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A Palestinian man inspects the damage after a missile fired from Iran struck the Palestinian town of Zarzir, northern Israel, March 13, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Exposed from above, silenced from within: Palestinians in wartime Israel

Decades of neglect have left Palestinian citizens unprotected from missile fire, while police are carrying out arrests for expressions of dissent.

By Samah Watad and Baker Zoubi March 19, 2026

Friends and family take cover during sirens at the funeral of Ronit Elmalich and her mother Sara Elmalich, who were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile strike in Beit Shemesh, at the cemetery in Beit Shemesh, March 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche

From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, explains Dr. Dana Amir.

By Dana Mills March 4, 2026

Israeli rescue crews clear the debris and search for the missing in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva after an Iranian missile strike hit a seven-story building, claiming the lives of at least four people, June 24, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

12 days that brought the war home to Israelis

Iran’s missiles caused many Israelis to feel existential fear for the first time. Even if the ceasefire holds, their shattered sense of immunity will linger.

By Oren Ziv June 24, 2025

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Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tamra, June 15, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Unprotected from Iranian missiles, Palestinians in Israel decry neglect

The tragic death of four members of one family in the Arab city of Tamra has highlighted the systemic discrimination in Israel’s civil defense infrastructure.

By Baker Zoubi June 17, 2025

The scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon landed and caused damage in the Palestinian town of Majd Al-Krum, northern Israel, October 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinians in Israel’s north ‘abandoned’ by authorities as rocket deaths soar

Palestinian citizens are disproportionately bearing the brunt of Hezbollah’s missiles due to their lack of shelters and proximity to Iron Dome batteries.

By Suha Arraf November 22, 2024

WATCH: Whole Gaza neighborhood destroyed in an hour

A video posted Tuesday by Al Arabiya shows the destruction of the Gaza neighborhood of Beit Hanoun in one hour. According to the Israeli army, residents are given at least three minutes to evacuate their homes before they are bombed. (In some cases, Gazans are given a 24-hour notice to evacuate the entire neighborhood.) Watching…

By Aziz Abu Sarah July 29, 2014

A Bedouin woman after authorities demolished her village of Al Araqib, January 16, 2011 (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Israel’s Bedouin: Civilians in death alone

Israel denies Bedouin citizens basic services in life but claims them as civilians when they die. Over 400 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its current military operation in Gaza. According to the United Nations, approximately three-quarters of Gaza’s dead are civilians; many are children. In Israel, two civilians have been killed. One was…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat July 20, 2014

An Israeli looks at damage to his home in a kibbutz near border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (Photo by Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Be’er Sheva, a city with no refuge from rockets

In Be’er Sheva, there are two kinds of people: those who sit protected in their shelters, calling for the occupation of Gaza, and the thousands of people who, living in buildings that crumble around them and with nowhere to run, just wait for the end. I live in such a building. Conversations with residents who…

By +972 Magazine July 13, 2014