Ashkelon

Explosive device found near Ashkelon playground, suspect arrested

Prosecutors say fingerprints and location data linked suspect Osher Peretz to the sophisticated device though he denies building or hiding it.

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Captain David Hazutt, 21.

Hezbollah terrorist kills IDF officer, wounds another soldier, during southern Lebanon operation

Staff Sergeant Michael Tyukin.

Staff-Sergeant Michael Tyukin killed in combat in southern Lebanon

Israeli activist Zohar Chamberlain Regev (L, born and raised in Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh near Nazareth), member of a flotilla bound for Gaza and one of dozens of activists that were detained when the flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces, arrives at a court in Ashkelon, Israel on May 21, 2026.

Israeli flotilla activist released under conditions as foreign participants deported


Israelis unable to work amid security lockdowns to receive financial compensation

The Finance Minister has doubled down on his prior promise to compensate any worker who has lost income due to rocket fire.

 Rockets are fired toward Israel from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022.

Avigdor Liberman promises compensation for embattled residents

“It was fine, better than corona because kindergarten was open,” a resident of Kfar Aza joked, but conditions are rough. “I couldn’t even get to the end of an email [without sirens going off]."

 Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at a cabinet meeting on 24/07/2022.

IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket fire on Israel

Two rocket launches were identified by Israeli air defense in Ashkelon, two more in Lachish Regional Council.

 Iron Dome missile defense interceptors are shot over the Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel's conflict with Hamas in May 2021.

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire breaks two-month lull

A military observation balloon fell in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Friday.

 Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, September 11, 2021

Courts grant woman a Get after husband loses ability to speak

He originally refused to grant her a divorce before suffering a stroke and going mute, making it nearly impossible for him to grant one in the future.

 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.

Fatal bombing case from 2012 finally solved by Israeli, Moroccan authorities

Lior Hadad, 36, was charged with the murder and attempted murder of Zion Yanna and his brother in a revenge hit for a southern Israel gang. He fled to Morocco the day after the bombing.

 Arrest of Lior Hadad, 36, for the murder of Zion Yanna in 2012.

Attempted terror attack in Ashkelon; terrorist killed

The man in his 40s, from Hebron, attempted to stab a police officer with a knife.

Emergency vehicles at the scene of a stabbing in Ashkelon on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Ashkelon restoration project puts Roman basilica columns back in place

The massive marble columns weigh over seven tons. The fourth column will be placed next week.

 Restoration of statues and columns of the Roman basilica at the Ashkelon National Park. A fourth column is scheduled to be put in place next week.

Ashkelon Municipality says company tried to hide oil leak

The Environmental Protection Ministry found a leak in a tank holding 20,000 liters of oil.

An aerial view shows storage tanks at the oil terminal of Europe Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC) off the Mediterranean coast in Ashkelon, Israel June 10, 2021.

Financial handler of criminal gang head assassinated in Ashkelon

The car blast is the latest in a series of assassination attempts from one criminal organization in southern Israel to the next.

Police tape is seen in Jerusalem as coronavirus restrictions are imposed on the city.