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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

Homefront command

An aerial view shows a worker building a bomb shelter next to the house of an Israeli couple in Tel Mond in central Israel on August 22, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 24, 2024, 12:51 pm
Amid Gaza war and multi-front threats, Israelis rush to build home bomb shelters
Depending on location, people have 15-90 seconds to get to a bomb shelter compared to 30 minutes in the 1950s, making public shelters less relevant
By Nir Kafri and Talek HARRIS
Vehicles drive past a huge billboard depicting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Valiasr Square on August 12, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 12, 2024, 3:55 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 12: Day 311 – Iran, Hezbollah said to step up prep for striking Israel
Editor David Horovitz on how international media depicts IDF’s strike on terror command center in Gaza school, Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s push to revive judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
An Israeli anti-missile system intercepts drones fired from Lebanon over the Upper Galilee, on August 10, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
August 11, 2024, 2:53 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 11: Day 310 – Drone attacks and how Israel is fighting them
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on a targeted IDF strike on a Gaza school, Iran’s foiled phishing expedition for spies, and why Homefront Command says to keep calm and carry on
By ToI Staff
EMSC initial image of minor earthquake felt in Israel, February 8, 2023 (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
February 8, 2023, 7:10 pm
2 more minor quakes rattle Israel, bringing number of tremors felt in past day to 3
Earthquake detection system seen working on live TV as top scientist at Geological Survey gives interview on initial tremor
By ToI Staff
A military convoy carrying APCs near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 19, 2014. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
May 19, 2022, 6:37 pm
IDF practices protecting convoys from riots during war, attack on army HQ
Spooked by events of last May, military trains for securing highways so troops and equipment can reach front; 42 local authorities practice handling damage to infrastructure
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: IDF reservists patrolling along the Lebanese border near the Israeli village of Zar'it. (Roy Sharon/Flash90)
March 13, 2020, 3:26 pm
IDF cancels all exercises for reservists amid coronavirus fears
Military says it’s working to maintain operational capabilities, while also preparing to assist civilian authorities as the disease proliferates further
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers from the IDF's Homefront Command perform search and rescue exercises during a nationwide, week-long, emergency preparedness drill in March 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 27, 2019, 6:26 pm
State comptroller: IDF unprepared for massive civilian casualties in wartime
Homefront Command units lack capacity to operate in multiple locations and evacuate people from upper floors of high-rise buildings, report says
By ToI Staff
People gather around a damaged car next to the home of the Wolf family in the central Israeli village of Mishmeret, after it was hit by a rocket launched from Gaza, on March 25, 2019. The sign at left reads, 'Wolf family.' (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 8:15 pm
Fearing further Gaza rockets, Tel Aviv, Netanya, other cities open bomb shelters
Rishon Lezion, Petah Tikva, Beersheba, Ashdod, Kiryat Gat also make fortified areas accessible to public, as Israeli forces begin retaliatory strikes on Hamas targets
By ToI Staff
A bomb shelter in the southern Israeli town of Netivot, on January 21, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 18, 2019, 6:06 am
Where are the mobile bomb shelters KKL-JNF promised Golan residents last spring?
During what it termed an emergency in May 2018, the organization raised NIS 2.4 million, circumvented the tender vetting process… and delivered one unit out of a promised 70
By Avner Hofstein and Anabel Zamir
Skyscrapers line the skyline of Tel Aviv, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
December 26, 2018, 8:41 am
Army to test rocket siren throughout Tel Aviv metropolitan area
Alert to sound at 10:05 a.m. on Wednesday; military says previously scheduled test not related to Tuesday night’s missile fired from Syria
By ToI Staff
In this Tuesday, March 1, 2016 file photo, American servicemen and Israeli soldiers participate in a joint drill simulating a rocket attack at a base in Hatzor, central Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
March 21, 2017, 7:18 pm
Israel plans mass evacuations if war erupts again
Codenamed ‘Safe Distance,’ contingency plans would see up to 250,000 civilians cleared out of border communities if they come under major attack by Hamas or Hezbollah
By Ian Deitch
Israeli firefighter airplanes try to extinguish a forest fire which broke out in the forest near Neve Ilan, outside of Jerusalem on November 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 24, 2016, 4:34 pm
Fires flare throughout the country, encroach on Jerusalem
Firefighters struggle to contain blaze raging outside gas station on Route 1; other conflagrations near Modiin, Savyon, Nirit and Wadi Ara
By ToI Staff
A picture taken on November 24, 2016 shows a bushfire raging in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa. Hundreds of Israelis fled their homes on the outskirts of the country's third city Haifa with others trapped inside as firefighters struggled to control raging bushfires, officials said. (AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ)
November 24, 2016, 12:03 pm
60,000 flee massive fires raging across Haifa; arson suspected
Buildings consumed in several locations; 11 neighborhoods cleared; 100 treated for minor injuries; other fires across country; Greece, Russia, Cyprus, Turkey send help; police chief: some suspects in custody
By ToI Staff
Fires burning near the Shilat Junction on Route 443 near Modiin on November 24, 2016. (Raoul Wootliff/ Times of Israel)
November 24, 2016, 8:04 am
Firefighters battle fresh blazes near Jerusalem, Haifa
Brushfires break out near Modiin and spread from Neve Ilan, as others brought under control; high winds and dry conditions expected to continue to feed rash of fires around country
By ToI Staff
Fire fighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out yesterday in Zichron Yaakov, November 23, 2016. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
November 23, 2016, 10:04 pm
Zichron Yaakov, Gilon fires under control; police up patrols amid arson fears
Evacuees allowed to return home after flames doused; over 200 blazes rage across the country, some apparently caused deliberately
By ToI Staff
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