Beit Shemesh

Massive explosion in Beit Shemesh area was coordinated test with defense company, officials say

Reports have circulated the theory that the explosion may have destroyed a stockpile of surface-to-air missiles belonging to Arrow-3.

Screengrab of explosion near Beit Shemesh, May 17, 2026.
NEW KKL-JNF chief Eyal Ostrinsky has succeeded Ifat Ovadia-Luski. His first few months since taking over were dominated by dealing with the Iranian missiles striking Israel.

Inside the KKL-JNF shake-up led by its youngest chairman in decades

Archaeological dig site at Tel Azekah, Israel, Mach 29, 2026.

Persian-era mass grave of children found during excavations in Israel’s Tel Azekah - study

An illustration of ChatGPT over a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Two Israeli brothers indicted after selling fake AI-generated information to Iranian agent


5 workers injured in scaffolding collapse in Beit Shemesh

Two worker are in serious condition and at least one is intubated, while three others are in moderate condition.

Firefighters work to rescue construction workers trapped under collapsed scaffolding, Oct. 21, 2020

Beit Shemesh to obscure women's first names on street signs

The names of women important in Israeli and Jewish history such as Anne Frank and Sarah Aaronsohn will have their first names removed.

Colian, head of B'Zchutan, Israel's first ultra-Orthodox Jewish women's party, campaigns in Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem

Hadassah Hospital announces plans to open branch in Beit Shemesh

“This is important news for the residents of Beit Shemesh,” said Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman.

Hadassah University Medical Center

Severe building violations could partially shut new Ikea store

"This is a clear case in which construction preceded planning."

Customers wait outside an IKEA shop after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown has been eased around the country and the company opens some of its stores, in Netanya, Israel April 23, 2020.

Firefighting planes extinguish forest fire near Beit Shemesh - WATCH

The heat wave that began on Wednesday has continued to grow in intensity over the weekend, causing wildfires near Beit Shemesh.

Forest fire in Jerusalem, June 15, 2016

Gov't approves lockdown on neighborhoods in Netivot, Beit Shemesh

In Beit Shemesh, the ministry said there are 399 patients, up 22% in three days. In Netivot there are 89 sick people, up 19%.

Police officers close synagogues and disperse public gatherings in an ultra orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, following the government's decisions, in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus on March 31, 2020

Bennett fights against voter defection in appeal to Anglo voters

In particular, he attacked the Likud, without directly mentioning Netanyahu’s name, as not being sufficiently right-wing.

NAFTALI BENNETT with Ayelet Shaked Wednesday night in the Knesset – back in religious Zionism’s political ship of fools.

How Beit Shemesh's female mayor is making an impact

Municipal Affairs: A year in, Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch is making an impact at home and abroad

ALIZA BLOCH: The most important thing to me in our first year – apart from cleaning the city – was to change the city’s image.

Two dozen newly trained EMTS hit the streets in Beit Shemesh, filling gap

Schneider [trained EMT] is glad he is no longer the only EMT in his local synagogue. The closest Hatzalah member used to be 10 minutes from my house,” he said.

WE WERE getting used to pulling out the needle in a safe and clean way. I feel a kinship with my classmates now.

Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch visits Washington

In 2014, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington ended a 19-year-old partnership program with Beit Shemesh.

Aliza Bloch, Beit Shemesh religious-Zionist mayoral-candidate, October 2018