In case you missed it: Last week’s surge of rockets fired into Israel called for an Israeli military response. This short video by the IDF says it all. This is the Israeli reality.
WATCH: This evening, Gaza terrorists fired more than 30 rockets at Israeli communities. Over the past decade, a Gaza rocket has hit Israel every seven hours on average. SHARE THIS video.
On Friday, ZOA’s Israel Mission visited the city of Sderot where they went to this fortified playground. The caterpillar shown here was designed by a local artist and protects children in case of a rocket attack. They only have 15 seconds once the alarm goes off to find shelter.
The writing in the photo above states:
“At the sound of the alarm ‘Code Red’ enter the shelter and go past the orange line.”
The outgoing commander of the IDF’s Air Defense Academy met with the IDF Website and provided some amazing insights into the apparatus that keeps Israel’s skies safe from enemy rockets and works towards healing Israeli society at the same time. This is the first part of a 3-part series from the interview with Colonel Yoni Seida-Marom.
Follow the link above to read part 1 in full.
Four rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but damage was caused to several homes in the Nahariya area. The red alert siren sounded in the cities Nahariya, Acre, Kiryat Shmona and Karmiel, and residents reported hearing explosions.
Lebanese media reported that the IDF promptly retaliated, attacking targets in south Lebanon, but the army denied those reports.
An Israeli Iron Dome battery intercepted one of the rockets. Israeli TV aired footage of minor damage caused by a fragment from the rocket that fell on the outskirts of a town outside Nahariya. Another rocket fell in a town near Acre, causing damage to several houses.
Three residents were treated for shock.
Lebanese media reported that two volleys of rockets had been fired from a Palestinian refugee camp near the Lebanese town of Tyre. There was an attempt to fire a third volley, but the missiles fell short of the border.The IDF said four makeshift rocket launchers had been located east of Tyre.