Iron Dome blind spot, GPS disruptions likely responsible for couple’s death in rocket barrage
July 11, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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The Israel Defence Force’s preliminary investigation into the rocket strike that killed two Golan residents in their car on Tuesday revealed that no interceptor was launched because the Air Force classifies roads as “open areas.” Read more
Rockets send Tel Aviv residents to shelters for first time in four months
May 26, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at central Israel on Sunday, sending residents of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan area scrambling for shelter. It was the first attack on Israel’s most populated region in four months. Read more
Iron Dome’s naval brother makes its first operational intercept
April 10, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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C-Dome, the naval version of Israel’s better-known Iron Dome defence system, made its first operational intercept on Monday night, shooting down a hostile drone over the Gulf of Aqaba, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday. Read more
Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire
February 24, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on Gaza on Thursday morning after terror groups fired rockets. Read more
Ukrainian Jews predict Israeli weapons for Kyiv are inevitable
December 23, 2022 by Alex Panchenko
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TPS Kyiv reports that the new Israeli government being formed by Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under pressure from Ukraine to take stronger measures against the Russian invasion. Read more
Comedian Sarah Silverman calls out ‘Squad’ for trying to block Iron Dome funding
Jewish comedian and actor Sarah Silverman criticized “The Squad” of left-wing Democratic lawmakers over recent attempts to block U.S. funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defence system. Read more
The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco
September 24, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, this was merely a “technicality” that would be reversed. Read more
Israeli Foreign Minister: Delay in US aid to Iron Dome – ‘technical’
September 23, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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The Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, experienced a significant diplomatic setback on Tuesday when the US Congress decided to withhold military aid from Israel and refused to vote on funding for its Iron Dome defence system. Read more
Bennett government criticised for not responding to rocket attack
August 17, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his government are facing public criticism after failing to respond to a rocket attack on Israel’s south, after vowing to do so. Read more
Following release of Hezbollah terrorists who fired rockets at Israel, Israeli envoy demands UNSC denounce Lebanese government
August 15, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Following the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel last week, and following the quick release of the four Hezbollah terrorists who were responsible for shooting the rockets by the Deputy Attorney General of the Lebanese Government, Israel’s Ambassador to the US and the United Nations Gilad Erdan blasted the decision in a letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council. Read more
Israeli Envoy Rejects UN Secretary-General’s ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israel and Hezbollah
August 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Israeli Ambassador to the US and United Nations Gilad Erdan did not mince words when he rejected UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s statements on the recent Hezbollah attack on Israel’s north, in which he called on “all parties” for restraint. Read more
Gantz meets with Biden officials as US lawmakers encourage Iron Dome replenishment
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz arrived in Washington on Wednesday as part of his two-day trip to shore up support for Israel’s security and request $1 billion to help Israel replenish its Iron Dome interceptor rockets. Read more
IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire
June 2, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
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The Israel Defence Forces are seeking to fast-track a new system designed to remove Hamas’s ability to terrorize the Israeli home front with mass rocket attacks in future conflicts. Read more
10 takeaways from the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas
May 25, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
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Over this past weekend, Arabs were shooting fireworks in the sky, supposedly in celebration of holding Israeli population centres hostage for 11 days with more than 4,000 rockets. Read more
Iron Dome upgraded
February 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Israeli Air Force and Navy have participated in successful flight tests of the upgraded Iron Dome defence weapon system. Read more
After several hours of quiet, terrorists resume rocket fire on South
February 25, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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After several hours of quiet that followed a violent night, Islamic Jihad terrorists launched several barrages of rockets at Israel’s south on Monday afternoon. Read more
Terrorists fire rocket at Israel, IAF retaliates
December 19, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Gaza-based terrorists fired a rocket at the southern town of Sderot last night. Read more
Israel’s PM Netanyahu holds security tour of a missile intercept control centre and an iron dome battery
November 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security tour of a missile intercept control centre and an Iron Dome battery. Read more
Watching the iron domes at work
July 11, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
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J-Wire’s Israeli correspondent Michael Kuttner watched as the Israeli anti-rocket defense iron dome took out Hamas rockets heading directly for Jerusalem. He reports from Efrat. Read more