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

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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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42 fallen soldiers since last Remembrance Day, ceremonies held online

Due to the continued spread of the coronavirus, the main ceremonies at the Western Wall plaza and Mount Herzl to be held without an audience.

Yahrzeit candle

Saudi Arabia intercepts two missiles fired by Yemen's Houthis

Two civilians were slightly injured due to the falling of the intercepted missile's debris as it exploded in mid-air over residential districts.

A missile that the U.S. Department of Defense says is a "Qiam" ballistic missile manufactured in Iran and that the Pentagon says was fired by Houthi rebels from Yemen into Saudi Arabia on July 22, 2017 is seen on display at a U.S. military base in Washington, U.S.

Home Front Command’s targeted warning system cut down sirens by 50%

About 80 localities with 500,000 Israelis did not hear a single incoming rocket siren during the last round of violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Some Israelis take cover as others look on as sirens indicating rockets being fired to the area are heard on a lookout hill near Sderot, opposite the northern Gaza Strip.

IDF attacks Gaza again after rocket fire

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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."

Code Red app