Sirens sounded across large parts of northern Israel, including Haifa. All of the missiles were intercepted, but minutes later Home Front Command said Iran had launched additional missiles toward northern Israel.<\/p>\n
Home Front Command updated its defensive policy and tightened restrictions nationwide. Schools across Israel will be closed Monday, public gatherings will be limited and beaches will be closed to the public.<\/p>\n
In a security discussion held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with senior defense officials, the assessment was that Iran does not want to \u201cbreak the rules\u201d and is seeking to settle for a measured and limited response aimed at northern Israel. But an Israeli official said Iran \u201ccan forget about Israel letting this pass.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe response will be harsh,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe will not let them create any formulas or violate our sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n
A short time before the launches, the IDF said that after a situational assessment, security forces were preparing for possible fire toward Israel in the coming hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe IDF has reinforced its defensive systems and is in readiness and high alert for a range of scenarios, both defensive and offensive,\u201d the military said. \u201cIDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and IDF commanders are currently holding situational assessments and closely monitoring developments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IDF later said missiles had been identified launching from Iran toward northern Israel. \u201cDefensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,\u201d the military said. \u201cIn the past few minutes, Home Front Command sent a precautionary directive directly to mobile phones in the relevant areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the updated Home Front Command policy, Israel has moved to limited activity nationwide. Educational activities are prohibited. Gatherings are permitted with up to 200 people outdoors and up to 500 people indoors, provided participants can reach a standard protected space in time during an alert.<\/p>\n
Workplaces may operate only if employees can reach a standard protected space in time. The policy remains in effect until Monday at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sirens sounded across large parts of northern Israel, including Haifa. All of the missiles were intercepted, but minutes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-481223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}