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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.
Lucy's apartment destroyed by an Iranian ballistic missile.

'Cultural ulpan': 'Post' speaks with immigrant who lost home to Iranian ballistic missile

 ELLIE & MICHAEL KATZ in the garden of their artfilled home in Shoeva as a peacock looks on

A loving life in a peaceful paradise: Ellie Henkind Katz's Jerusalem life

 THE ‘POST’ gathered testimonies from Jerusalemites and documented their experiences of last weekend’s attack on Iran. Here, people gather to enter a bomb shelter last Friday in Jerusalem.

Anger, hope, déjà vu and cold chicken soup: How Jerusalemites reacted to war with Iran


Miri Regev says shipping giant MSC agreed to aid in rescue of stranded Israelis

MSC responded, stating that "a request was received from the Transportation Ministry on the subject, and it is being reviewed."

 An MSC cargo ship, carrying containers, including some from the United Arab Emirates, docks as its cargo is unloaded at Haifa's port, northern Israel October 12, 2020

Almost 15,000 homes damaged by Iranian attacks, thousands evacuated

Some 24 buildings were identified as needing to be demolished following damage from Iranian strikes, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.  

 Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bnei Brak, June 16, 2025

Neutral no more? Baku warns Iran against using its territory for attacks - analysis

 L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev pose for a picture during a meeting in Tehran, Iran November 1, 2017.

Their counselors stuck in Israel, US Jewish camps are putting out ‘Help Wanted’ signs

“Some of them were supposed to be here today. They will not be here today, and who knows when they will be here,” said Michael Schlank.

 On the last Friday of the season at Camp Ramah Nyack in 2019, anyone spending the next year in Israel is called up and invited to dance with the Israeli staffers in a Zionist celebration.

Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026 in shadow of Israel's war with Iran

The 2025 Maccabiah Games, set for July, have been postponed until 2026 due to escalating security risks in Israel.

 THEN US PRESIDENT Joe Biden poses with athletes at the opening ceremony of the 21st Maccabiah in Jerusalem in July 2022. On Monday, this year's edition of the Games was officially postponed until next summer due to the war with Iran.

Norway arms its police force amid increased threat from Iran conflict

In a press release, Police Director Håkon Skulstad stated: "This is a preventive measure to strengthen security in a situation with increased risk of attacks against certain targets in Norway."

 Norway's Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl officially opens the Oslo Police District's new local police section at Enhet centrum in Grunerlokka, Oslo, Norway January 27, 2025.

Israel launches rescue operation to bring close to 150,000 stranded Israelis home

Operation 'Safe Return': Private airlines and the Mano Maritime shipping company will be mobilized to bring stranded Israelis home by air and by sea.

 An El Al flight lands at Ben Gurion Airport, March 31, 2025

Israel Katz backtracks on threat to 'residents of Tehran' over Iranian missile attack

In the coming hours, Israel is expected to order residents of various neighborhoods in Tehran to evacuate, followed by strikes on infrastructure and government buildings.

 Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz waits for his British and French counterparts for a meeting, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem August 16, 2024.

Police arrest Jewish Israelis suspected of espionage on behalf of Iran

The identity of the two suspects, as well as further details into the investigation, are under an active gag order.

 (illustrative) A hooded figure conducting espionage for Iran

Sitting in a quiet, destroyed neighborhood: At the heart of Iran's missile attack on Bat Yam

Reporter's Notebook: Amid the war there is a quiet here in this neighborhood, so close to the destruction. The fighting dogs are the only conflict for now. 

A drone view shows the damage over residential homes at the impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Bat Yam, Israel June 15, 2025

Dodging missiles and sleeping in shelters: How are Israelis impacted by Iran strikes? - watch

David told us what the mood is like, what's changed since Iran stepped up the deadliness of its attacks, what his essential items to take to the shelter are.

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