Dead Sea

Israel's overlooked challenge: Environmental damage from two years of war - from the editor

As the war winds down, Israel faces a quieter crisis – environmental damage from Gaza to the Dead Sea, alongside long-neglected ecological failures now demanding urgent attention

Visitors walk across salt formations along the receding shoreline of the Dead Sea, a stark sign of the region’s growing environmental crisis.
Hikers trek past a cavernous sinkhole on the shores of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi.

Into the sinkholes: How the Dead Sea’s collapse became a tourist draw

Israeli security and rescue forces take part in an earthquake drill at Ziv Medical Center, Safed, northern Israel, December 23, 2025; illustrative.

Next years 'critical' for Israel's earthquake preparedness, Israel Katz warns

People enjoy a sunny day at the beach in the Dead Sea, on June 6, 2025.

Israel's Dead Sea area trembles as 4.2 magnitude earthquake felt


2,000-year-old Hasmonean coin discovered by child evacuated on Oct.7

While exploring the area around the hotel that he had been evacuated to along the Dead Sea, Nati Toyikar came across an ancient coin dating back to the Hasmonean period

 2,000 year old Hasmonean coin found by a kibbutz evacuee, February, 2024

Hiking along Nahal Qumran, Masada: Jewish nationalist symbols of Zionism

May we merit complete victory in this war and see a time when no more tears must be shed over fallen soldiers.

 NAHAL QUMRAN near the Dead Sea.

At a Dead Sea hotel, refugees from Kibbutz Be’eri count their dead and grieve

There are so many funerals and shivas, some far from the Dead Sea, that members cannot possibly attend them all. 

 A HOUSE destroyed by fire during the October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Be’eri.

Free eye tests and glasses at Dead Sea Hotel for surviving Gaza border residents

Dozens of optometrists, technicians, and other professionals are now performing examinations and making glasses and contacts until 4 p.m. on Thursday, at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel at the Dead Sea.

 Woman picks out glasses at the optometrist (illustrative).

Death of the Dead Sea: experience the arts in Israel this month

Catch up on what's going on with the art scene in Israel this month.

 ‘DAUGHTERS OF JOB.’

One found dead in mined IDF area near Dead Sea - police

The deceased was reportedly a foreign national, and his death was pronounced at the scene.

 Police and Israeli security personnel respond to an incident in which six people were found in mined IDF territory, one of whom was found dead.

Will the shrinking Dead Sea lead to more dangerous landslides? - analysis

Eight-year-old Yehuda Levi was killed when boulders fell on him during a Thursday morning hike.

People visit Nahal David in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve area, near the Dead Sea, Israel October 1, 2017.

Dead Sea tragedy: Israeli child killed, eight injured in landslide

Eight-year-old Yehuda Levi was killed when boulders fell on him during a Thursday morning hike.

 The scene of a rockslide at Nahal David near the Dead Sea. August 24, 2023

The Dead Sea, Jerusalem make it on top 10 list of Middle East sites

The Dead Sea and Jerusalem are on The Travel's list of the top 10 best places to visit in the Middle East.

 The Dead Sea

Visiting the luxury Isrotel Noga Dead Sea hotel

The recently reopened and rebranded Isrotel Noga combines quality and calm.

 THE VIEW of the Noga hotel pool and the Dead Sea from each room is not a sight you will forget in a hurry. The colors of the landscape constantly change.