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An Israeli F-16 fighter jet fires a 'Rampage' air-to-ground rocket in an undated photograph. (Israeli Military Industries Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries)
June 14, 2018, 8:18 pm
Israel says new ‘Rampage’ rocket will break bunkers, but not the bank
Government-owned defense contractors promise new long-range air-to-ground rocket offers a cost-effective solution to blowing up enemies
By Judah Ari Gross
An Iron Dome missile defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, is deployed in northern Israel on May 7, 2018. (Jalaa Mary/AFP)
May 17, 2018, 5:23 pm
Rocket sirens blare in Golan, Iron Dome set off in false alarm
Army confirms air defense battery launched a missile, denies reports it intercepted a drone over northern Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
An officer from the Home Front Command talks to students during an emergency drill at an Israeli school, October 2012. (Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
February 20, 2018, 7:59 am
Schools throughout Israel drill for rocket attack
Home Front drills come amid heightened tensions between Israel and neighbors and predictions of possible war
By Sue Surkes
A lobster menorah (The Vanilla Studio/Etsy)
December 15, 2017, 6:24 am
Forget the candles, bring the fun: 5 of the kookiest menorahs around
From a human hanukkiah to a crabby candelabra, these are not your bubbe's menorahs
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustration: A general view shows Israel's Iron Dome defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, deployed in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border, March 17, 2017 (AFP / JALAA MAREY)
November 26, 2017, 4:21 pm
Amid tensions in Sinai, army says southern Israel rocket sirens a false alarm
Alarms sound in Kadesh Barnea and Nitzana as Egyptian military continues assault on IS Sinai targets in response to mosque massacre
By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot addresses the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on July 5, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 5, 2017, 5:06 pm
Israel engaged in wide effort against enemy rockets, says IDF chief
Eisenkot tells Knesset committee that IDF now more capable than it has ever been, working to stop Hezbollah obtaining accurate missiles
By Stuart Winer
A model of a V2 rocket, Hitler's secret weapon at La Coupole History and Memory Center in northern France. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
May 17, 2017, 5:21 pm
France to shine light on men put to work on Hitler’s secret weapon
Little is known about the thousands forced to toil on the development of V2 rocket that Hitler hoped would bring Europe to its knees
By Renaud Lavergne
'Reaching Jerusalem,' a Hamas inspired version of the 'Snakes and Ladders' board game. (MEMRI)
April 11, 2017, 9:38 am
Hamas designs terror-inspired ‘Snakes and Ladders’
In 'Reaching Jerusalem,' players are helped by rockets and attack tunnels, while having to avoid IDF tanks and helicopters
By TOI staff
Reservist soldiers take part in an IDF drill on March 21, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)
March 21, 2017, 9:04 pm
2,000 reservists train for war in Gaza with surprise drill
Four reserve brigades given 24 hours notice for largest exercise of its kind this year; army says it's unrelated to tensions on the border
By Judah Ari Gross
The Arrow 3 missile defense system that was delivered to the Israeli Air Force on January 18, 2017. (Defense Ministry)
March 17, 2017, 2:57 pm
No offense to the ‘Arrow,’ but greater threats loom from the north
While Friday's use of surface-to-air missiles by Assad against Israeli jets is worrying, Iranian-built rocket factories in Syria and Lebanon are worse
By Avi Issacharoff and TOI staff
A Hezbollah fighter stands behind an empty rocket launcher, May 22, 2010. (AP/Hussein Malla)
March 13, 2017, 11:35 pm
Iran sets up underground rocket factories in Lebanon — report
Hezbollah overseeing production, with help of advisers from Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Kuwaiti newspaper says
By Avi Issacharoff
Islamic State's affiliate Sinai Province at weapons training, February 6, 2016 (illustrative image: Telegram.me/HaiAlaElJehad5 via MEMRI)
February 14, 2017, 2:42 pm
The rocket attack on Eilat: Why now?
The Islamic State's Sinai Province faction has the will, if not the means, to ratchet up attacks on Israel
By Yoram Schweitzer
Israeli children run to a bomb shelter during a Color Red alarm warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, January 8, 2009. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90/File)
December 25, 2016, 8:22 am
Rocket sirens sound near Gaza in false alarm
Not immediately clear what caused alert to sound in communities near Palestinian enclave
By TOI staff
Students run by a bomb shelter in an elementary school in the coastal city of Ashkelon (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
December 6, 2016, 6:27 pm
Comptroller: Israel woefully unprepared for rocket onslaught
In scathing report documenting government's myriad failings for future war, Yosef Shapira says up to 50% of Israelis lack proper bomb shelter
By Judah Ari Gross
Smoke rises from east Gaza City after Israeli military struck a Hamas position in a reprisal attack in the Gaza Strip on October 5, 2016. (AFP/MAHMUD HAMS)
October 6, 2016, 1:17 pm
With reprisal campaign, Israel looks to put ‘strategic’ dent in Hamas
Unlike tit-for-tat exchanges of past, Israeli jets targeting Gaza positions following rocket attack on Sderot Wednesday hit sites key to terror organization
By Judah Ari Gross
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