The Hezbollah terror group said it fired a barrage of rockets into Northern Israel, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon a day earlier. The Israel Defense Forces said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open around Mount Dov. Israel said it was firing back after 19 rockets were launched from Lebanon, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett swiftly convened a meeting with the country’s top defense officials • Full Story

The organization, which organizes annual trips to New York for IDF soldiers who were wounded in combat, brought the group to Crown Heights and 770 for an intense spiritual experience they will likely never forget. Images captured by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Kratz • Full Story, Photos

A ceremony was held to thank members of Israel’s National Rescue Unit for their help in trying to find survivors in the mountain of rubble left behind where a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Miami. The Israeli team of seven from the IDF’s Home From Command flew out to the US and began working at the site three days after the building collapsed last month • Full Story

Israel carried out airstrikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Motzei Shabbos in response to the launching of incendiary balloons on Friday and Shabbos. IAF fighter jets struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing plant and a rocket launching site, the IDF spokesperson stated • Full Story

A week after the collapse of the  Champlain Towers South apartment complex  in Surfside, Florida, the Home Front Command’s search-and-rescue delegation continues to work to find and pull survivors from the rubble. “We still believe that there are survivors and we are working to rescue them,” said Col. Elad Edri, deputy commander of the delegation • Full Story, Video

Several Lubavitcher Chassidim from around Eretz Yisroel were called up this week for reserve duty in the IDF’s Homefront Command. Naturally they used this as an opportunity to spread Yiddishkeit amongst the Yidden around them • Photos

Israel’s IDF is sending a delegation to Miami to assist in search and rescue efforts, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Motzei Shabbos. As well, United Hatzalah, in cooperation with El Al, sent a Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to assist victims of the disaster by providing psychological support • Full Story

Since the most recent terror attacks on Eretz Yisroel, the IDF has been working around the clock to defend itself. Along side the tanks and the soldiers by the borders, there has also been the Mitzvah Tanks bringing joy, Mitzvahs and protection to the soldiers. Photos by Chaim Tuito • Photos

Israel suffered its first military fatality in the ongoing conflict with the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip Wednesday when Sgt. Omer Tabib was killed by an anti-tank missile near the Gaza border • Full Article

Security forces busy protecting Eretz Yisroel received food and drink today from one of the iconic Chabad Mitzvah Tanks in Eretz Yisroel as a thank you for all they are doing to protect the land • Photos

Rabbi Shaul Ofen, a Lubavitcher Chossid from Lod, was appointed as the head of the Kashrus in the IDF and promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. As part of his position, Rabbi Ofen will oversee the Kashrus of the entire IDF • Full Story

In connection with the 30 year anniversary from the Gulf war, the IDF archive released a gallery of photos from that time period including a photo of the longtime Lubavitch chaplain in the US Army, Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein.

IDF fighter jets and combat helicopters attacked Syrian army targets in southern Syria on Monday evening, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed. The air strike was in retaliation for the attempt to place explosives along the Syrian border which was thwarted in the southern Golan Heights on Sunday night • Full Story

Tens of pairs of Tefillin have been distributed this week at a special ceremony in Eretz Yisroel. The Tefillin were given to soldiers in the Air Force, as part of the project “to soldiers with love.” The project was organized by Rabbi Yossi Nachshon • Photos

An Israeli soldier was killed Tuesday morning in a stone-throwing attack in northern Samaria. The soldier was a member of the Israeli army’s Golani Brigade, and IDF spokesperson said Tuesday • Full Story

A barrage of rockets was fired toward southern Israel on Tuesday morning following the elimination of senior Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu Al Ata. At about 6:00 a.m., sirens were heard across Southern Israel • Full Story

The IDF attacked the ‘secret headquarters’ of the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza in retaliation for the launch of a rocket that injured seven people in the town of MIshmeret in central Israel • Full Story

Two rabbis were acquitted Sunday from charges of inciting IDF soldiers to disobey orders after a judge ruled that “the test of democracy is the application of freedom of expression also when the expression irkes or even offends” • Full Story

IDF Sgt. Elor Azariya, who was convicted of manslaughter in January and sentenced to 18-months imprisonment, is being released to house arrest. To date, he remained under ‘open arrest’ on his base since the appeal was filed on his behalf • Full Story

A group of 20 mobsters, members of the ‘Sikrikim Kano’i’ group, burst into the home of Shliach and Rov, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, Rosh Yeshiva of Kiyat Gat, Eretz Yisroel. The group was protesting the agreement with the IDF that Rabbi Havlin was involved in • Full Story, Photos

Leaders of the Chabad Lubavitch movement signed off on a deal with the IDF which would exempt 15 percent of their yeshiva students from the draft, according to Mendy Reisel of Kol Rama • Full Story

The tumult surrounding a new IDF regulation compelling many religious soldiers to shave their beards has dropped from the main news, but the issue still remains problematic • Full Story

The IDF directive requiring religious soldiers to shave off their beards — scheduled to take effect on Tuesday — has been postponed for several months, and it appears doubtful that it will ever be implemented • The decision to require religious soldiers to remove their beards caused a huge public furor • Read More

An IDF Golani Sharpshooter and Combat Medic, Chaim R, Penned an impassioned letter addressed to the entire world. “These new age Anti-Semites wearing suits and ties, are being invited to speak at universities rather than being tried for crimes against humanity…” • Read Letter

Assemblyman Dov Hikind of New York is currently visiting Eretz Yisroel to give support and chizuk to Israelis as well as the thousands of Americans who are currently studying in Eretz Yisroel. Hikind sponsored a Melave Malka – BBQ for lone IDF soldiers organized by “Chayal el Chayal,” an organization founded by Ari Abramowitz & Mordy Botnick • Photos