Sderot

Train, road disruptions expected across central Israel over next week, starting tonight

Affected train passengers can contact Israel Railways at *5770, while bus passengers can call the national public transportation information hotline at *4515.

Passengers at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 24, 2026.
THE SDEROT CINEMATHEQUE.

How the Cinema South Festival has survived and thrived in Sderot for 25 years

Lying just south of the major western Negev border city of Sderot, Sapir – with more than 7,000 students – is Israel’s largest public college.

The southern launchpad: How Sapir College is turning academic talent into market leaders- opinion

Guy Amir (left) and Hanan Savyon in season two of the Netflix series, Bros, which will premiere at the Cinema of the South Festival.

Cinema of the South Festival in Sderot to celebrate 25 years


Massive fire breaks out in southern Israel factories, hazardous leak ruled out

The Fire and Rescue Authority also stated that rescue forces were on the scene. Two firefighters were lightly injured, while a bystander was lightly injured and treated for smoke inhalation.

United Hatzalah volunteers at the scene of a fire in Sderot's industrial area, July 27, 2026.

National Insurance demands Sderot residents reimburse Oct. 7 aid funds over 'unlawful' purchases

NII said the funds, provided after October 7, were intended for rehabilitation and treatments but were instead used for "prohibited purchases," including airline tickets and mobile phones.

The scene where a baby was found abandoned on the steps of National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) offices in the city of Hadera, January 26, 2026.

Who is eligible to be accepted into Sderot’s "tech neighborhood"?

Threshold conditions require 5 years of experience and a monthly salary of nearly NIS 32,000, with subsidies and tax benefits saving tens of thousands of shekels annually right away.

Will Sderot's new tech hub lure developers away from central Israel?

Israel’s anti-fragile answer to a world in crisis - opinion

For too long, “resilience” has been a comfortable platitude. Alon Davidi, mayor of Sderot and chairman of the regional cluster, refuses it outright. 

 Alon Davidi

A house is not a home: The real test of new homes North and South - opinion

Will government ministries and local authorities treat this as a purely engineering project, or as a broader social-national mission?

 CONSTRUCTION OF new housing takes place in Safed, in June.

From loneliness to leadership community drives economic resilience - opinion

Sderot shows how investing in children and community turns resilience into long-term economic growth and social strength.

 AMIT Makif Sderot outdoor campus and play areas

Israeli nonprofit builds 24/7 operations room to protect isolated farms

Moledet, founded after years of attacks on remote agricultural sites, monitors dozens of farms and open areas, linking alerts from the field with security forces in real time.

Sderot is providing 24/7 monitoring for dozens of remote farms and open areas, aiming to cut response times to incidents that include theft, vandalism, arson and suspected infiltrations, according to the nonprofit behind the initiative.

Population in Gaza border region surpasses pre-Oct. 7 levels, data show

Over 65,000 people now live in Israel’s Gaza border region, surpassing pre-October 7 figures, as communities rebuild and new residents arrive.

 Protesters in Sderot gather for the 'Gaza March,' May 14, 2024

'Gov't continues to abandon us': Gaza border community heads protest funding cuts in Jerusalem

Officials in the Gaza border councils warned that “such a move will directly harm the ability to rehabilitate and develop the region after the events of October 7."

Heads of the Gaza border communities' municipal councils protesting outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 4, 2025.

Palestinian state will be platform for Hamas, providing exactly what they need - opinion

The UN Gaza plan ignores the security reality of Israel. A Palestinian state is an existential threat to Israel's identity.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Capitol Hill in July. Once again, the Americans try to redraw and impose unrealistic solutions on a map, while refusing to climb the hill and look at the terrain, the writer charges.