Rocket Alert

IDF pummels Iranian nuclear targets, dramatically reduces Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal

Rafah Crossing reopening Wednesday for limited pedestrian traffic • Gulf states hesitate on Iran response after over 2,000 missiles and drones launched

MARCH 15, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Authorities work at the scene of a fall in southern israel on March 14, 2026.

Araghchi claims Strait of Hormuz open except to enemies, shrapnel hits in central Israel

No problem with Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian Foreign Minister says • US embassy urges Americans to leave Iraq • Drones strike Kuwait airport's radar system

MARCH 14, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor missile as rockets are fired from Gaza, in Sderot, Israel, May 10, 2023.

IDF intercepts Houthi cluster bomb missile that triggered sirens across central Israel

Army Radio added that this was the first time that the Houthis managed to fire a missile that triggered sirens in Israel after the IDF killed top Houthi leaders in Sanaa last week.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah visits Bint Jbeil, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in southern Lebanon, November 27, 2024.

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist in s. Lebanon, IDF announces death of St.-Sgt. Amit Cohen

Guterres 'appalled' by conditions in Gaza • Bedouin civilians leave Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds • Rocket sirens in Nir Am false alarm, IDF says • IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah

JULY 21, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF launches retaliatory airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza

39 fires ignited in southern Israel on Tuesday by incendiary balloons

AUGUST 19, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM, TZVI JOFFRE

A ROCKET IS fired toward Israel from the southern Gaza Strip in February.

Iron Dome intercepts Gaza rocket fired towards southern Israel

Rocket fire came as city of Sderot inaugurated drive-in movie theater and shortly after change of command of the Gaza Divison.

AUGUST 2, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Israel strikes Hamas targets in retaliation for Gazan rocket fire

Two rockets fired towards southern Israel on Friday night just a day after Hamas warned Jerusalem against annexation.

JUNE 28, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM

A rocket is fired towards Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip February 24, 2020

IAF strikes Gaza targets following rocket attacks

A spokesperson for the IDF said that three rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, all landing in open fields near the town of Netivot.

FEBRUARY 5, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TAL LEV RAM/MAARIV

Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel

Benny Gantz, MKs were in Nachal Oz when rocket alerts sounded

Rocket alert sirens sounded on Saturday in Alumim and Nachal Oz, near the Gaza border, according to the IDF.

FEBRUARY 1, 2020ByARIK BENDER/MAARIV, ANNA AHRONHEIM

Coming soon: App that displays rocket alerts on streaming services

Two 15-year-old Israelis developed an app that would allow any Android supporting system that operates online to alert when a rocket alarm goes off in real time.

JANUARY 2, 2020ByALON EINHORN

Israelis run for shelter as a siren sounds during a rocket attack near Yad Mordechai at the Israeli side of the Israel Gaza border July 14, 2018

IAF strikes Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after rocket forces PM offstage

When the rocket sirens were sounded, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking in Askelon and was rushed off stage. A similar incident occurred in Ashdod in September.

DECEMBER 26, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE