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Iron Dome heroes: Soldiers lost their lives to arm rocket interceptors

Soldiers operating the Iron Dome missile defense batteries near the Gaza border faced thousands of rocket launches on October 7, risking their lives to rearm the units, these are their stories

Yoav Zitun | 10.30.23

מיכאל ברודסקי בטקס קבלת פנים לרגל 75 שנים לישראל בקייב

Ukraine is the most pro-Israeli country in Europe, Israeli envoy says

Ambassador Michael Brodsky says Ukrainians now understand why Israel couldn't provide them with Iron Dome batteries, estimates Ukrainian parliament will soon declare Hamas a terrorist organization

Itamar Eichner | 10.29.23

Biden calls Hamas attack 'sheer evil,' throws full support behind Israel

US will send ammunition and replenish Iron Dome interceptors, POTUS says in White House address; 'Like every nation in the world, Israel has a right to respond, a duty to respond'

Ynetnews | 10.10.23

Rabbi Jonathan Markowitz with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

Zelensky says pilgrims to Uman would have benefited from Iron Dome

Ukraine president honors Chabad rabbis for sticking with Ukrainians and Jewish soldiers for their valor in battle; says he told Netanyahu that the missile defense system would have protected the tens of thousands of Jews arriving in Uman

Itamar Eichner | 09.15.23

תיעוד: ניסיון שיגור רקטה לעבר היישוב רם און

Jenin rocket launches persist despite arrest of high-profile Hamas operative

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades double down on efforts to fire rockets into Israel; local settler leader calls for heightened IDF presence and deployment of Iron Dome to protect Israeli citizens from Palestinian rocket fire

ynet correspondents | 09.10.23

Iron Dome activated against incoming Gaza threat for second day in a row

Missile defense system triggered less than 24 hours after downing drone over Palestinian enclave; Border area residents report hearing loud blast but no air raid sirens sounded

Matan Tzuri, Yoav Zitun | 08.21.23

Iron Dome intercepts drone from Gaza

The UAV took off from Rafah and was under surveillance, and after it started flying east toward Israel, it was intercepted by the missile defense system; IDF: 'It did not pose a threat and therefore no warnings were activated'

Yoav Zitun , Matan Tzuri | 08.20.23

IDF strikes Gaza after rockets launched at southern Israel

Military says Hamas installations targeted in a strike; earlier IDF confirms one active serviceman died in Jenin on Tuesday in exchanges of fire with terrorists in the refugee camp; troops complete their withdrawal from the city

Israel Moskovitz, Matan Tzuri, Yoav Zitun | 07.05.23

'He died of sorrow': Israeli man whose wife was killed in rocket attack last month dies at 86

Sergei Avramyan's grandson says his grandfather's condition quickly deteriorated despite suffering minor injuries when a rocket hit their home in Rehovot during Operation Shield and Arrow, in which his wife was killed

Meir Turgeman | 06.15.23

שר הביטחון יואב גלנט עם שר ההגנה של יוון ניקולס פנגיוטופולוס ב אתונה

Gallant plays down new Iranian hypersonic weapon, says Israel has 'better response'

Tehran claims new Fatah missile can travel up to 870 miles at 14 times the speed of sound and outmaneuver Iron Dome, which is not designed to shoot down long-range missiles

Daniel Salami, Yoav Zitun | 06.06.23

Iron Dome scores successful interception tests against advanced threats

Israel's defense technology sets global standards with naval version of Iron Dome; Defense Minister Gallant hails Iron Dome system as significant advancement in naval defense capabilities, ensuring operational superiority amidst growing maritime threats

Yoav Zitun | 05.29.23

Operation Shield and Arrow wrap in numbers

Initial IDF count reveals 1,469 rockets and mortar shells were fired toward Israel, 291 failed to breach the border and 39 fell in the sea; two died in Israel and 33 in Gaza including 6 PIJ commanders killed in 422 Israeli strikes on the Strip

Yoav Zitun, Einav Halabi | 05.14.23

'A grave slur against IDF': UN plays right into Islamic Jihad's hands

Opinion: In ynetnews exclusive, former UK commander rejects accusations leveled at Israeli army, which adheres to — and goes beyond — international laws of war in this conflict fueled by Iran; No country can sit back and watch while its enemies lash out

Colonel Richard Kemp | 05.11.23

Watching over the home front armed with Iron Dome

Staff Sergeant S. grew up in Ashkelon running to shelters amid sirens warning of rockets, now she shoots them out of the sky

Korin Elbaz Alush | 05.11.23

Hamas content to let Israel and Islamic Jihad duel it out

Analysis: Gaza ruler’s decision to sit out conflict between Israel and Islamic Jihad could prove beneficial in the long run, as it serves to buy it more time to build itself militarily and financially, while Israel weakens its main competition for dominance in the Gaza Strip

Avi Issacharoff | 05.11.23