Posts Tagged: Southern Israel Rockets
Southern Israelis Call for Stronger Response to Gaza Rocket Fire
JNS.org - Following Tuesday's rocket fire launched from the Gaza Strip into the Gan Yavne area near Ashdod, residents of southern Israel are demanding...
Gaza Rocket Strikes Open Territory in Southern Israel
Jerusalem Post - A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip exploded in open territory near the Eshkol Regional Council on Friday around noon, the IDF...
Rocket Sirens Sound in Southern Israel in Apparent False Alarm
JNS.org - Just two days after Gaza terrorists fired a mortar shell into southern Israel, violating the cease-fire agreement that ended the recent seven-week...
Purim 2014: Southern Israel’s Schools Remain Open, Tensions High
While schools across southern Israel remained open on Friday for the Jewish festival of Purim, tensions were high as the Israeli Air Force (IAF) continued...
More Rockets Launched After Islamic Jihad Claims Truce With Israel
JNS.org - Islamic Jihad claims a truce with Israel following the Palestinian terror group's recent barrage of at least 60 rockets. Yet several more...
Islamic Jihad Official Claims Gaza Ceasefire Has Been Reached
Jerusalem Post - Egyptian efforts to broker a ceasefire that would end two days of hostilities between Israel and terrorists in the Gaza Strip appear to...
Netanyahu Holds Emergency Meeting With Ministers to Address Rocket Fire
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers were holding an emergency cabinet meeting early Thursday afternoon at the Kirya military base...
Southern Israel Residents Describe Trauma and Fear of Day Under Rocket Fire
Residents of southern Israel described their trauma and fear on Wednesday when at least 60 rockets were fired into their neighborhoods from the Gaza Strip,...
Israel Strikes Back After Palestinian Rocket Attacks
Palestinian terrorists have launched numerous rockets in to Israel since Tuesday, prompting the largest Israeli response since Egypt brokered the cease-fire between Hamas and...
5th Iron Dome Battery Deployed in Eilat as ‘Precaution’
A fifth Iron Dome battery is now fully operational in Eilat. The IDF said the deployment was part of the general operational procedure of the...
Rockets, Mortar Fired From Gaza Land in Israel
Times of Israel - Gazan terrorists shot a rocket and three mortar shells at Israel early Thursday morning, marking a third straight day ...
IDF Chief of Staff: We Will Not Return to Reality Seen in South Before Operation Pillar of Defense
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that Israel "would not allow the reality which existed before Operation Pillar of...
A Tree for Every Rocket: IDF Soldiers Plant 1,532 Trees in Southern Israel (PHOTOS)
In honor of Tu Bishvat, IDF soldiers planted 1,532 trees in the vicinity of Nachal Oz, on the Gazan border in southern Israel. The 1,532...
Barak on Ground Operation: “We Cannot Always Carry Out What the Israeli Public Wants”
On Thursday Israel's Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, was quoted as saying that he was aware a majority of Israelis wanted the IDF to launch a...
