March 24, 2015
4:59 pm

A General Staff changing of the guard on March 24, 2015, from right: Chief of the IDF General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot; incoming head of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yoel Strik; outgoing Home Front Command head Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg; Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon; outgoing OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon; incoming OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Army fills key posts amid fears of uptick in violence

IDF names a new OC Central Command and a new head of the Home Front Command

By Mitch Ginsburg

December 29, 2014
3:57 pm

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz speaks with reserve soldiers at the Tze'elim training base on November 18, 2012. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Office/Flash90)

Comptroller slams readiness of Israel’s reserves, home front

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira finds army reserves acutely under-trained, key civilian sites unprotected

By Mitch Ginsburg

April 22, 2014
9:35 pm

A home front defense drill in February. (photo credit: Flash90)

Minister asks to shutter Home Front Defense Ministry

Hours after director general gives notice, Gilad Erdan requests to resign; says home front must be run from Defense Ministry

By Marissa Newman

April 22, 2014
8:13 pm

Director-General of the Home Front Defense Ministry Dan Ronen (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)

Head of Home Front Defense Ministry resigns

Dan Ronen cites Defense Ministry ‘misconduct’ and unclear division of authority between the various government offices

By Marissa Newman

February 27, 2014
6:53 pm

Firefighters participating in an IDF Home Front Command drill on February 24 (photo credit: Flash 90)

Israel’s home front unprepared for enemy attack

170,000 rockets are pointed this way, yet the hierarchy responsible for protecting civilians is in a shambles, a Knesset panel hears

By Mitch Ginsburg

January 20, 2014
11:56 pm

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Home front defense czar Erdan threatens to resign ministry

Minister says work undermined by lack of clear policy, poorly defined areas of authority and delayed budget

By Itamar Sharon

September 1, 2013
10:32 am

The recent tension along the northern border has caused a spike in demand for gas masks. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF remains on alert despite delay in US Syrian attack

Four new gas mask distribution points open around the country; Jerusalem and Haifa centers closed Sunday

By Mitch Ginsburg and Times of Israel staff

August 29, 2013
2:42 pm

Israelis carry gas mask boxes outside a distribution center in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on August 29, 2013. (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90

Thousands crowd gas mask centers in Haifa, Tel Aviv

Jerusalem branch closed after mob took protective kits by force; civilians worried by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points

By Haviv Rettig Gur and Stuart Winer

August 29, 2013
8:04 am

Israelis carry boxes with gas masks at a distribution center in Tel Aviv on August 28, 2013.(photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Gas mask centers boost hours as Israelis line up for protection

Civilians panicked by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points in a scramble for cover, but IDF says it won’t open more

By Haviv Rettig Gur and Stuart Winer

August 29, 2013
6:09 am

Distribution centers for gas masks were inundated in late August with Israelis trying to get their gas masks as Western intervention in Syria looked likely (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Vital sarin antidote missing from gas mask kits

Anti-chemical warfare supplies being distributed to Israelis lack atropine and pralidoxime, the key remedies to nerve gas

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 28, 2013
2:27 pm

Jittery Israelis overrun gas mask distribution points

As IDF moves missile defense batteries northward, authorities struggle to keep up with demand for protection against chemical weapons

By Haviv Rettig Gur

August 21, 2013
7:33 pm

Minister of International Relations and Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz speaks to the press in June 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

‘Iran would barely retaliate if its nuclear program were attacked’

Israel doesn’t need a US green light to strike Tehran’s nukes, says Yuval Steinitz; Iran couldn’t cause much damage in response

By Raphael Ahren

August 7, 2013
9:31 pm

Prime Minister Benjanin Netanyahu, in the middle in black, flanked by Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan, in blue, and IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz and Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg in May 2013. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

‘Pandemonium’ on the home front

Netanyahu will have to rule who, from among an array of ministries and organizations, has ultimate control over the civilian sector in wartime

By Mitch Ginsburg

June 30, 2013
8:12 pm

Outgoing Home Front Defense Ministry director Gabi Ophir (photo credit: image capture from YouTube)

Head of Home Front Defense Ministry resigns

Gabi Ophir says he can no longer manage a ministry that lacks clear policy

By Adiv Sterman

November 14, 2012
6:34 am

A Netivot resident holds the remains of a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Schools in range of rockets to be fortified

Home Front Defense Minister promises NIS 30 million for Gaza-area communities

By Sam Ser

Topic: Home Front Defense Ministry

Army fills key posts amid fears of uptick in violence

IDF names a new OC Central Command and a new head of the Home Front Command

Comptroller slams readiness of Israel’s reserves, home front

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira finds army reserves acutely under-trained, key civilian sites unprotected

Minister asks to shutter Home Front Defense Ministry

Hours after director general gives notice, Gilad Erdan requests to resign; says home front must be run from Defense Ministry

Head of Home Front Defense Ministry resigns

Dan Ronen cites Defense Ministry ‘misconduct’ and unclear division of authority between the various government offices

Israel’s home front unprepared for enemy attack

170,000 rockets are pointed this way, yet the hierarchy responsible for protecting civilians is in a shambles, a Knesset panel hears

Home front defense czar Erdan threatens to resign ministry

Minister says work undermined by lack of clear policy, poorly defined areas of authority and delayed budget

IDF remains on alert despite delay in US Syrian attack

Four new gas mask distribution points open around the country; Jerusalem and Haifa centers closed Sunday

Thousands crowd gas mask centers in Haifa, Tel Aviv

Jerusalem branch closed after mob took protective kits by force; civilians worried by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points

Gas mask centers boost hours as Israelis line up for protection

Civilians panicked by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points in a scramble for cover, but IDF says it won’t open more

Vital sarin antidote missing from gas mask kits

Anti-chemical warfare supplies being distributed to Israelis lack atropine and pralidoxime, the key remedies to nerve gas

Jittery Israelis overrun gas mask distribution points

As IDF moves missile defense batteries northward, authorities struggle to keep up with demand for protection against chemical weapons

‘Iran would barely retaliate if its nuclear program were attacked’

Israel doesn’t need a US green light to strike Tehran’s nukes, says Yuval Steinitz; Iran couldn’t cause much damage in response

‘Pandemonium’ on the home front

Netanyahu will have to rule who, from among an array of ministries and organizations, has ultimate control over the civilian sector in wartime

Head of Home Front Defense Ministry resigns

Gabi Ophir says he can no longer manage a ministry that lacks clear policy

Schools in range of rockets to be fortified

Home Front Defense Minister promises NIS 30 million for Gaza-area communities

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