Home Front Command

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.

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.
Shelters, Protected Space, Israelis Taking Cover in an Underground Parking Lot in Tel Aviv.

Beyond the Headlines: Protecting body and soul - opinion

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.

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

A vendor continues selling at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market during the war with Iran, March 2026.

Under Iran fire, Israel’s basic cost-of-living gaps run deeper than income data suggests - study


US embassy in Israel resumes regular operations after lifting of restrictions

Although the directive requiring embassy personnel and their families to remain in protected areas has been lifted, travel restrictions remain in place.

 View of the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, May 7, 2024.

IDF Home Front Command removes all defensive guidelines post-Iran ceasefire

The Airports Authority announced that Ben-Gurion Airport and Haifa Airport will return to full operations. 

 Jerusalem's streets amid Israel's war with Iran, June 23, 2025.

Five killed, at least 20 wounded as Iran fires missile salvo at Israel

Twenty eight people were killed in the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, while the IDF estimated that it could have been hundreds.

 Iranian missile falls in Southern Negev; illustrative

Olim left in dark as missile warnings, compensation guidelines remain Hebrew-only

The share of immigrants living in areas hit by recent missile barrages “is very high,” yet key safety and compensation information has not been linguistically accessible to all immigrant communities.

 Israelis sleep in a public shelter at the Tel Aviv municipality as Iran fires ballistic missiles at Israel. on June 17 2025.

IDF: Unlikely Iran can fire 100 missiles at once anymore; Home Front restrictions might relax

The statement was made after the US bombed Iran's most important remaining nuclear facility at Fordow, and the Islamic Republic's "best shot" retaliation late Sunday morning.

 An apartment building in Tel Aviv was destroyed by an Iranian rocket on June 16, 2023.

IDF raises nationwide threat level, restricts activities

This followed a situational assessment, approved by Defense Minister Israel Katz, following US Air Force airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

 IDF Home Front Command issues orders for essential-only activity nationwide, June 22, 2025.

IDF Home Front Command lifts some defense restrictions in central Israel

Under the restrictions, schools and kindergartens remained closed across the country. However, most workplaces were allowed to operate normally.

  IDF Home Front Command Search and Rescue teams conducting rescue operations at missile impact sites in central Israel, June 15, 2025.

WATCH: At least 31 injured, three seriously in Haifa as Iran fires missile barrage nationwide

MDA later updated that a 51-year-old woman from Karmiel died from a heart attack after sirens were activated.

Emergency personnel hold dogs on a leash at an impact site following Iran's missile strike on Israel, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Haifa, Israel, June 20, 2025

IAF intercepts three Iranian drones near Dead Sea

Iran has launched at least 1,000 drones against Israel since Operation Rising Lion began last Friday.

 A Shahed 129 drone, on exhibition in Tehran, 2019; illustrative.

Iran exploits Israel's urban defense challenges as it seeks to terrorize civilians - analysis

The Ramat Gan strike is yet another example of how bad things can get here. We have air defenses, but they can’t stop every attack.

 Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Ramat Gan, June 19, 2025.