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Residents of the northern Israel community of Kiryat Shemona ran to shelters Wednesday morning after enemy crews operating in Lebanon fired three Katyusha rockets across the border.

Jewish communities around the world are uniting in prayer for the complete recovery of civilians and soldiers injured since the beginning of Israel’s almost three-week-old offensive against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Walking through the rubble on the floor of Gabi Ben-Hamu’s Be’er Sheva home on Sunday, everyone was talking about miracles.

The parents of a soldier injured Tuesday during Israel Defense Force operations in the Gaza Strip is terming as miraculous their son’s relatively moderate injuries following a mine explosion.

As Israel entered its third week of sustained fighting in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, several communities in the country’s south allowed schools to resume, albeit in bomb shelters.

On breaks between the fighting, Israeli soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip have been receiving hundreds of letters of encouragement written by people all over the world.

Since the beginning of the almost two-week-old Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, Chabad-Lubavitch centers in communities within range of Palestinian rockets have stepped up programs for frightened citizens.

Teams of volunteers ran a family-fun day at a central Israel community center so that residents of towns in the range of Palestinian rockets could enjoy a day of quiet.

A resident of Ashkelon, Israel, records his observations of living under the constant threat of rocket attack.

As Israel’s offensive in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip stretched into its 12th day of air operations and fourth day of ground battles, soldiers in towns across the southern part of the country are going door to door to make sure that citizens are safe.

In the past three years, Palestinians living in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have launched more than 6,000 rockets at southern Israel, timing the majority of their attacks to cause the most possible damage.

When more than 30 students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign signed up for a free trip to Israel sponsored by Taglit-birthright israel and provided by Mayanot, they didn’t expect to arrive in a country at war.

Israeli troops stationed at an army base near Beit El celebrated the dedication of a Torah scroll written specifically for the nation’s soldiers.

A group of 37 students took part in an alternative winter break trip to Israel as the war raged in the Gaza Strip. The students say that wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

After saying goodbye to Staff Sgt. Dvir Emanueloff – the 22-year-old elite soldier who came under mortar attack inside the Gaza Strip – Israelis woke up Monday to the news that five more soldiers and an officer had been injured in clashes with Hamas forces, and that another soldier had narrowly missed being kidnapped.

Israelis young and old were saddened Sunday night after learning of the first military casualty of the now-nine day old offensive against Hamas targets in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip.

After one week of pounding Hamas targets from the air, the Israel Defense Force sent columns of tanks, armored personnel carriers and heavy artillery into the Gaza Strip under the cover of darkness Saturday night.

Some of the largest rocket barrages of the past week rained down on Israel Wednesday and Thursday as the country continued its offensive against Hamas targets in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip.

As Israel completed its fifth day of air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Israeli cities terrorized by Palestinian-fired rockets counseled frightened residents and soldiers.

The desert city of Be’er Sheva joined the list of Israeli towns struck by ever-improving Palestinian rockets Tuesday night, but in the midst of the chaos, at least one function continued as if the country’s latest offensive against the Gaza Strip had not landed smack dab on its doorstep.