Home Front Command

IDF shuffles several General Staff positions

Northern and Home Front Commands, Depth Corps, Planning Directorate, Military Colleges, and Technological and Logistics Directorate were among the positions with new commanders appointed.

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir with the IDF's General Staff Forum, June 24, 2025.
 El Al aircraft

A disgraceful national carrier: El Al left many Israelis stranded - opinion

 Birthright Israel participants who arrived from the US.

Birthright Israel to resume summer trips following Israel-Iran ceasefire

 People take shelter in an underground light rail station in Tel Aviv during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 17, 2025.

Sleep deprived and pushing through: The view from central Israel amid Iran missiles - opinion


Israel's cultural institutions, theaters bounce back after Iran war

Museums and galleries are welcoming visitors once again after the 12 day Israel-Iran war.

 THE JERUSALEM International Film Festival will proceed on July 17.

Tefillin of Iranian missile attack victim found, returned to daughters

The mayor of Bat Yam confirmed that the tefillin were found in good condition, with a few small tears.

 The tefillin of Michael (Miki) Nahum, a 61-year-old father of four who was killed when an Iranian missile struck his apartment building last week, have been located and returned to his daughters

Netanyahu, Katz order IDF to present plan preventing Hamas from looting GHF's aid shipments in Gaza

CIA director confirms severe damage to Iran's nuclear program • Witkoff: We will have big announcements on countries coming into the Abraham Accords • Israelis riot in Ramallah area

 Trucks carrying aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation are seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, May 27, 2025; illustrative.

US embassy in Israel resumes regular operations after lifting of restrictions

Although the directive requiring embassy personnel and their families to remain in protected areas has been lifted, travel restrictions remain in place.

 View of the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, May 7, 2024.

IDF Home Front Command removes all defensive guidelines post-Iran ceasefire

The Airports Authority announced that Ben-Gurion Airport and Haifa Airport will return to full operations. 

 Jerusalem's streets amid Israel's war with Iran, June 23, 2025.

Five killed, at least 20 wounded as Iran fires missile salvo at Israel

Twenty eight people were killed in the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, while the IDF estimated that it could have been hundreds.

 Iranian missile falls in Southern Negev; illustrative

Olim left in dark as missile warnings, compensation guidelines remain Hebrew-only

The share of immigrants living in areas hit by recent missile barrages “is very high,” yet key safety and compensation information has not been linguistically accessible to all immigrant communities.

 Israelis sleep in a public shelter at the Tel Aviv municipality as Iran fires ballistic missiles at Israel. on June 17 2025.

IDF: Unlikely Iran can fire 100 missiles at once anymore; Home Front restrictions might relax

The statement was made after the US bombed Iran's most important remaining nuclear facility at Fordow, and the Islamic Republic's "best shot" retaliation late Sunday morning.

 An apartment building in Tel Aviv was destroyed by an Iranian rocket on June 16, 2023.

IDF raises nationwide threat level, restricts activities

This followed a situational assessment, approved by Defense Minister Israel Katz, following US Air Force airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

 IDF Home Front Command issues orders for essential-only activity nationwide, June 22, 2025.

IDF Home Front Command lifts some defense restrictions in central Israel

Under the restrictions, schools and kindergartens remained closed across the country. However, most workplaces were allowed to operate normally.

  IDF Home Front Command Search and Rescue teams conducting rescue operations at missile impact sites in central Israel, June 15, 2025.

WATCH: At least 31 injured, three seriously in Haifa as Iran fires missile barrage nationwide

MDA later updated that a 51-year-old woman from Karmiel died from a heart attack after sirens were activated.

Emergency personnel hold dogs on a leash at an impact site following Iran's missile strike on Israel, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Haifa, Israel, June 20, 2025