Ashkelon

Ashkelon court extends Domrani house arrest, tightens contact ban in grenade case

Domrani was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the overnight throwing of a fragmentation grenade into the yard of a private home in Ashkelon.

Forensic Examiner investigaes the crime scene were Amir Saada, a member in the criminal organization of Shalom Domrani was shot and killed, in Ashkelon , June 17, 2023.
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak

Police prevented protesters affiliated with the Peleg Yerushalmi group from entering Ashkelon on December 18th, 2025.

WATCH: Police block Peleg Yerushalmi protesters at Ashkelon city entrances, arresting eight

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

'A prank': Israel Police detain suspect for shooting rubber bullets at Ashkelon kindergarten


New bomb shelters will be built for Israeli daycares near Gaza

The project to build the shelters in southern Israel is the first since 2017.

Scouts use their mobile phones while standing near a bomb shelter as a spike in cross-border violence with Gaza continues, in Ashkelon

Ashkelon: City just 9 miles from Gaza, now home to American olim

To the Anglos living in Ashkelon, the intimacy of the city’s English-speaking community is part of its appeal.

 Iron Dome missile defense interceptors are shot over the Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel's conflict with Hamas in May 2021.

Rashel: Authentic Marrakesh cuisine in the Ashkelon marina

A recent visit to Rashel in Ashkelon had me feeling like I was back in Morocco.

 Rashel serves authentic Marrakesh cuisine in the marina

800 tons of soil removed after leak found in Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline

The Environmental Protection Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into a fuel leak near Ashkelon.

 Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg at the scene of a leaking fuel pipe near Ashkelon, August 2021

Tour Israel: Sunset tours

Whether you choose to go up north, down south or somewhere in between, there’s an endless number of places around Israel to go hiking or have a picnic.

 Tzipori National Park

Recovering from the Gaza war: Two months later - analysis

Looking at Israelis who live in the Gaza border area and the impact the war with Hamas has had on them.

THE IRON Dome anti-missile system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon last month.

Israeli restaurant brings a bit of France to customers

The fish and dairy menu is similar to one you can find in cafés all over France, but with one major difference: Le Frenchy is kosher, and the kashrut is even mehadrin.

Cuisine at Le Frenchy in Ashkelon.

Israel's at-risk youth given second chance at Hamifal - meet its leaders

Barak and Hadar Alon live at the Neveh Ha’roeh Children’s Village with their children, serving as an example and working to integrate at-risk youth into functional adult life.

FOSTER PARENTS Hadar and Barak Alon (center with their baby) aim to create a supportive family atmosphere.

19-year-old to be indicted for sexually harassing underage girls online

The suspect is also currently being interrogated on suspicion of committing obscene sexual acts against a minor under the age of 14, as well as the possession of child pornography.

Anais, a student at the International Bilingual School (EIB), attends her online lessons in her bedroom in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 20, 2020.

It's more important than ever to show Israelis that US Jews stand by them

Israel has elected a new president and may have a new “change” coalition coming to power in the Knesset, while the wave of antisemitism in North America has grown

‘WHAT SEPARATES American Jews and Israel is, well, everything... [yet] we ought to celebrate those differences, not bemoan them.’