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On Wednesday Hezbollah sent a ballistic missile into the biggest population centre in Israel - and millions of israelis heard the sound of that missile being intercepted above Tel Aviv. The solitary missile would have been launched with the knowledge that it would most likely be shot down - if Hezbollah had sent a barrage of missiles designed to overwhelm defences, resulting in mass casualties, there would have been a devastating response from the Israeli military, says the BBC's Middle East bureau chief Jo Floto. Still, the missile symbolises a significant escalation in the conflict, our correspondent says. Israel has...

Interceptions reported to the North of Tel Aviv and Central Israel.

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/37803 Footage of the terrorist with his bag full of explosives on his way to his target. Miraculously it exploded too early and shredded his body to pieces! “Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.” Psalm 37:15 https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/37803

Aerial photo of Khan Younis with launch site and humanitarian route demarked. On Tuesday, the Hamas terrorist organization launched rockets from Gaza towards central Israel. Following the launches, the IDF reported that one rocket landed in the Mediterranean Sea and the other landed in within Gaza. ..... Hamas claimed that the rockets were of the M-90 model, a new model that was unveiled in December 2023 and has a reported range of 90 kilometers.

Hamas attempted to fire two rockets at Tel Aviv and central Israel on Tuesday, but failed with one of them landing in the Mediterranean Sea and one of them failing to even leave the Gaza Strip. Citizens in Tel Aviv and other parts of central Israel heard sounds of explosions, initially creating confusion until the IDF clarified the situation. According to the IDF, the rocket which landed in the Sea was immediately detected, but the IDF did not activate any alarms because it was apparent from the start that its entire trajectory was flying only over the Sea. Likewise, no...

Israel struck targets around the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah, retaliating for a drone attack on Tel Aviv by the Iran-backed militants that killed a man and exposed a vulnerability in Israeli air defenses. The airstrikes targeted a power station and fuel storage sites, the Yemen-based group said. A Houthi-run television showed flames and smoke raging in installations it said were hit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the port was used as a gateway for Iranian weapons supplies to the Houthis.

A report in the Saudi-based Al Arabiya news outlet cites sources claiming that the Houthi terror group fired a ballistic missile and four drones at Israel overnight. The missile and three of the drones were reportedly shot down by US forces based in the region, and only the fourth drone managed to reach Tel Aviv, where it apparently exploded in the air, with the shrapnel killing one person and wounding others.

An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in a neighbourhood near the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The aerial strike — the first lethal Houthi attack in Israel — rumbled through the centre of the city, causing shrapnel to rain down and spreading shards of glass over a large radius. "We are holding an investigation today and in the coming days to understand exactly from where the threat was fired and what are the needed responses to defend the country and what are the attacking responses...

Facile preparation of peptide glass at room temperature using standard lab equipment. Credit: Tel Aviv University ============================================================================== Tel Aviv University researchers have created a unique glass that is both an effective adhesive and highly transparent. This spontaneously forming glass could significantly influence multiple high-tech industries. Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have created a new type of glass with unique and even contradictory properties, such as being a strong adhesive (sticky) and incredibly transparent at the same time. The glass, which forms spontaneously when comes in contact with water at room temperature, could bring about a revolution in an array...

Hamas fired rockets at the Tel Aviv area on Sunday, marking the first time in four months that a barrage reached central Israel from Gaza, and emphasizing the importance of Israel’s fight against Hamas in its last stronghold. According to Cumta, an app that publishes warnings from Israel’s Red Alert system, the rockets targeted areas north and west of Tel Aviv, including Petah Tikva and Herzliya Pituach, one of the wealthiest communities in Israel.

Video Thousands of protesters demonstrated against the government on Saturday night on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv. Several hundred protesters disturbed the peace, lit bonfires, attempted to overturn a police vehicle, blocked roads, and clashed with the police. A number of protesters broke through the police cordon and blocked Route 20. Police forces removed the protesters from the road with crowd control equipment and arrested those who disturbed the peace. Another video .....

Ed Husain's autobiography The Islamist: why I joined radical Islam in Britain, what I saw inside and why I left (Penguin, 2007) is a remarkably candid account of the life of a British-born Muslim who was initially seduced by radicalism but gradually came to his senses to return to the more spiritual and devotional Islam that had defined his early years. It is also an important work, in that it both carefully grounds the issue of radicalisation that has so dominated recent intellectual and political discussion of Muslim communities in Britain, and points to potential solutions. Ed Husain grew up...

Facing deportation, convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh on Sunday bid a tearful but defiant farewell as she blasted “Zionists” and President Trump in a fiery speech that drew a standing ovation from a pro-Palestinian crowd in Chicago. “We need you to continue resisting Trump’s agenda and to continue challenging the Zionists and to continue providing your solidarity and support to the Palestinian and Arab national movement,” said Odeh, a featured speaker at the leftist Jewish Voice for Peace conference at the Hyatt Regency. Not far away at the same hotel complex, the mood was far more subdued as mourners remembered the...

... 14:02 - a direct hit to a building in Tel Aviv, following a barrage of missiles to the center of the country and the lowlands; A 53-year-old and a 20-year-old were moderately injured and two other men were slightly injured from smoke inhalation. Apparently the damage is on the fourth floor of the building. At the same time, several successful interceptions of Iron Dome were carried out in the skies of Gush Dan. 13:43 - Alarms in Ashdod. One rocket was intercepted from the Gaza Strip and successfully intercepted by the Iron Dome system, no casualties or damage....

A United States Carrier Strike Group is spotted off the coastline of Tel Aviv this morning

Have you ever wondered why leftists, including radical feminists and LGBTQ+ activists and their allies, support Hamas? The reality is that radical feminists protesting for their rights in Gaza would either be jailed on the spot or killed. As for a gay pride event in Gaza, the very thought of it is ludicrous.

A violent protest in Tel Aviv of foreign nationals from Eritrea ended with dozens wounded. Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro-regime activists clashed with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv. Magen David Adom teams treated a total of 114 individuals. The injuries span across various levels of severity: 8 individuals are in a serious condition, 13 have sustained moderate injuries, 93 have incurred mild injuries. Of the injured, 30 are police officers. Predominantly, these injuries comprise bruises, many resulting from stones and discarded objects. ....

Demonstrations were held Saturday evening against the government's judicial reform legislation despite the legislation freeze that was announced on Monday. According to the protest organizers, demonstrations took place in 150 locations across the country, with the central one being in central Tel Aviv as in past weeks. Prior to the demonstration in Tel Aviv, protesters marched down Rothschild Boulevard to Kaplan Street, where Natan Netanyahu, the Prime Minister's cousin, whose mother served as a Supreme Court justice, spoke. In Jerusalem, the author David Grossman and Ori Banki, the father of Shira Banki, who was murdered at the city's LGBT...

Three people were wounded, including one critically, one seriously and one lightly, in a terrorist shooting attack in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening. Two other people were hospitalized for shock. The shooter was eliminated by police and security forces. The wounded, who are reported to be men in their 20s, have been taken to Ichilov Hospital where medical personnel later reported that their lives are not in danger. Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai stated that the shooting was a terrorist attack and called on the protesters against the judicial reforms to vacate the scene of the attack. The terrorist has...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement this evening (Wednesday) in response to the protests that took place during the day against the government's planned judicial reforms and the clashes with the police in Tel Aviv. "The freedom of demonstration is not a license to plunge the country into anarchy, because a sovereign country cannot tolerate anarchy. I know that there are citizens who love the country who passionately support the reform and there are others who love the country who passionately oppose the reform. In a democracy there are clear rules on how to conduct debate and there are...