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Israel boosts air defences with US$8.7 billion U.S.-backed Iron Dome expansion

Israel signed a multi-billion-dollar contract with defence contractor Rafael Advanced Defence Systems to expand serial production of the Iron...

Iron Dome blind spot, GPS disruptions likely responsible for couple’s death in rocket barrage

The Israel Defence Force’s preliminary investigation into the rocket strike that killed two Golan residents in their car on...

Rockets send Tel Aviv residents to shelters for first time in four months

Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at central Israel on Sunday, sending residents of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan area...

Iron Dome’s naval brother makes its first operational intercept

C-Dome, the naval version of Israel’s better-known Iron Dome defence system, made its first operational intercept on Monday night,...

Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire

Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on Gaza on Thursday morning after terror groups fired rockets. Six rockets apparently fired by...

Ukrainian Jews predict Israeli weapons for Kyiv are inevitable

TPS Kyiv reports that the new Israeli government being formed by Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under pressure from Ukraine...

Comedian Sarah Silverman calls out ‘Squad’ for trying to block Iron Dome funding

She called the air-defence system the “one thing that protects people from missiles in a place where missiles are constantly flying at you.”

The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco

Melanie Phillips: Jewish defenders should target their enemies’ Achilles heel—their narcissism and belief in their own unimpeachable virtue.

Israeli Foreign Minister: Delay in US aid to Iron Dome – ‘technical’

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.

Bennett government criticised for not responding to rocket attack

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.

Following release of Hezbollah terrorists who fired rockets at Israel, Israeli envoy demands UNSC denounce Lebanese government

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.

Israeli Envoy Rejects UN Secretary-General’s ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israel and Hezbollah

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.

Gantz meets with Biden officials as US lawmakers encourage Iron Dome replenishment

“I’m looking forward to discuss, as we have discussed before, the challenges that we have with Iran, with the Palestinians,” Gantz said to Blinken before the meeting. “As far as Gaza concerned, we do look for stability and prosperity for everybody,” said Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire

Yaakov Lappin: The Israeli military is developing a new system to intercept rockets at their ascent stage, using a network of sensors and missiles to destroy active enemy launchers within 10 to 15 seconds.

10 takeaways from the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas

Alex Traiman: If sending Israelis in and out of bomb shelters for nearly two weeks is a victory for Palestinian factions, so be it. Israelis came out virtually unscathed. Yet many serious challenges lie ahead.

Iron Dome upgraded

The Israeli Air Force and Navy have participated in successful flight tests of the upgraded Iron Dome defence weapon system.

After several hours of quiet, terrorists resume rocket fire on South

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.

Terrorists fire rocket at Israel, IAF retaliates

Gaza-based terrorists fired a rocket at the southern town of Sderot last night.

Israel’s PM Netanyahu holds security tour of a missile intercept control centre and an iron dome battery

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security tour of a missile intercept control centre and an Iron Dome battery.

Watching the iron domes at work

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.