop on the highway as the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren is sounded

Code red alert: IDF shares sound of siren on Twitter

"No one should have to wake up from the sound of a siren."

MARCH 27, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Code Red app

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]