Sderot

July 14, 2018, 8:42 pm

Three Israelis wounded as rockets from Gaza hit house, synagogue in Sderot

Palestinians fire a salvo of rockets at the border town, Iron Dome intercepts several but two get through; injured evacuated to hospital in Ashkelon

By TOI staff

Illustrative: An explosion is seen from the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after an airstrike by Israeli forces in response to dozens of rocket attacks by Palestinian terrorist groups from the coastal enclave on June 20, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)

July 14, 2018, 6:41 am

Palestinians fire 31 rockets and mortar shells from Gaza; IDF renews airstrikes

IDF strikes two tunnels, Hamas bases in Gaza; one rocket falls in a kibbutz; no injuries reported in Israel or Gaza as Israelis in border communities spend night in bomb shelters

By 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)

July 14, 2018, 1:52 am

Palestinians fire 17 rockets into Israel as IDF bombs tunnel, Hamas base in Gaza

Iron Dome intercepts 5 projectiles, one rocket falls in a kibbutz; no injuries reported in Israel or in Gaza; flare up comes after IDF officer wounded by grenade in border riot

By TOI staff

An illustrative photo of a firefighter extinguishing a fire in a field near the Gaza Strip that was sparked by a flaming object flown from the Palestinian enclave, on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 24, 2018, 2:50 pm

Fresh fires sparked by flaming devices flown from Gaza

Firefighters extinguish blaze close to Kissufim, working to put out 2 other fires near Be'eri and Nir Am

By TOI staff

Two balloons flown by Palestinians in Gaza carrying an explosive device land on the roof of an Israeli home near the border, on June 17.. 2018. (Israel Police)

June 17, 2018, 7:16 pm

For 3rd time in a day, IDF conducts airstrikes over Gaza ‘fire balloons’

Police sappers defuse several small explosive devices flown into southern Israel by balloon, as fires break out across region

By Judah Ari Gross

Flooding in Sderot on June 13, 2018. (screen capture: Twitter/Hadashot/Robby Pereg)

June 13, 2018, 12:25 pm

Floods inundate southern Israel as freak rains batter country

Record-breaking precipitation recorded in western Negev, overwhelming storm drains in some towns

By TOI staff

Investigators examine the scene after a gas explosion in the southern city of Sderot, June 8, 2018. (Courtesy Magen David Adom)

June 8, 2018, 8:42 am

Two hurt in suspected Sderot gas explosion

Despite initial concerns that the blast was caused by a projectile fired from Gaza, authorities say blast was not an attack

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli flares illuminating the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 7, 2014. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)

May 17, 2018, 1:33 am

IDF planes strike Hamas ‘terror targets’ in northern Gaza Strip

Army says military base and weapons factory targeted in response to shots fired from across border that hit nearby Israeli homes in Sderot

By TOI staff

A bullet, apparently from Gaza, that struck a home in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on May 16, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

May 16, 2018, 5:55 pm

Machine gun fire from Gaza hits nearby Israeli homes in Sderot, no injuries

In separate incident, shots fired at troops on Gaza border, IDF tank responds by targeting Hamas position

By Judah Ari Gross

Activist Elie Joseph, who was arrested during a conference in the southern city of Sderot after he interrupted a speech by Minister Israel Katz on March 6, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

March 6, 2018, 12:58 pm

Anti-arms sales activist arrested after outburst during minister’s speech

Eli Joseph heckles Israel Katz, says Jewish state shouldn't be arming South Sudan, where alleged war crimes taking place

By Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli Air Force F-15 takes off during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)

February 3, 2018, 2:07 am

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket launch

Following airstrikes, army says it holds the terror group 'solely responsible' for any attacks from the coastal enclave

By TOI staff

View of the Gaza Strip from the Israeli border. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

February 2, 2018, 10:01 pm

Sirens blare in Gaza periphery as rocket launched from Strip

Warning alarms heard in second attack in 24 hours, after several weeks without cross-border fire

By TOI staff

Palestinians carry the body of Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh into al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on December 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

December 15, 2017, 6:13 pm

4 Palestinians, including attacker who stabbed officer, killed in clashes

A Palestinian wearing an apparent suicide belt who knifed Border Policeman and was then shot, dies of his wounds; 2 killed along Gaza border, one in West Bank protests

By TOI staff and AFP

Border Police officers take aim at Palestinian rioters during clashes near the West Bank Qalandiya checkpoint, on the outskirts of Ramallah, on December 15, 2017. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

December 15, 2017, 2:22 pm

Clashes break out in West Bank and Gaza for second Friday in a row

Palestinians report 2 critically injured in riots at Gaza fence; in West Bank, fewer protesters than last week throw rocks at troops, who respond with tear gas, rubber bullets

By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff

December 14, 2017, 5:21 pm

Rocket alert sirens blare in false alarm in jittery south

Incident comes after four straight days of missile attacks on Israeli communities near Gaza Strip

By Judah Ari Gross