Israel is under intense attack following the assassination of Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu Al Ata in Gaza by the IDF on Tuesday morning.
School was canceled and businesses shut down in most of the south and in the Tel Aviv area. Ben Gurion International Airport has been placed on high alert.
Citizens of all ages, just out to celebrate the summer evening, fled in panic Sunday evening as the red-alert siren blared in the southern city of Sderot.
Israel will start building an additional barrier - above and underground - along the northern part of the Gaza border fence to protect Jewish communities.
'The dear residents of Sderot and the Gaza perimeter deserve to raise their children in peace,' the Sderot mayor said after a rocket hit a local religious school.
'If Israel does not fulfill its part in the agreement of understandings for a ceasefire, the resistance has the means to compel it,' the terror group threatened.
Rock-throwing terrorists attacked Member of Knesset Haim Yellin, who was driving home after paying a condolence visit to a young victim of Palestinian terror.
A rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open field in southern Israel and Palestinian terrorists threw rocks at a passing Israeli vehicle Sunday evening. No serious injuries were sustained.
Israel's two million elementary and high school students returned to school on September 1. "We want excellence and Zionism," Prime Minister Netanyahu stated.
Imagine hearing a frightening siren blaring “Code Red, Code Red” and having 15 seconds to run for cover. Imagine never being able to walk beyond a short distance of the nearest shelter.
Southern Israel is Ablaze as the rocket attacks from Gaza keep coming and the violence escalates. Government ministers are calling for decisive action.