Ashkelon

Missing 4-year-old child Younes Abu Ghanem found in Ashkelon following police search

Abu Ghanem marks the second young child to go missing in the Ashkelon area within a month, after four-year-old Yuval Kogan was found after he went missing from Hofit Beach.

Younes Abu Ghanem.
United Hatzalah paramedics respond to a multi-bus crash in Ashkelon on August 4, 2026.

Elderly woman killed, two other women seriously injured in Ashkelon multi-bus crash

Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

The Israeli secret inside the Dreamliner: Ashkelon company’s mega-deal

Interview with Noam Simchi. July 28, 2026.

Beyond Headlines: Ashkelon’s lost boy, faith behind his rescue - opinion


A nation adrift at sea? This week’s looted containers are a metaphor for what ails Israel

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Nine containers full of possessions belonging to other people fall off a boat, and others see it as an opportunity to pounce.

 AN AERIAL view shows people gathering near a shipping container that was washed up on the shore in Ashkelon, on Wednesday.

Shipping containers wash up in Ashkelon, thousands fight to claim the contents

Stormy weather throughout the country caused nine shipping containers to drift from their ship which was docked near the breakwater in the city, three of which later washed up to the shore.

 Citizens collect goods on the beach in Ashkelon, Wednesday morning December 28, 2022.

TALMA approved appointment of Ido Mahatzri as new CEO

Ido Mahatzri has served as chief of staff of TALMA and a member of management, is now replacing Alon Futterman as CEO.

Alon Futterman, the outgoing CEO of TALMA and appointed CEO of Keren Hayesod

Israel police catch catfishing gang that robs men after luring them with sex

Police were able to trace the identity of the young woman involved as well as the identities of three other suspects as the investigation progressed.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

The unsung heroes of Breaking Dawn - editorial

Do politicians feel no shame that the residents of the South are exposed to danger?

 The damage caused to a house and the surrounding from a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in a Moshav near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 7, 2022.

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.