Explosives detonate near Gaza border, damaging Israeli army vehicle

Published on April 9, 2013

Explosives detonated near the border fence with Gaza damaged an Israeli military vehicle.

Palestinian rocket, not Israel, killed infant in Gaza, U.N. says

Published on March 11, 2013

A Palestinian rocket killed the 11-month-old son of a BBC employee during Israel's November operation in Gaza, the United Nations determined.

U.S. aims to support Israeli defense systems despite budget cuts

Published on March 5, 2013

New U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with his Israeli counterpart on Tuesday, expressing strong support for Israeli missile and rocket defense systems despite fiscal uncertainty caused by across-the-board spending cuts.

Southern Israel hit by Gaza rocket for first time in three months

Published on February 26, 2013

rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israel for the first time in three months, causing some damage.

Rocket explodes in Israel, first attack from Gaza since November truce

Published on February 26, 2013

A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a November truce and an apparent show of solidarity with West Bank protests after the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail.

Study: Sderot rocket attacks increased miscarriages

Published on February 25, 2013

Rocket attacks on Sderot significantly increased the number of miscarriages that occurred in women from the southern Israeli city, according to a new study.

SpaceIL: Israel’s race to the moon

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 19, 2013

One day in 2015, a small Israeli spacecraft will land on and reconnoiter the moon, joining the United States and former Soviet Union in the world’s most exclusive extraterrestrial club.

Israel eases Gaza blockade

Published on December 26, 2012

Israel is easing its blockade on Gaza, the Defense Ministry confirmed to local media.

Peace and protection

By Rabbi Mordecai Finley
Published on November 29, 2012

I have tried to figure out why Rabbi Sharon Brous’ thoughts left me empty when I read them. As Rabbi Daniel Gordis has written, there is nothing objectionable in them.

All the families of the Earth

Published on November 29, 2012

A living Judaism demands an exquisite balance between inside and outside, concern for our own and concern for the other, particularism and universalism.

A Jewish revival meeting: Is religious pluralism possible in Israel?

By Rob Eshman
Published on November 29, 2012

In a packed synagogue hall on Monday night, Nov. 26, Israel’s Consul General David Siegel posed a question: How many people present care deeply about religious pluralism in Israel?

Israel-Gaza conflict winners and losers

By Steve Greenberg
Published on November 28, 2012

Talks on details of Israel-Hamas cease-fire resume in Cairo

Published on November 27, 2012

Negotiators for Israel and Hamas are holding separate talks with Egyptian mediators to iron out the details of last week's cease-fire.

Studying abroad in a war zone, Americans in Israel are shaken but undeterred

Published on November 26, 2012

When the first two sirens went off, Shoshana Leshaw ran from her second-floor bedroom down to the bomb shelter in the basement. By the time the third and fourth sirens wailed, she went no farther than the stairwell.

Report: Palestinian killed, 19 hurt by IDF gunfire

Published on November 23, 2012

Israeli soldiers reportedly killed one man and wounded another 19 near the fence which separates Gaza from Israel.

Operation Pillar of Defense: Lessons learned

Published on November 21, 2012

As Israel and Hamas mostly stilled their guns Wednesday night after reaching a cease-fire agreement, ending eight days of intense bombardment, both sides took home some new lessons about their foes.

Israelis killed, Gaza shakes as Clinton seeks truce

Published on November 20, 2012

Israeli air strikes shook the Gaza Strip and Gazan rockets struck across the border as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday, seeking a truce that can hold back Israel's ground troops.

Meeting Clinton, Netanyahu demands ‘long-term’ Gaza deal

Published on November 20, 2012

Israel is prepared to escalate its Gaza Strip offensive but would prefer a long-term diplomatic solution to the threat of rockets from the Palestinian enclave, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

A call from Tel Aviv: Freaked, at first

By Rob Eshman
Published on November 20, 2012

Is this a war? It’s so hard to know these days. Wars used to happen on things called battlefields, where armies met, fought and met again.

Israel-Gaza conflict: Low expectations

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on November 20, 2012

No one knows for sure why the Gaza hostilities began. We know that there had been weeks of intensifying rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, rockets fired by various Palestinian groups that were tolerated, even encouraged by the governing Hamas.

From Sandy to Gaza rockets, students weather each other’s storms

Published on November 20, 2012

Between Israeli youths going through Hurricane Sandy and American youths experiencing the onslaught of rockets from Gaza, participants of November’s America Israel Friendship League’s (AIFL) student exchange rode an emotional and historic rollercoaster on both sides of the Atlantic.

Lebanon defuses two missiles aimed at Israel

Published on November 19, 2012

The Lebanese Army defused two rockets aimed at northern Israel.

Gaza ground war wouldn’t cure Israel’s Hamas headache

Published on November 19, 2012

An Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip will not provide any long-term solution to the problem posed by the Islamist group Hamas, and this will make the government think long and hard before sending in the troops.

Economic costs of Gaza fighting

Published on November 19, 2012

Last Friday, Moshe Ahituv (not his real name) received another call-up from the Israeli army. A captain in the home front command, he had already completed 43 days of army reserve service this year.

Gazans in Jordan scramble for news about relatives

Published on November 19, 2012

With one eye on Skype and the other fixed on the television screen, Salma anxiously searched for news about her father, two brothers and younger sister in the Gaza Strip. “I am suffering so much. I do not know how I will handle not being near my family, even under the bombardment,” Salma, 23, who grew up in Gaza and moved to Jordan in 2010 after she married, told The Media Line. She asked not to use her last name out of concern for her family.

Israel shoots down Hamas rocket fired at Tel Aviv

Published on November 18, 2012

Israel's "Iron Dome" interceptor system shot down two incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip on Sunday night and no casualties or damage was reported, a police spokesman said.

Truth and consequences: When Hamas targeted The Holy City

Published on November 18, 2012

Jerusalemites have an age-old custom of ushering in the holy Sabbath earlier — a full 36 minutes before sunset — than anywhere else in the world.

Obama discusses violence in Israel, Gaza with Turkish Prime Minister

Published on November 17, 2012

President Barack Obama called Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to discuss how the two countries could help bring an end to escalating violence between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a White House official said on Saturday.

Thousands protest in Egypt against Israeli attacks on Gaza

Published on November 16, 2012

Thousands of people protested in Egyptian cities on Friday against Israeli air strikes on Gaza and Egypt's president pledged to support the Palestinian enclave's population in the face of "blatant aggression."

Pogroms interrupted: The era of Jews fighting back

By David Suissa
Published on November 16, 2012

As I’ve been watching images of Hamas rockets falling on Israel, I’ve asked myself: If Hamas had the ability to murder thousands of Jews, wouldn’t they? And if Israel didn’t have a strong army, wouldn’t we surely witness another pogrom?

U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv bans non-essential staff travel to the South

Published on November 15, 2012

Citing new violence between Israel and Gaza, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv told staff members not to travel to the South and encouraged U.S. citizens "to exercise caution."

Israeli and Palestinian civilians killed in border fighting

Published on November 15, 2012

Two rockets hit the outskirts of the central Israeli town of Rishon Letzion, more than 22 miles from Gaza, raising concerns that Hamas will fire long-range missiles that can hit Israel’s business capital of Tel Aviv [UPDATE: Rocket strikes southern outskirts of Tel Aviv]. Earlier, a rocket fired from Gaza slammed into a four-story apartment building in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, killing two men and a woman in the first Israeli casualties since Israel killed Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari.

Gaza rocket hits city near Tel Aviv, no damage or casualties

Published on November 15, 2012

Israeli cities under fire after dozens of rockets fired from Gaza

Published on November 14, 2012

Sirens wailed across southern Israel as Hamas gunmen fired barrages of dozens of rockets from Gaza.

Rockets fired on Israel believed to have come from Sinai

Published on November 14, 2012

Four rockets fired on southern Israel are believed to have come from the Sinai Peninsula. The rockets that landed on a moshav and its fields in southern Israel was fired Wednesday afternoon. The attack came a day after the four-day onslaught of rockets fired by terrorist groups in Gaza seemed to have come to an end in a tacit cease-fire brokered by Egypt.

Peres briefs Obama on Hamas commander killing

Published on November 14, 2012

Israeli President Shimon Peres briefed U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday about Israel's killing of the Hamas military commander in Gaza, saying the man was a "mass-murderer", Peres's office said in a statement.

One million Israelis under rocket fire

Published on November 13, 2012

Adele Raimer lives on Kibbutz Nirim less than a mile from the Gaza Strip. She’s a high school English teacher, a teacher trainer, a volunteer medical clown and the mother of four children aged 22 – 32. She’s spent much of the past four days running to safe rooms and shelters in her home and school.

Gaza militants signal truce with Israel after rockets

Published on November 12, 2012

Palestinian militants indicated they were ready for a truce with Israel on Monday to defuse a growing crisis after four days of rocket strikes from the Gaza Strip into the south of the Jewish state.

Rockets from Gaza continue to bombard southern Israel

Published on October 29, 2012

Some 20 rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel on Sunday night and Monday morning.

Israel says 80 rockets fired at it from Gaza

Published on October 24, 2012

Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant, a day after the Emir of Qatar made a rare visit to the enclave's Hamas leadership.

Five hurt as Gaza rockets pummel Israel’s south

Published on October 24, 2012

More than 65 rockets were fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding five people, two of them seriously, and causing extensive property damage, Israel Hayom reported.

Israeli planes strike Gaza terror sites in response to rocket fire

Published on September 10, 2012

Israeli airstrikes hit four terror-related Gaza sites. The early Monday morning strikes by the Air Force on a weapon manufacturing facility, a terror activity site and a terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, were in "direct response" to rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

Repaired Sderot-area home takes second hit from Gaza rocket

Published on August 31, 2012

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel hit a house near Sderot on Friday morning, but no one was injured.

For southern Israel, start of school is start of ‘rocket season’

Published on August 27, 2012

As the school year got underway for more than two million Israeli students across the country on Monday, a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in open territory in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council in southern Israel—midway between Beersheba and Ashkelon—causing no damage.

Hezbollah says can kill tens of thousands of Israelis

Published on August 17, 2012

The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Friday it possessed what it called precision rockets that could kill "tens of thousands" of Israelis in strikes on Israel.

Eilat explosions believed to be rocket attack

Published on August 15, 2012

Two loud explosions heard in Eilat are believed to have been caused by a long-range Grad rocket attack.

Dozens of rockets, mortars fired into Israel after Israeli strike on terror squad

Published on August 6, 2012

Dozens of rockets and mortar shells were fired into southern Israel after Israel's Air Force struck a terrorist squad in Gaza, killing one.

Rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel despite truce

Published on June 26, 2012

Four rockets were fired from Gaza at a Jewish community in the Negev.

Cross-border violence continues between Israel and Gaza

Published on June 22, 2012

An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Israel and Hamas medical officials said, two days after an Egyptian-brokered truce had calmed an outbreak of cross-border violence.

Gaza rocket directly hits home in southern Israel; Iron Dome intercepts missile in Netivot for first

Published on June 20, 2012

A Gaza rocket has directly hit a home in the Sdot Negev Regional council on Wednesday, as more than 30 rockets were fired into southern Israel since the morning.

Hamas claims responsibility for firing rockets at Israel

Published on June 19, 2012

Hamas has claimed responsibility for firing 10 long-range missiles into southern Israel.

Kassam rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel

Published on April 23, 2012

A Kassam rocket fired from Gaza struck southern Israel for the second time in two days.

Rocket from Sinai strikes Eilat

Published on April 5, 2012

A long-range Grad rocket fired from the Egypt hit a near a residential area in Eilat.

With rocket fire continuing, southern Israeli schools are closed

Published on March 15, 2012

Schools were closed in southern Israel again as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip continued to strike despite a cease-fire.

As rocket attacks ease, Netanyahu reiterates his Gaza policy

Published on March 13, 2012

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterating his policy of responding to Gaza violence, said that Israel "will find" whoever breaks the calm.

Israel-Gaza truce mostly observed

Published on March 13, 2012

An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and militant groups in the Gaza Strip was largely observed on Tuesday after four days of violence in which 25 Palestinians were killed and 200 rockets were fired at Israel.

10 things you should know about Israel’s Iron Dome

Published on March 13, 2012

Israel used a new missile shield, Iron Dome, to shoot down rockets fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in recent days.

Israelis see Iran ‘mini-drill’ in Gaza flare-up

Published on March 13, 2012

Israel has emerged from the past few days of fighting with Palestinians in Gaza more confident that its advanced missile shield and civil defenses can perform well in any war with Iran.

Israel, Gazan militants agree to truce, Egyptian official said

Published on March 12, 2012

Israel and militant factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-mediated truce to end four days of cross-border violence in which 25 Palestinians have been killed, a senior Egyptian security official told Reuters on Tuesday.

The changing face of Israel’s war on terrorists

Published on March 12, 2012

If Israel has its way, this is how future conflicts with Gaza-based terrorists will unfold: Israeli aircraft launch surgical strikes on rocket launchers; terrorist leaders are assassinated as necessary; Israeli civilians along the southern frontier are protected by advanced technology that shoots enemy rockets out of the sky; and the world, preoccupied with other matters, is too distracted to object.