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Palestinians in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, protest over growing tension in Jerusalem, April 25, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

After days of rockets on southern Israel, Hamas gets an ultimatum

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As part of its power struggle with Fatah, Hamas has been enabling smaller Gazan terror factions to fire rockets at Israeli border communities since Friday. Since April 23, the smaller armed groups have fired 41...
Rockets being fired from Gaza towards Israel on Nov. 12, 2019. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Rocket fire into Israel continues for a second day amid Jerusalem clashes

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Gaza-based terrorists fired multiple projectiles at Israel on Saturday, a day after launching a 36-rocket barrage at the Jewish state in the worst flareup in months. Rockets fired at Sderot and Kibbutz Nirim in southern...
Illustrative: A rocket is fired into the Mediterranean Sea during a drill of Palestinian armed groups simulating a war against Israel, south of Gaza City, on Dec. 29, 2020. Photo by Ali Ahmed/Flash90.

Rocket fire from Gaza triggers sirens at end of Israeli Independence Day

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Terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired at a rocket at southern Israel on Thursday evening, triggering warning sirens at the end of Yom Ha’azmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. A statement by the Israel Defense Forces said...
The Iron Dome defense system fires to interecept incoming missiles from Gaza in the port town of Ashdod, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90.

A decade on, Iron Dome continues to be game-changer

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“I don’t want to create the illusion that the Iron Dome defense system will provide a complete or comprehensive solution. The system is still in its experimental phase and in any case, we can’t...
An Iron Dome air-defense battery set near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 14, 2014. Photo by David Buimovitch/Flash90.

One decade since its appearance, Iron Dome has intercepted over 2,500 enemy rockets …...

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Ten years have passed since the Iron Dome air-defense system, produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, made its first revolutionary interception of a Gazan rocket in Israeli skies in 2011. Since then the system...
A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 16, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Gaza terrorists launch rocket at Israel’s south; IDF hits Hamas targets

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The Israeli military struck two Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday morning in response to a rocket fired on Saturday from the coastal enclave into Israel, the IDF...
A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

IDF hits multiple Hamas targets in response to overnight rocket barrage

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Israeli fighter jets and helicopters carried out two waves of strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, after terrorists in the coastal enclave fired 15 rockets into Israeli territory overnight...
Lt. Col. Or Levy, commander of Battalion 334 of the Israel Defense Forces. Credit: IDF.

IDF’s precision-rocket battalion prepares for complex battlefield

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Under the cover of darkness in southern Israel, dozens of rockets pierced the night sky, flying out of their launch pods before exploding into targets some located dozens of kilometers away. The specialized drill—dubbed...
A ball of fire and smoke rises above buildings during Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip after a slew of 14 rockets were launched towards southern Israel, on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

55,000 students miss school as rockets rain down on southern Israel

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At least 14 Palestinian rockets rained down on southwestern Israel on Monday, with one striking and damaging a playground in the town of Sderot and another shattering a car windshield in Nir Am. Twelve of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, in the Jordan Valley, on Sept. 15, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu: If Gaza fire continues, IDF will retaliate before March 2 elections

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that if Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continue to launch rockets and airborne incendiary devices against Israel, he will order an extensive military operation...