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.

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.

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 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.

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 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025.

The price of peace: The human side of Israel's war against Iran - opinion

The missiles fall, and the headlines speak of strategy, of retaliation, of deterrence. But beneath the headlines, there is the quiet, stubborn pulse of human life.

 People spend time at a beach in Tel Aviv during the Israel-Iran war, June 21, 2025; illustrative.

Dogs and cats in war: Preparing your pet for sirens and worst-case scenarios

Just as we have to prepare ourselves and family members for having to leave home quickly if a rocket alert is received, we also need to prepare for our animals to leave with us.

 A Holon woman shelters with her pet dog and birds.

Sirens sound in Dead Sea area following missile launched by Yemen's Houthis

The IDF successfully intercepted the missile launched by the Iran-backed terror group, with no reports of casualties or damage.

 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.

The sirens have stopped with Iran, but the Israeli mind is still at war - opinion

Even with the calm apparently restored, social media is full of posts from people sharing lingering trauma.

Israel Air Force fighter jets on their way to the waves of strikes in Iran

Surviving and rebuilding: A journalist's personal story after a missile destroyed her home

What surviving a missile taught me about war, survival, and myself.

 SHANNA FULD inside her apartment, after the ballistic missile wreaked havoc.

Three artists, three questions: Interviews amid sirens from Iranian missiles

Three Israeli artists, from different generations and with very different approaches and backgrounds, answered my three questions.

 Chen Nucher

Sirens sound across central Israel, West Bank in Iranian missile fire

The Monday afternoon missile launch from Iran marked the second barrage of the day fired into Israeli territory.

Smoke rises from a fire following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, June 17, 2025

Why is IDF Home Front reducing Iran missile warning time window? - explainer

Home Front Command will continue to send a message when it is safe to exit the shelter. 

Rescue forces at the scene where a missile launched from Iran fell in the city of Safed, June 16, 2025

Iranian barrage of 20 ballistic missiles fired at Israel, bus depot set on fire

Footage shared on social media showed an empty bus parked at a bus depot that was heavily damaged, with a pillar of smoke seen.

 Emergency personnel work to extinguish a fire on a bus, following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, June 17, 2025