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Iranian rocket falls in Tel Aviv in latest barrage, at least 63 wounded, one killed. Majority of Iranian missiles intercepted or missed target, IDF confirms • IDF intercepts drones over Eilat • Sirens sound across all of Israel overnight on Saturday. June 14, 2025. Rocket sirens sound across all of Israel By Jerusalem Post Staff. Rocket sirens sounded across most of the country on Saturday morning. Residents of the central region reported hearing loud explosions. No injuries have been reported at this time. JPost ______ 'Door flew onto him': Iran missiles kill 2 elders. Iranian missile hits Rishon Lezion, kills...

Russia has used a powerful thermobaric weapon, the ODAB-1500 bomb, for the first time in the conflict, hitting the village of Velyka Pysarivka in the Sumy region, reports the German tabloid Bild. The explosion of the ODAB-1500 bomb is reported to have created a smoke cloud reaching a height of one kilometer. This Soviet-era thermobaric device releases a flammable liquid in aerosol form approximately ten meters from the target before ignition, resulting in a devastating blast. In previous attacks within Ukraine, Russian forces had used smaller variants of the ODAB, ranging from 170 to 500 kilograms. The deployment of the...

The Biden administration is planning to send Ukraine advanced electronic equipment that converts unguided aerial munitions into “smart bombs” that can target Russian military positions with a high degree of accuracy, according to senior U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The kits incorporate global positioning devices for precision and can be bolted onto a variety of weapons, creating what the Pentagon calls a Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM. The U.S. military has used the technology on bombs weighing up to 2,000 pounds, usually incorporating it with bomber aircraft and fighter jets. It was not immediately clear whether President Biden...

American High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems being used in Ukraine are making an impact on the conflict there between Ukrainians fighting to preserve their national sovereignty and Russian forces who have illegally invaded that country. The M142 HIMARS system allows for the launching of multiple, precision-guided rockets. Already, the U.S. had provided eight of the systems to Ukraine and last week promised to send an additional four, for a total of 12 of the systems. During a background briefing today at the Pentagon, a senior military official said the Defense Department believes the HIMARS are having an indirect, but significant...

The Syrian opposition figure, Majdal-Din Al-Mahsoun, in an exclusive interview on Israeli TV::"أنا مستعد لمحاربة الروس في #أوكرانيا "I am ready to fight the Russians in Ukraine because they destroyed my city and my country, and there is an arena of blood between the Syrian and Russian peoples." .@kaisos1987 pic.twitter.com/U4I6wErSkY— جاي معيان Guy Maayan (@guy_telaviv) March 9, 2022 In clip he says, "Rivers of blood were shed because of the Russians."