Rear Command
![IDF Rear Command commander Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo meets with local leaders.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/06/16/6c5c6d70-2c05-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h1536_w2048.jpeg)
IDF Rear Command commander Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo met with leaders of local communities in the border regions to discuss efforts to protect cooperate with them.
![An Israeli sodier is seen next to an Iron Dome Anti Missile rockets launcher in Haifa, Israel.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/14/efdf65f0-fa35-11ee-aef9-dd72173416da__h3727_w5583.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Iran
Both Israel and the United States continue to brace for a major Iranian attack.
![Evacuated children from Kibbutz Nir Am.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/10/07bc3830-defa-11ee-bbda-93c9fb230a79__h3206_w4809.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
The IDF has continuously and carefully loosened assembly and activity restrictions in the Gaza Perimeter, in "conflict zone" areas, and in the rest of the country based on security assessments.
![IDF: The residents of these areas may return home](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/22/b8d3ccb0-d193-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h921_w800.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Gaza Perimeter
IDF Rear Command has published an operational assessment of the safety of parts of the Gaza Perimeter, listing the places where it is now safe to return.
![Life returning to normal in the orange area? Gaza Perimeter map.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/01/df80fbe0-c12f-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h478_w330.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Civilian Front
The IDF Rear Command issued new instructions for the Gaza Perimeter, allowing for assembly in greater numbers in open and closed areas and especially for schools to be resumed safely.
![Sigd celebration. Archive.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/08/0e140f40-7e16-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Ethiopian Jewry
The Ethiopian Jewish Heritage Center announced the cancellation of the traditional Sigd holiday prayer in Jerusalem planned for Monday due to Rear Command crowd guidance.
![Gaza Rocket Lands in Ashdod, 4 Wounded](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/31/e7b2b360-7802-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War
Police and bomb squad officers are searching for more debris. The wounded have been evacuated to the hospital, including one in serious condition.
![Hamas Continues to Strike: Salvos Towards Tel Aviv and Herzliyah](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/31/686e15a0-77f2-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Israel
Red color sirens were heard in the areas of Tel Aviv, Petach Tikvah, Ramat Gan, and northward to Kfar Saba, Raanana, and Herzliyah. No casualties have been reported.
!["We're moving onto the next stage of the fighting - the offensive."](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/29/355f9e00-7689-11ee-b31e-f35fa91433c0__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War
The commander also said that "we want to arrive at an emergency routine in the country."
![IDF Spokesperson: Number of Captives up to 224](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/26/1ef7a0a0-73f9-11ee-a1df-afdbc9b6f430__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
In a statement to the press, he said: "This information is updated based on intelligence information."
![IDF Spokesperson: "Whoever challenges Israel, will experience a powerful counterstrike"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/12/b89fd9e0-68e4-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpeg)
News
The IDF Spokesperson addressed the continuation of Operation Swords of Iron and said that "as of now, the families of 97 kidnapped were updated. I am aware of the criticism, but it's important to understand that we are acting professionally, with precision and reliability."