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Illustrative: Displaced Palestinian children look at the first supermoon of the year, the 'Wolf Moon,' as it rises over the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on January 3, 2026. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
January 8, 2026, 5:25 pm
IDF detects failed rocket launch from Gaza, amid diplomatic moves toward phase 2 of truce
Rocket falls short of Israel, army says; 7 Gazans said killed in Israeli strikes; Herzog, PM meet Board of Peace rep; Spanish PM wants to send ‘peacekeeping troops to Palestine’
By Stav Levaton, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, in a photo released September 28, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 29, 2025, 4:37 pm
Five IDF soldiers seriously hurt in Hamas attack on army encampment in Gaza City
Two rockets launched from Gaza, both fall short inside Strip; Gazan authorities report 18 killed in attacks as Israeli military conducts 140 strikes
By Emanuel Fabian
A trail of smoke is seen over Ashdod during a rocket attack on September 21, 2025. (screen capture/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 21, 2025, 2:32 pm
Two rockets fired at Ashdod; IDF says ‘many’ Hamas fighters killed in Gaza City push
IDF kills sniper it says was Shifa Hospital chief’s brother; Hamas-run health ministry says 75 more killed; 10 soldiers lightly injured when vehicle flips
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Yehuda Shapira (Courtesy)
July 12, 2025, 9:44 pm
Yehuda Shapira, 75: Loving grandfather worked in sports management
Died on December 10, 2023, of injuries sustained in a Hamas rocket attack in Ashkelon on October 9, 2023
By ToI Staff
Destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nirim on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, seen on January 21, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 1:03 am
Just as residents return, Gazan projectile hits Kibbutz Nirim, causing no injuries
Government last week greenlit residents’ return to border community, among the hardest-hit in Oct. 7 onslaught; IDF says human error resulted in lack of interception
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Ashkelon, April 6, 2025. (Edi Israel/ Flash90)
April 7, 2025, 1:16 am
Hamas fires 10 rockets at southern Israel, injuring one, in largest attack in months
Man lightly injured by shrapnel from hit in Ashkelon; IDF says only 5 rockets intercepted by air defenses; Netanyahu, en route to the US, instructs Katz to respond harshly
By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
From left: Staff Sgt. Nevo Fisher, Staff Sgt. Kanaoo Kasa and Staff Sgt. Matityahu Ya'akov Perel (IDF)
January 9, 2025, 2:11 am
3 soldiers killed in northern Gaza fighting, raising ground offensive toll to 398
3 other troops seriously wounded alongside Staff Sergeants Matityahu Ya’akov Perel, Kanaoo Kasa and Nevo Fisher; IDF intercepts rocket fired from southern Gaza at Kerem Shalom
By Emanuel Fabian
Emergency services and officials at the Sderot home hit by a rocket fired from Gaza on January 6, 2025 (Sderot Muhniciplity)
January 6, 2025, 3:11 pm
Rocket volley from Gaza lightly damages Sderot home as attacks surge
Missile slams into yard of rabbi’s home, the third time the same property has been hit by projectiles fired from Palestinian enclave; woman, 68, injured running to bomb shelter
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Destruction in a north Gaza neighborhood which the military says had been used as a hideout and command center by senior Hamas commanders in an undated photo released for publication by the military on January 4, 2025. What the IDF says are rocket parts can be seen in the foreground. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 4, 2025, 5:37 pm
IDF destroys Hamas terror compound overlooking Israel; rocket hits aid crossing
Palestinians report dozens killed in Strip in past day, as Israeli officials at UN defend raid on north Gaza hospital from last week
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Troops of the Nahal Brigade operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 3, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 3, 2025, 3:25 pm
Gaza rocket lands near Nir Am, missile fired at chopper, as IAF pounds Hamas targets
IDF orders evacuation from Bureij area that saw shoulder-launched missile fired at helicopter, downed by Iron Dome; Nahal Brigade demolishes tunnels, kills gunmen in Beit Hanoun
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Israelis celebrate on New Year's Eve, at a pub in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2025, 6:25 am
Israel, world ring in 2025, as Hamas fires rockets at midnight for 2nd straight year
No injuries in attack on Netivot; New Year candle display in Tel Aviv urges hostage deal; Trump: Hamas ‘better let the hostages come back soon’; thousands party in Assad-free Syria
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screenshot from a video showing rockets fired from Gaza toward the Jerusalem area, December 28, 2024. (Reuters)
December 28, 2024, 8:33 pm
IDF intercepts rare 2 long-range rockets fired from Gaza at Jerusalem area
No injuries in attack, the second time this weekend that the capital was targeted, following an overnight missile from Yemen
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Top L-R: Sgt. Michael Ruzal and Staff Sgt. Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline; bottom L-R: Staff Sgt. Ido Testa and Staff Sgt. Tal Shavit, killed in a Hamas rocket attack near Kerem Shalom, May 5, 2024. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2024, 6:40 pm
4 soldiers killed, 10 hurt inside Israel by Hamas rocket attack from Rafah
Troops stationed on border near Kerem Shalom hit by barrage fired from terror group’s last major stronghold; in response, Israel seals the crossing, where aid trucks pass through
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Smoke trails seen in the sky as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip target Ashdod, March 25, 2024. (X video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 25, 2024, 7:09 pm
Rockets fired from Gaza at Ashdod for first time in 2 months; no injuries or damage
IDF reports 8 projectiles launched at port city, 2 intercepted, others fall in open areas; army says they were fired from area in Strip it has not yet reached
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Hamas terrorists fire rockets towards Israel from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 11, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
January 28, 2024, 9:05 pm
Much of Hamas’s explosives comes from IDF fire that failed to detonate — report
New York Times says terrorists in Gaza cut open Israeli-fired duds to create rockets; theft from IDF is also major source of weapons
By Lazar Berman
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