Home Front Command

Grapevine: Ringing hollow

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Israeli police flank Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS colonel who headed the Gestapo's Jewish Section and was responsible for millions of Jews' deaths in Nazi concentration camps, as he stands trial inside a bulletproof booth in a Jerusalem court
Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as missiles fired from Iran as it seen over central Israel, March 5, 2026.

IDF issues shorter warning times for recent Iranian missile attacks

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.

Israel's healthcare system cleared hundreds of hospital beds in first 36 hours of Iran war

Israeli shekel

Finance Ministry warns of NIS 9.5b. weekly loss, urges Home Front Command to ease restrictions


A war-weary Jerusalem marks Purim one day after the rest of the world

Early morning sirens coincided with the morning of Shushan Purim, as thousands of Israelis gathered, despite a prohibition on public gatherings, to fulfill the mitzvah of hosting a Megillah reading.

A man wearing a wolf costume with his daughter dressed as Little Red Riding Hood shops at a stall in the Machane Yeduda market in Jerusalem, which was operating at limited capacity because of the war with Iran, during Purim in Jerusalem, March 4, 2026.

IDF Home Front Command lightens security guidelines for daily routine

This reverses a previous HFC guideline with heavier restrictions, which was to be in place until Saturday evening, lightening the security guidelines, and opening up gatherings.

IDF Home Front Command issues security guidelines, March 4, 2026.

Jerusalem police disperse defiant Purim crowds as street parties violate wartime safety orders

Israel Police were forced to disperse large Purim crowds on Wednesday as revellers defied Home Front Command orders. Officials slammed the gatherings as "irresponsible" during the ongoing war.

People celebrate Purim in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.

Iran leveraging AI and stolen data to escalate cyber campaigns, expert tells ‘Post’

IRGC and its affiliates have spent the last decade collecting the personal data of people from all over the world, not just Israelis, allowing phishing attempts to continue to grow more sophisticated

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

IDF Home Front Command extends security guidelines for nearly another week

The security guidelines restricting social gatherings, non-essential workplace activity, and closure of schools until at least Saturday at 8:00 p.m., HFC announced.

IDF Home Front Command issues security guidelines restricting gatherings, prohibiting workplace, educational activity amid Iran strikes, March 2, 2026.

IDF: Ben-Gurion Airport, Israeli airspace may reopen Monday evening

The Israeli military emphasized that the situation is dynamic and could evolve depending on threats from Iran and Hezbollah, as well as whether Yemen's Houthis get involved.

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet flies over central Israel, February 28, 2026

Prepared, not invincible: Israel tested by Iran’s ballistic missile barrages - editorial

With lessons learned from past conflicts, Israel’s preparedness is put to the ultimate test as Iran’s missile barrages push the country’s defense systems.

Shrapnel falls after a missile fired from Iran was intercepted by an Israel missile on February 28, 2026 in Northern Israel.

As Israel’s Iran front widens, civil society initiatives return to 24/7 emergency operation

Such specialized civic infrastructures filled life-and-death gaps during earlier rounds of fighting. What is striking now is less the novelty of the mobilization than its speed and normalization.

 People take shelter in an underground train station in Ramat Gan, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, February 28, 2026.

Megillah in the Miklat: Tel Aviv moves Purim underground as Operation Roaring Lion rages

Despite Operation Roaring Lion, Israelis continue to celebrate Purim in shelters and homes, with community efforts to ensure the mitzvot are fulfilled, including sending gift packages to the needy.

Israelis take cover in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026; illustrative.

IDF Home Front: We've been more ready for Iran's ballistic missiles after probing June war

'Iran is here, home front is central.'

Israel Police and IDF Home Front Command personnel at the scene where a roof collapsed in Beit Shemesh, November 16, 2025