Red Alert Israel

Inside the Telegram networks that outpace Israel’s sirens

As missiles head toward Israel, Telegram groups and WhatsApp bots often beat official systems, circulating sensitive real-time information from municipal emergency rooms and local authorities

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
A Home Front Command app alerting of all the rockets which hit central Israel earlier this morning. September 15, 2024.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 7, 2025.

From Parshat Zachor to war with Iran: Israel will never be defenseless - opinion

From a synagogue reading to the skies over Iran, the US-Israel alliance shows its enduring strength.

|ByJOSHUA Z. LAVINE
An Iranian missile cluster munition impacted in central Israel.

Three wounded following Iran missile barrages, shrapnel hits reported throughout Israel

IDF Home Front Command soldiers, Magen David Adom, United Hatzalah, and Israel Police responded to reports of shrapnel hitting in central Israel early Sunday morning.

|ByJAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner takes off from Los Angeles international Airport on November 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

El Al flight aborts landing in Tel Aviv due to missile launches from Iran

According to FlightRadar24 tracking data, the plane circled over the Mediterranean Sea for several minutes before receiving clearance to land.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

IDF carries out three waves of airstrikes as 12 rockets launched from Gaza

Major uptick in violence in the south overnight comes after 42 incendiary balloons ignite fires.

AUGUST 21, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Smoke and flame are seen following an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip August 20, 2020

IDF strikes terror targets at Gaza Strip after rockets fired at Israel

According to Palestinian reports, the IDF caused damage to Hamas outposts but no casualties were reported.

FEBRUARY 2, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel Ashkelon November 1, 2019

Live Updates: Rockets fly over southern Israel, despite ceasefire

Rockets test shaky ceasefire

NOVEMBER 16, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
AN IRON Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza toward Israel on August 9.