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Topic: Home Front Command

February 17, 2013
11:27 pm

Sacha Dratwa, IDF director of new media (photo credit: Yoni Malka)

IDF claims victory in Pillar of Defense social-media war

Social-media experts say official Israel effectively conveyed its narrative to unprecedented numbers

By David Shamah

February 14, 2013
12:20 pm

An officer from the Home Front Command talks to students during an emergency drill at an Israeli school, October 2012 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Sirens blare in massive school emergency drill

Educational institutions simulate rocket attacks, with an emphasis on getting students to shelters in time

By Aaron Kalman

February 12, 2013
4:09 pm

A defense drill simulating a missile attack, at a Holon school in 2011. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Massive school defense drill planned for Thursday

Educational institutions within 7 kilometers of Gaza are the only schools excluded from missile attack simulation

By Gabe Fisher

November 22, 2012
7:29 pm

Damage in the Ashkelon school. (Screenshot/ Channel 2)

Schools in Beersheba, Ashkelon and Ashdod reopen Friday

Kids in Sderot, Eshkol and other areas closer to Gaza get another day off

By Yifa Yaakov

November 18, 2012
6:16 pm

Israeli soldiers and citizen takes cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets in Ashdod (Photo credit: Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)

Smartphones and websites help keep Israelis safe in wartime

Want to know if your area is being targeted by Hamas rockets, and where to go, if so? There are apps for that

By David Shamah

November 17, 2012
5:59 am

Screenshot of a building in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod that suffered a direct hit from a Gaza rocket on Saturday (photo credit: courtesy Channel 2 News)

Gaza rockets hit building and three houses in the south, injuring seven

5th Iron Dome battery deploys near Tel Aviv; Tunisian FM calls for united Arab front against Israeli ‘aggression’; IAF strikes 186 terror sites overnight; Netanyahu and Obama talk de-escalation as Cabinet approves call up of 75,000 reservists

By Times of Israel staff

November 16, 2012
11:05 pm

A Tel Aviv mother and her son clean a municipal shelter in the city on November 16, 2012. after a rocket was fired on the region for the second time in the last two days (photo credit: Gidon Markowicz/Flash90)

Home Front Command: Prepare for 7 weeks of fighting

From the web Ynet News: Regional council heads in range of Gaza rockets instructed to ready emergency supplies, public bomb shelters, as Operation Pillar of Defense looks to enter ground phase

November 16, 2012
4:46 pm

Soldiers examine a damaged wall of a house in the Be'er Tuvia region that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Friday, Nov. 16 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Rocket fire slows after day of clashes that saw Hamas target Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

Netanyahu and Obama talk de-escalation as ministers approve call up of 75,000 reservists in advance of possible ground invasion

By Times of Israel staff

November 16, 2012
12:47 pm

F.C.A Ashdod play against Maccabi Haifa in an Israeli league soccer match in Ashdod (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

No games under fire: Soccer matches in Israel’s south postponed

Teams move international players to hotels in the center of the country

By Aaron Kalman

October 25, 2012
3:14 pm

Home Front Defence Minister Avi Dichter, right, and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat speak to students during an earthquake drill in their school, in Jerusalem on Sunday, Oct. 21 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Quake would cost Israel thousands of lives and NIS 150 billion, minister says

During a week of drills, Home Front units only reach 20% of the practice disaster areas

By Stuart Winer

October 19, 2012
9:34 am

Schoolchildren taking part in a Home Front drill, simulating an earthquake, at a Jerusalem school on February 20, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Moderate earthquake rattles Egypt, felt in Israel

5.0-magnitude quake comes two days ahead of Israel’s large-scale preparedness drill

By Yoel Goldman and Philip Podolsky

October 19, 2012
6:11 am

Schoolchildren taking part in a Home Front drill, simulating an earthquake, at a Jerusalem school on February 20, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Israel readies for nationwide earthquake drill

In the event of a natural disaster, most buildings in the center of the country would collapse

By Philip Podolsky

September 5, 2012
8:53 am

A power plant in Ashkelon (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

IDF ordered to protect strategic installations

From the web Globes: Prime minister instructs Home Front Command to defend energy facilities in light of threats by Iran, Hezbollah

August 24, 2012
9:37 pm

A man tries out a gas mask at a distribution center, July 25 , 2012. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Is the Israeli home front ready for war?

Channel 2 report indicates major vulnerabilities in the event of a rocket onslaught — including a gas mask shortage, lack of bomb shelters and an unproven Iron Dome missile defense system

By Yifa Yaakov

August 22, 2012
11:31 pm

Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Dichter to appoint director general for Home Front Defense Ministry

Gabi Ofir will be first to fill the position since ministry’s establishment

By Philip Podolsky

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