Summary of Overnight Events
Overnight, the IDF targeted approximately 150 medium range rocket launching sites as well as ammunition storage facilities across the Gaza Strip, causing severe damage...
Netanyahu Offers Temporary Cease Fire
The IDF is prepared for a ground operation in the Gaza Strip if Hamas refuses to commit to along-term ceasefire.
How the IDF Minimizes Harm to Civilians in Gaza (Video)
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IDF Spokesperson: Air Attacks Continue, As Do Rocket Launches
Late last night The Jewish Press attended a phone briefing with IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich. This is a transcript of the conference, with some of the figures updated.
Friday Morning Overnight Update
7:35 AM NYC closed the area around the Israeli Consulate in light of the protests and for security reasons. Security has also been increased...
Massive IDF Attacks in Gaza
2:00 AM Reports are coming in of a number of massive IDF attacks across Gaza.
Among the major attacks is that the IDF has destroyed...
Watch 12 Iron Dome Interceptions Over Beer Sheva
It starts 48 seconds into the clip.
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Four More Terrorists Meet Their Virgins
Israel's Channel 10 is reporting that late Thursday evening, November 16, the Israel Defense Force was able to eliminate an additional four members of...
Lessons for the World from a New Gaza War
Can Israel sustain this situation? Of course, that is basically the framework in which it has been living and prospering for 64 years. Is it preferable? Of course not. What is the world going to do to make it better? Nothing.
Israel Air Force Pummeling Gaza Terror Targets At Rate of 1 Every 51 Seconds
The Israeli Air Force reportedly hit 70 targets between 9 and 10pm Thursday, including underground medium-range rocket launching pads, bringing the total number of IAF strikes in Operation Pillar of Defense to over 300.
Don’t Kick the Can of Violence Down the Road
The only thing that can prevent Israel from winning this mini-war and neutering Hamas is outside intervention.
IDF Strikes Near Ismail Haniyeh’s House
The IDF took a shot near Ismael Haniyeh's house. They hit a jeep parked right outside it. Haniyeh is the current head of Hamas...
Hamas Claims: We Shot Down an Israeli Plane
Hamas has announced that it shot down an Israeli warplane by a land to air missile. The IDF denies the claim.
The IDF spokesperson's office...
Reports in Gaza: Al-Aqsa Brigades Commander Escaped a Hit
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that the commander of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Gaza, Salem Thabet, escape an attempt on his life after...
Funeral for Slain Mira Sharf has Begun
The funeral for Mira Sharf has begun in Jerusalem.
Sharf was killed in a rocket attack on Thursday in Kiryat Melachi. She was a a...
8:25 PM Gaza Update
8:21 PM IDF Spokesman confirms, Defense Minister green lights calling up 30,000 reservists.
8:19 PM Direct hit on house in Be'er Sheva. No injuries reported.
8:16 PM 5...
Direct Strikes in Be’er Sheva
8:09 PM A car in Be'er Sheva was hit by a rocket, and went up in fire.
A factory in Be'er Sheva was hit.
How Much Time Do You Have?
A map showing the amount of time the residents of each district in Israel have to get into a bomb shelter after a rocket...
Barak: We Called Up the Reserves, IDF Spokesman: Gaza Will Not Sleep Quietly Tonight
IDF forces are assembled in their designated pre-invasion areas.
7:50 PM Gaza War Update
7:47 PM Sirens: Bnei Shimon and Har Hebron
7:46 PM Sirens: Be'er Sheva
7:45 PM Magen David Adom has raised the level of preparedness in the Central...
Sirens in Tel Aviv, Residents Report an Explosion, Rocket Falls in Rishon L’Tzion
The missile has not yet been discovered and there's no known damage.
Fajr-5 Rocket Hits Tel Aviv, Iron Dome Intercepts 7 Grad Missiles over Beer Sheva
For the first time since the Gulf War, a rocket sirens were heard in Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv Opening Cultural Center to Southern Residents
6:08 PM Tel Aviv mayor, Ron Huldai announces that Tel Aviv is opening its cultural centers to residents of the South, free of charge, including...
Rockets Target Rishon L’Tzion and Updates
6:05 PM Official Statement from the Rishon Municipality:
We request from the public to adhere to the directives of the IDF Homefront Command. When hearing a siren,...
The Twitter War
The IDF's use of twitter has been called perhaps the most meaningful change in our consumption of war in over 20 years.
Update of the Past Few Hours of Attacks
4:45 PM Rocket falls in S'derot. Unconfirmed report of rocket landing in Rishon. UPDATE: Sirens in S'derot were false. But reports of rocket landing in...
We Are Seeing Moshiach in Action!
The “Amud HaAnan” Operation which Tzahal has now undertaken is intended to protect our beleaguered citizens in the south. But it is much more than that.
Hamas Takes Hostages
1:37 PM Channel 2 Israel TV: Hamas holding 43 diplomats hostage, and not allowing them to leave the Gaza strip.
The diplomats are being held by...
Three Injured in Eshkol Strike
At just after 2PM, two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded and one soldier was lightly wounded from a rocket that exploded in the Eshkol Regional...
Israel Under Fire, the IDF Fights Back: a Recap of Events
Last night, the IDF eliminated Israel's Osama Bin Laden.