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A chair from a safe room in Kibbutz Be'eri.

Eli Sharabi’s survival and the Bachar family’s story of hope amid tragedy

By Sivan Rahav Meir

An air tanker drops fire retardant at the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from Woodland Hills, neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025.

Israel sends firefighting and rescue experts to aid US with LA fire

By MICHAEL STARR

The Hatzor Haglilit council building

New civilian security team launches operations in Hatzor Haglilit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Emergency alerts from the Home Front Command

Coming soon on your mobile: Emergency alerts from your municipality

By DR. ITAY GAL

Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo visits Kiryat Bialik in northern Israel, September 22, 2024.

Home Front Command chief approves wartime leave without permission

IDF holds conference for Bedouin community December 22, 2024.

IDF holds Bedouin conference to address war challenges and propose solutions

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes.

IDF heightens state of alert in anticipation of Iranian response

(Illustrative) An IAF F-15 fighter jet and an Iranian drone

IDF intercepts Lebanese drone after hour-long pursuit in Israel's airspace

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of people breaking their fast after Yom Kippur.

Home Front Command issues alert notifications for Yom Kippur

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Arrow aerial system intercepts Houthi missile over Tel Aviv

Man bitten by viper during air-raid siren stresses importance of following emergency protocol

By AVIHAI CHIIM , HODAYA RAN

This picture shows projectiles above Jerusalem, on October 1, 2024. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a missile attack under way against Israel on October 1 was in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as that of the Hamas leader

We will nosh again: Going through the Iran attack in Jerusalem

By HANNAH BROWN

New emergency alert is received on phones of Israeli residents during the Iran attack

Israel activates new tech missile alert system during Iranian attack

By Yinon Ben Shoshan

IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

Home Front Command issues new directives for Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

View of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, during a strike, on September 1, 2024.

Home Front Command extends education institutions safety directives until Monday

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ambulances outside the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on March 30, 2020.

Health services prepare for emergency situation as northern front intensifies

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo visits Kiryat Bialik in northern Israel, September 22, 2024.

Three wounded when houses hit in Kiryat Bialik during Hezbollah attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah & Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah over flags of Israel and Lebanon

IDF: Possible attacks on Israel within 24 hours, new restrictions on Haifa and North

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Home Front Command app alerting of all the rockets which hit central Israel earlier this morning. September 15, 2024.

Home Front Command issues new restrictions in the Galilee, Haifa Bay area

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , GADI ZAIG