Dead Sea

Desert, love, and everything in between: The festival everyone’s talking about returns

The Tamar Regional Council invites you to a family festival on Nov 6-7 at Nahal Amatzia Park with Jimbo J, workshops, tours, attractions, and a stunning desert backdrop. Tickets at a symbolic price.

Sodom and Love Festival.
 THE CONTRAST of white salt ‘mushrooms’ against the turquoise background of the Dead Sea creates an apocalyptic landscape.

Dead Sea hotel worker conducted espionage for Iran, indictment charges

THE KAYMA hotel, the first built at the Dead Sea in 20 years.

Luxury Isrotel Kayma Hotel opens at Dead Sea - review

SUNRISE OVER the Lot Hotel on the Dead Sea shore: A reminder that Israel’s lowest point on Earth may hold its highest potential for national healing and rehabilitation.

The Dead Sea clinic: Israel’s untapped engine of healing


23-year-old Dead Sea hotel employee arrested under suspicion of spying for Iran

Additionally, indictments were filed against two others who were reportingly working with the Islamic Republic.

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Azealia Banks 'thrilled' to announce October visit to Israel

Arriving just days before the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre, Banks will visit a number of sites important to the Jewish and Israeli people

Azealia Banks performs in London, England, Jan. 27, 2019.

70-year-old man drowns in Dead Sea

After he was pulled from the water, paramedics attempted to resuscitate him; however, they were forced to declare him dead at the scene.

Magen David Adom teams at the Dead Sea, September 14, 2025.

Drone intrusion sirens in West Bank, Dead Sea area were false identification

Earlier on Monday, the IDF intercepted three Houthi drones launched from Yemen. One of the two was intercepted before the alerts sounded.

 (Illustrative) A Houthi drone fired from Yemen that was intercepted by the military on May 5, 2025 - file photo.

Why does everyone only go to hotels? Unmissable attractions at the Dead Sea

Beyond mud masks and hotels: Surreal salt mushrooms, the love spring, unique birdwatching, and homemade desert cuisine – the complete guide to hidden trips at the Dead Sea.

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One man rescued overnight in Dead Sea, another two found drowned in Caesarea and Lake Kinneret

After intensive searches of the beaches and sea, the missing man was located in the water, about 2 km south of the beach he was last seen.

A man was rescued by Police in the Dead Sea.

A night at the Dead Sea for NIS 13,000: Meet Isrotel’s new luxury hotel

Isrotel will open the Kayama Hotel in Ein Bokek this September – Israel’s most luxurious hotel, with only 44 rooms, unique design, and nightly rates starting at NIS 2,548 per couple.

Kayma Hotel, Dead Sea

Israel records hottest day of 2025 with 45.1°C in the Dead Sea region

In 2019, six years from Thursday’s record, the Sdom station also recorded the hottest temperature for Israel on record at a whopping 49.9°C.

 A forest fire is seen burning in Israel.

Sirens sound in Dead Sea, West Bank areas as Houthis fire ballistic missile from Yemen

The IDF announced that the missile was intercepted.

 Israeli air defense systems intercept an incoming missile fired from Yemen, as seen from Jerusalem, July 1, 2025

Dead Sea Scrolls aged decades older by AI-powered discovery

“The implications are profound,” said Dr. Maruf Dhali, assistant professor of AI at Groningen and co‐author of the study.

 A fragment from the Dead Sea Scrolls that underwent genetic sampling to shed light on the 2,000-year-old biblical trove is shown to Reuters at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) laboratory in Jerusalem June 2, 2020.

Ein Gedi hotel transformed for younger travelers and families

Kibbutz Ein Gedi is nestled within a nature reserve on a desert plateau, slightly elevated above the Dead Sea.

A VIEW of the sprawling Ein Gedi Kibbutz Hotel.