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An Elbit mortar munition system anchored on a military vehicle. (Elbit)
May 15, 2023, 5:34 pm
Elbit inks 20 million euro defense contract with Montenegro
Israeli defense firm continues its robust partnership with Balkan nation, providing advanced mortar munition systems and comprehensive military training
By Iddo Schejter
An Iron Dome missile battery set up in Sderot, southern Israel, near the border with the neighboring Gaza Strip on November 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2020, 3:15 pm
3 mortar shells launched at Israel from Gaza; IDF tank strikes Hamas post
No reports of casualties or injuries in latest exchange in the Palestinian territory, hours after IDF strikes in Strip in response to rockets
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
A Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli forces near the border with Israel in the eastern Gaza Strip on August 16, 2019. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 30, 2019, 11:18 am
Israel offers Hamas economic benefits in return for long-term ceasefire – report
Lebanese newspaper says Egyptian intelligence officials tell terror leaders Jerusalem’s threat to carry out major military campaign if violence continues is serious
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A picture taken in Gaza City on May 5, 2019, shows rockets being fired toward Israel. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
August 28, 2019, 10:26 pm
IDF: Gaza rocket fired at Israel lands in Strip, triggering sirens in south
Army retaliates by bombing Hamas post; rocket attack interrupts night-time swimming event in Kibbutz Netiv Ha’aasara, sending dozens of children running to bomb shelters
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Palestinian terrorists fire a mortar shell during a graduation ceremony in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 27, 2019, 4:31 pm
Gazan terrorists fire mortar shells at Israel; IDF retaliates with airstrike
One projectile strikes open field in south, causing no damage, three others land inside the Strip, amid soaring tensions
By Judah Ari Gross
Israelis watch an Iron Dome missile defense battery stationed in southern Israel on July 14, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 15, 2018, 6:32 pm
IDF deploys more Iron Dome batteries to south and Tel Aviv area
Military calls up some reservists from air defense units, following large exchange of fire over the weekend
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers prepare for massive protests by Palestinians in Gaza on March 30, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 15, 2018, 1:03 pm
After flareup, IDF launches drill reportedly simulating capture of Gaza City
Military says exercise, along with a number of others that kicked off Sunday, are unrelated to the weekend’s major exchange of fire with Hamas
By Judah Ari Gross
View from the Gaza Strip filmed by an Israeli aircraft during an exercise simulating warfare in the coastal enclave in June 2018. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2018, 8:11 pm
As Hamas tensions heat up, IDF jets practice bombing ‘hundreds’ of Gaza targets
Air force simulates fighting wars on multiple fronts; military says exercise unrelated to current unrest in coastal enclave
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. Israel Defense Forces holds an exercise in southern Israel on November 27, 2014. (Amit Shechter/Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
June 3, 2018, 11:46 am
Amid peak tensions, army to launch multi-day exercise in south
Air force to run separate drill over the entire country as Gaza terrorist groups fire rockets at Israel and army retaliates with strikes in Strip
By Judah Ari Gross
An explosion is seen in Gaza City after an airstrike by Israeli forces in response to a rocket attack earlier in the evening on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/Mahmud Hams)
June 3, 2018, 6:32 am
IDF conducts second round of Gaza airstrikes after overnight fire
Sirens blare in southern Israel throughout night, sending thousands to bomb shelters; three projectiles intercepted, one rocket said to land in open area
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
An explosion is seen in Gaza City after an airstrike by Israeli forces in response to a rocket attack earlier in the evening on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/Mahmud Hams)
June 3, 2018, 12:58 am
Iron Dome intercepts 3 incoming projectiles as IDF strikes Gaza
Sirens blare in southern Israel throughout night, sending thousands of Israelis to bomb shelters; one rocket said to land in open area
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. Smoke rises following an Israeli strikes on Gaza City, on May 30, 2018, after Palestinian terrorist groups bombarded southern Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
June 2, 2018, 11:56 pm
Israel strikes 10 terror targets across Gaza after rocket attack
Fighter jets bomb Hamas sites in coastal enclave after Iron Dome intercepts projectile heading toward southern Israel, army says
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Flames from rockets fired by Palestinians are seen over Gaza Strip heading toward Israel, in the early morning of May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
June 2, 2018, 8:01 pm
Iron Dome intercepts rocket fired at Israel from Gaza, no injuries
Warning sirens go off in the Eshkol and Kissufim regions near the south of the Strip, days after worst violence since 2014
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli officer officers inspects the scene where a mortar fire from the Gaza Strip hit a home at a kibbutz in southern Israel, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2018, 6:21 pm
After night in bomb shelter, family wakes up to discover porch hit by rocket
Naomi Fletcher saw pottery scattered on lawn and blamed the cats; then she saw the projectile and a yawning meter-wide hole
By ToI Staff
German ambassador to Israel Clemens von Goetze, February 17, 2016. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
May 30, 2018, 3:23 pm
Germany condemns ‘malicious’ Palestinian attacks on Israel
‘No justification under any circumstances’ for launches from Gaza, says Berlin’s Israel embassy, joining much of international community
By Michael Bachner
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