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Home Front Command issues new guidelines for the North, canceling school in Lebanon border towns

The new guidelines limit gatherings in communities along the Lebanese border to no more than 50 people outdoors and 200 indoors, and beaches are closed to the public.

Israelis take cover in a public shelter in the northern Israeli city of Safed as a siren sounds warning of incoming missiles fired into Israel, March 10, 2026
Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, May 30, 2026.

WATCH: People run for shelter as Hezbollah rocket barrage hits water near Nahariya beach

Israeli rescue forces recover bodies at the scene where a missile fired from Iran struck a building in Haifa, northern Israel, causing extensive damage, April 6, 2026.

Iran could launch stronger attacks on Israel's home front in future wars, IDF fears

Destroyed building in central Israel following Iranian missile strikes on February 28, 2026.

IDF Home Front: 6,476 Israeli homes lost during 2026 Iran war, 683 wounded


Israeli resilience on display as Tel Aviv life continues under sirens - editorial

For many, there is a shared sense that this moment demands endurance. If Iran can be dealt with as it needs to be, then in the long term, we will all be better for it. That is Israeli resilience.

Israelis do yoga at an underground garage, used as a public shelter, in Tel Aviv during the Israel-US war with Iran. March 17. 2026.

Home Front Command updates guidelines for southern Israel after strikes wound over 100

Schools will remain closed, in line with Education Minister Yoav Kisch's emergency Saturday ruling to cancel the return to in person learning on Sunday. 

Home Front Command Commander Major-General Shai Klapper at the scene of the Iranian ballistic missile strike in Arad, March 21, 2026.

'The whole house shook’: Residents describe experiences after Iranian missile exploded in Arad

At least 75 people were wounded, including 10 seriously, when an Iranian missile exploded between residential buildings in Arad on Saturday night.

The aftermath of an Iranian missile hit on an Arad apartment building, March 21, 2026.

At least 84 wounded, 10 in serious condition after Iranian missile strikes Arad building

All of those wounded have been evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba for treatement, MDA said, adding that no one is currently trapped under rubble, though search efforts continue.

First responders operate at a site of a direct missile strike on an Arad building, southern Israel, March 21, 2026

Studying under fire: Israel's students navigate exams, sirens, daily life during Iran war

Israeli students juggle Zoom classes, sirens, and exams while navigating life during war with Iran.

Zoom school, March 12: ‘For young children, parents, and university stu dents, people are juggling many roles.’

Crowd near Old City dispersed over safety concerns, Police say

The group had been conducting prayers for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the same day a fragment from an intercepted Iranian missile fell in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Palestinians are standing in queues in front of Damascus Gate on Eid Al-Fitr on March 20, 2026 in Jerusalem.

Ex-Home Front Command chief of staff: Civilians face shelter-or-slaughter dilemma amid threats

“They say the choice is between alternatives: to run to shelters for a year, or they will slaughter your children, behead them, and burn them in the safe room,” said Simchi.

 IDF troops from the 91st Division operating in Southern Lebanon, published on March 16, 2025.

Matzot, vegetables, and a washing machine: Passover 2026 marks a new era of Israeli consumerism

The pre-Passover shopping season begins, highlighting a key trend: Expensive and complex products, led by electrical appliances, are rapidly moving into food retail chains.

"Consumers are shifting from category-based buying to choosing what’s cheapest, closest, and most convenient."

Gov’t must reimburse parents for closed daycare costs during war, Haskel tells ‘Post’ - interview

Haskel argues that the system is failing, with private daycare costing parents thousands of shekels a month, and even more for families with multiple young children.

Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025.

Police forced into shelter with two suspects arrested for antiquities theft amid sirens

The suspects excavation equipment has been seized, and the investigation is ongoing.

The destruction caused by the looters at the Horvat Hermesh antiquities site in northern Israel, March 17, 2026.