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.

Israel's Home Front Command app; illustrative.
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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

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

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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

Home Front Command implements new warning system for Israeli residents ahead of missile attack

The IDF confirmed that the advance warning was not distributed due to a technical malfunction when two were killed and over 20 were wounded in an attack.

 Rescue personnel stand next to damaged vehicles as they work at an impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, June 14, 2025

IDF intercepts Houthi missiles that triggered sirens in Jerusalem, central Israel

Magen David Adom said that there were no reports of injuries, except for a single case of a man who was injured on the way to a protected area. 

 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.

Missile from Yemen intercepted by IDF, fragments hit kindergarten roof in northern Israel

The military stated that the public is instructed to follow the guidelines issued by the Home Front Command.

 "Red Alert" rocket warnings across northern Israel due to missile launched from Yemen, May 2, 2025.