Home Front Command

IDF Home Front Command updates application's alert system for clarity in emergency situations

The IDF Home Front Command revamped its mobile and smart TV alerts with color-coded warnings, dedicated sounds, and clearer instructions to help citizens respond faster in emergencies.

|ByJAMES GENN
Israel's Home Front Command app; illustrative.
HOME FRONT Command chief Shay Klepper meets with representatives from Israel's emergency services.

Home Front Command chief meets with emergency service representatives in wake of Iran war

"The strength of emergency organizations is not measured only by the ability of each body individually, but rather by our ability to act together, as one force, in real time," Klepper stated.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, March 24, 2026.

IDF to extend time to reach shelter in 49 northern Israel communities

For 46 communities, the time will be extended from 30 to 45 seconds. For another three communities, it will be extended to a full minute.

|ByTZVI JASPER
View of the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Mount Meron, northern Israel, May 1, 2024.

A responsible choice: Why canceling Lag Ba’omer at Mount Meron was the right call - editorial

The fires of Lag Ba’omer will burn again on the slopes of Meron. What matters is that when they do, they come back to a country that chose, at the right moment, to be careful.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Iran pushes Houthis toward Red Sea attacks as Israel keeps restrictions unchanged

The Houthis' further actions could depend on whether or not the United States escalates its own strikes against the Iranian regime as a part of Operation Epic Fury.

MARCH 31, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, GOLDIE KATZ
A protester with a poster featuring a picture of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen March 6, 2026.

Israel Police arrest twenty-one as anti-war protests grow despite broad support for Iran war

Protests took place in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, and Beersheba, as a survey found broad but uneven support among Jewish Israelis for Operation Roaring Lion.

MARCH 30, 2026ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Right-wing activist Mordechai David protests against demonstrators during an anti-government and anti-war protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, March 28, 2026.

Police reach agreement with Latin Patriarchate to allow limited groups in Church of Holy Sepulchre

Israel's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office announced that the police would be working on a security plan to enable the church leaders to worship at the holy site in upcoming days.

MARCH 29, 2026ByTZVI JASPER, ASHER SMITH
LATIN PATRIARCH of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, shakes hands with a person, as he passes through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

How safe are Israel’s safe rooms? - analysis

Following the tragedies last year in Petah Tikva, the Home Front Command explained that this was an extreme event and that safe rooms cannot withstand direct hits.

MARCH 29, 2026ByARIK MIROVSKY/GLOBES/TNS
An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.

An Iranian missile wounded a doctor and baby, now 100 shelters are heading to the Negev

The move by the IDF Home Front Command comes after appeals by local council heads and residents to address the lack of protection in the area.

MARCH 29, 2026ByYANIR YAGNA
A semi-portable bomb shleter is set up near a caravan in this unrecognized village on March 21, 2024 in Wadi Alnaam, Israel.

Nineteen injured near Beit Shemesh, reports of shrapnel impact in Eilat as Iran targets Israel

Israeli emergency services reported that several homes and a synagogue were damaged as a result of the fall in the Beit Shemesh area.

MARCH 28, 2026ByCORINNE BAUM
Israel Police operate at the scene of impacted buildings in Beit Shemesh on March 28, 2026.

Grapevine: Sheltering routine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 28, 2026ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Children play in a Jerusalem shelter

IDF Home Front Command to extend siren warning times for Hezbollah rockets

This could double the amount of time that Israelis have to reach a sheltered area in the event of Hezbollah terrorists launching rockets towards Israeli civilian locations.

MARCH 27, 2026ByJAMES GENN
An N12 News infographic detailing how the IDF Home Front Command could extend the warning time that Israelis have to reach shelter when Hezbollah fires rockets from Lebanon, March 27, 2026.

Beyond the Headlines: Protecting body and soul - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

MARCH 24, 2026BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
Shelters, Protected Space, Israelis Taking Cover in an Underground Parking Lot in Tel Aviv.

The unsung architect of Israel's home front resilience - opinion

How Moshe Arens reshaped Israel’s defense doctrine by placing the civilian home front at its center

MARCH 24, 2026ByNACHMAN SHAI
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Arens (R) and former Ambassador to the United States Zalman Shoval listen to a question as they attend an event at the National Press Club in Washington, February 15, 2001.