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Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where an Iranian cluster missile caused damage to a residential building in Ramat Gan, April 4, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 5, 2026, 5:39 pm
Of missiles and miracles: Residents of bombed cities count their blessings after weekend salvos
With over a dozen impact sites across major central cities, many residents describe shock and an eroding sense of safety, while others see moments of fortune amid destruction
By Stav Levaton
This file photo provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female mosquito in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)
April 3, 2026, 8:46 am
Groundbreaking Israeli study finds malarial parasites hack RNA to deceive immune system
Paving way for new therapies, researchers decode how parasites that spread one of the world’s deadliest diseases use trickery to trigger confusion inside cells and evade defenses
By Diana Bletter
Mayor of Netu’a Yoav Cohen (left) poses with a worker at the moshav’s central chicken farm. (Theia Chatelle/ JTA)
March 20, 2026, 7:16 am
Traumatized by their last evacuation, many in Israel’s north are staying put despite renewed danger
Residents ‘don’t have it in them to leave again,’ says one regional official, as fatigue from 16 months of displacement and economic turmoil supersedes concern over renewed Hezbollah fire
By Theia Chatelle
Children of evacuees from Beit Shemesh at a birthday party at the Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Hotel, March 8, 2026. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2026, 5:49 am
After Iranian missile ‘nightmare,’ Beit Shemesh evacuees seek shelter in Jerusalem
At the capital’s Leonardo Plaza hotel, some 300 residents of the hard-hit city try to pick up the pieces of their lives after their homes were destroyed in last week’s deadly strike
By Zev Stub
US President Donald Trump holds up a newly-signed proclamation at the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Saul Loeb / AFP)
March 7, 2026, 11:35 pm
Trump offers missile support to Latin American leaders to target drug cartels
Speaking to right-wing leaders at ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit amid ongoing Iran campaign, Trump launches 17-nation ‘counter-cartel’ coalition, says Cuba ‘at the end of the line’
By Agencies
People take cover as siren warns of incoming missiles fired from Iran, at a public bomb shelter in Katzrin, northern Israel, June 19, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 26, 2026, 8:23 pm
Embracing go-bags and gallows humor, Israelis live in limbo as Trump teases war with Iran
Whether planning to stay, flee, or something in between, Sabras contemplate a conflict that could result in regime change for one of country’s most devoted enemies – at a steep price
By Deborah Danan
Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
September 28, 2025, 11:26 am
Four dead in massive Russian drone, missile attack on Kyiv
10 injured in barrage; residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, a medical facility and kindergarten heavily damaged
By AP
An Israel Air Force F-15 fighter jet, seen at the Tel Nof Air Force base, on January 1, 2024. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 4:29 am
Report: Iranian ballistic missiles struck five IDF bases during war
Satellite data from US university said to reveal strikes on intelligence base airbase and other facilities; number of successful interceptions decreased daily for first 8 days
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Druze builders construct a protected room in Katzrin, Golan Heights, January 26, 2025. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
July 3, 2025, 2:36 pm
After seeing Iran war damage, Israelis weigh costs of adding private shelters
Interest in adding fortified rooms has jumped since Iranian ballistic missiles killed 28, but even with some bureaucratic hurdles lifted, many are holding out for cheaper options
By Zev Stub
Patrons of a cafe whose windows were shattered by a nearby missile impact sit next to piles of broken glass, Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Niv Elis/ JTA)
June 17, 2025, 5:09 pm
For Israelis under Iranian barrage, deadly nights give way to days brimming with life
As reliably stoic locals settle into what’s become a routine of overnight missile bombardment since Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear capabilities Friday, daytime is business as usual
By Deborah Danan
Damage at the Bazan Group's oil refinery in Haifa Bay, northern Israel, after it was hit by an Iranian missile between June 15-16, 2025. (Used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 17, 2025, 5:08 am
All facilities at Haifa oil refinery shut down after deadly Iran missile strike
Bazan Group says power plant was significantly damaged but that it is working with Israel Electric Company to resume electric supply to facility
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows from the site of a missile hit in the northern city of Haifa on June 16, 2025, where three people were killed in an Iranian strike on the Bazan oil refinery complex. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
June 16, 2025, 9:02 pm
Three people killed in overnight missile strike on Haifa were at Bazan oil refinery
Workers died in subsequent fire at site, rather than by impact itself; Israeli media only allowed to publish details of the incident more than 12 hours later
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The interception of a Houthi ballistic missile fired from Yemen at Israel, March 24, 2025. (Courtesy of Bareket Askeloni)
March 25, 2025, 12:54 am
IDF downs Houthi ballistic missile; debris from interception lands in Beit Shemesh
No injuries or damage caused by missile attack, which set off sirens across central Israel; Iran-backed Yemeni group has now targeted Israel six times in the past week
By Emanuel Fabian and Zev Stub
An Israeli military ambulance arrives at the site of a drone strike near the northern Israeli town of Binyamina, on October 13, 2024, part of the continuing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Oren ZIV / AFP)
October 14, 2024, 8:37 pm
Hezbollah’s Iranian-made drones emerge as a fierce and evasive foe for Israel
Sunday attack that killed 4 soldiers shines a light on IDF’s struggle over the past year of war to knock down unmanned aircraft coming from as far away as Yemen, Iraq and Iran
By AP and ToI Staff
Rescue personnel evacuate an Israeli man who was seriously injured when a Hezbollah anti-tank missile hit Kfar Yuval in the Upper Galilee, September 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flahs90)
September 2, 2024, 3:59 am
Three wounded by Hezbollah anti-tank missile; 30 rockets fired at north on Sunday
IDF strikes targets in Lebanon; Defense Minister Gallant vows the north’s suffering ‘won’t be in vain’ as he visits Majdal Shams, where Hezbollah rocket killed 12 children in July
By Emanuel Fabian
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