Six people were lightly injured from smoke inhalation as a large fire broke out Thursday afternoon near the Judea town of Beit Haggai, and firefighters are battling the fire. About 30 of the houses were evacuated, and the flow of electricity was also stopped.
A bus carrying students from a girls’ religious high school back home after Shabbat was hit by a firebomb Saturday night, setting the vehicle on fire. The incident occurred after the bus dropped off several girls from the Oriyah Ulpana school at Pnei Kedem, an Israeli town northwest of Hevron, in Judea, south of Jerusalem.
Sounds of explosions were reportedly heard in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday evening. Syrian media claimed the explosions were the result of an Israeli air strike on the country.
The firing of incendiary balloons from Gaza has increasing dramatically. At least four fires have broken out since the morning hours in the Gaza perimeter – in the Be’eri and Shokeda forests and near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. A major blaze near Ashkelon is also believed to have been started by a balloon.
An earthquake was felt in central Israel, including Jerusalem, Wednesday night. The Geophysical Institute reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was at sea, between Hadera and Haifa, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Israeli coast. The quake struck Israel at 7:53 PM. No injuries or damage has been reported in the wake of the 4.6 magnitude quake.
US space agency NASA published on Wednesday first images it said may show the crash site of Israeli spacecraft Beresheet.
A synagogue in the central Israeli city of Lod was vandalized overnight, worshipers discovered Wednesday morning. The synagogue, which is home to an Indian-Jewish congregation, was targeted by vandals who broke into the building and trashed the interior of the synagogue.
100 terrorists who were released as part of the Shalit deal who returned to terror activities, were tried and returned to serve the rest of the prison sentences imposed on them prior to the prisoner exchange.
A synagogue and cemetery in a central Israeli town were the targets of arson and vandalism Friday, Israel Police said. Fires were set inside a synagogue and cemetery in Bnei Ayish, near Gedera, Friday. Both the synagogue and cemetery were also vandalized, with graffiti spray-painted.
Four people, about 40-years-old, were killed today in a car accident in which a minibus collided with a security fence on Route 443, near the entrance to Modi’in.
A ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt went into effect at 4:30 Monday morning, following two days of rocket attacks by Gaza-based terrorists and Israeli retaliatory strikes inside Gaza. Some 700 rockets were launched from Gaza towards Israel, killing four and injuring dozens.
One person was critically injured Sunday evening after nearly three dozen rockets were fired at southern Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. He later died in the hospital from his wounds.
Hamas operatives attempted a cyber attack on Israeli targets, and were thwarted by Israeli cyber units. The building in which the Hamas cyber unit worked from was leveled.
With rockets continuing to fall throughout southern and central Israel, the military has stepped up its retaliatory attacks. Infrastructure and Hamas targets continue to be hit, while targeted assassinations, a successful method, have begun again.
Three more people were killed in Israel as rocket attacks continue from the Gaza strip. The near constant barrage also injured over 100 people, with Israeli retaliation continuing overnight.
With over 300 Rocket falling on southern Israel since Saturday morning, Israel retaliated with more than 120 strikes on military and Hamas targets.
A 60 year old man was declared dead after being critically wounded at approxamitely 2:30 following a rocket attack which hit a building in the Ashkelon area. Over 300 rockets have been fired at Israel since Saturday morning. Rockets have fallen in Hof Ashkelon, Ofakim, Kiryat Gat, and Sderot.
