Rockets from Gaza

The Israeli military is developing a new system to intercept rockets at their ascent stage, using a network of sensors and missiles to destroy active enemy launchers within 10 to 15 seconds.

"I, too, was under the impression that the attacks by the Israeli army were carried out with great sophistication."

"He who drags the country to a fifth election is playing into the hands of those who wish us harm."

In its statement, the Security Council fails to mention Hamas by name and only remarks on “Palestinian rocket fire.”

A senior Hamas official warned that if Israel would eliminate Yahya Sinwar or Mohammed Deif – it would lead to another round of fighting.

Some cabinet ministers complained that the intelligence provided in the operation was "lousy" and did not provide "reality-changing targets" to be attacked.

Hamas has also agreed to the ceasefire, which is slated to begin at 2 AM Friday.

IDF official: Hamas’s force build-up process is problem • Vital to disrupt future re-armament programs to prevent new escalation in near future.

His analysis of the politics behind the war channels the pure cynicism of a Jean-Paul Sartre epic feat of despair.

An IDF soldier standing near the bus was lightly wounded by a mortar shell.

Over 4000 rockets have been launched at Israel from Gaza since Hamas launched this latest round of fighting.

Some 200 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza in the 12-hour period between 7 am and 7 pm Wednesday, repeatedly targeting Ashkelon, Ashdod, Be'er Sheva, Netivot, Ofakim and Gaza border communities, among others.

"I am determined to continue this operation until its objective is achieved: to restore quiet and security to you, citizens of Israel."

"Democracies have a choice. They can say there is nothing we can do. We will absorb attacks against our cities. We can do that or we can level the cities."

The shipment included a number of trucks with medical equipment destined for the Jordanian hospital in the Gaza Strip.

Interceptions by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system were seen by residents in the skies above Acco in the north, and above Netivot in the south.

If Israel's security apparatus relies on the terrorists' bad memories from the punishment of this round of fighting for a future deterrence – it's not happening.

""Just imagine what would have happened if you had 2900 rockets fired on Washington and New York and other cities."

Two foreign workers were killed and around 10 others were wounded in a round of intense shelling aimed at the Eshkol district.

In response to the attack, Israel closed the Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza “until further notice,” but left Erez crossing open for “humanitarian movement.”

The company said train service was being suspended for “security reasons.”

Excessively Optimistic? Perhaps. But it also reveals a Hamas strategy that was both ambitious and imaginative.

Washington vetoed a UN Security Council condemnation proposal against Israel because it did not include a reference to the Hamas rockets.

The rockets targeted Ashkelon and Be'er Sheva.

Over the weekend, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ordered to fly Israel's flag on the Chancellor's building in Vienna as a sign of solidarity with Israel.

MDA reminds the public to continue to heed the instructions of the Home Front Command and call MDA's 101 Emergency Call Center for any medical emergency.

Three cows in southern Israel also died in the rocket barrage.

A very entitled Pruitt sounded like the guy telling a policeman, "Do you know who I am?"

The office of Israeli Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz assured the public that its energy needs will not be affected by the temporary closure.

On Thursday night, the IDF managed to produce a vague picture of the start of a ground operation.