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For the first time, the Israeli Navy used its new "Barak Magen" air defense system to shoot down eight Iranian drones. In addition, it can intercept cruise missiles and high-trajectory missiles, thus protecting key infrastructure e.g. offshore gas platforms and cities along Israel’s coast.

Israeli rescue forces retrieved two puppies from a Bat Yam home damaged by an Iranian missile strike. The Bat Yam Municipality took custody of the two mixed breed Labrador retrievers, and evacuated them for initial medical treatment while trying to locate the owners.

Police officers rescued a family from the rubble while searching the scene of a projectile impact in central Israel. The police stated that the rescue was conducted using special technological means, which allowed safe entry to the damaged area and removal of obstacles.

A 3-month-old baby was pulled out alive and in good condition from the rubble in Rishon Letzion in the aftermath of the 3rd Iranian barrage of ballistic missiles fired indiscriminately at civilian residences in the greater Tel Aviv area. Shortly afterward, the infant’s parents were also rescued.

In just 48 hours, Israel achieved full air superiority over Iranian skies. In Israel's preemptive military campaign operation "Rising Lion", 200 Israeli jets struck critical Iranian targets and Israel now operates freely in Iranian airspace.

The IDF is turning  civilian tech into battlefield tools, thanks to Innotal - a program that fast-tracks Israeli startups into military service. It integrates breakthrough civilian technologies – medical, food tech, energy, drones, AI, logistics, infrastructure and more.

The Real Jerusalem Streets shows readers what the Yom Yerushalayim march really was like this year. Families, children, seminary girls, happy people.

Join Avi Abelow for a day or the whole week (Jun 16 – 21). Experience GEVURAH - Strength, Courage, resilience, and unwavering Jewish spirit that has defined our people for generations, exhibited during this war.

The “Tefillin for Every Hostage” project was launched by the mother of hostage Bar Kupershtein, held in Gaza for 600+ days. Volunteers who previously didn’t wear tefillin (phylacteries) choose a hostage in whose name they will wear them daily for. “Bar Tefillin” stations have been set up all over Israel.

Six Israeli school teachers from the state’s religious sector were bestowed an award for excellence in innovative Jewish education by the Tzemach David Foundation at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum. Foundation President David Magerman re-routed his philanthropy from U.S. colleges to Israel.