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Fatal kitesurfing accident at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach: One dead, two injured due to extreme winds

A 46-year-old kitesurfer was killed and two others injured at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach after extreme winds threw them into rocks. Authorities are investigating the tragic incident.

Police on the scene of a kitesurfing incident in Bat Yam.
A HOLOCAUST survivor reunites with her lost dog, Charlie, in Jaffa, December 28, 2025.

Jaffa police reunite 85-year-old Holocaust survivor with lost dog

Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

State indicts Tel Aviv man with rape after alleged drugging at Bat Yam event

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Palestinians breach Lachish fence; IDF and police launch manhunt


New art attractions in Israel

Come experience some of Israel's greatest new art exhibitions and exhibits.

 THE BAT YAM Museum of Art offers a child oriented summer robot exhibition.

This Israeli building has been crowned ugliest building in the world

One apartment building in the Israeli city of Bat Yam was dubbed the ugliest in the world. Why is it so ugly and who did it beat out?

 An aerial view of the Israeli city of Bat Yam.

Israeli beats disabled man with his own crutch after hitting his car

The 21-year-old Israeli resident of Bat Yam can be seen beating a man with his own crutch and leaving him lying on the street as cars continued to drive past.

A road-rage attack on a disabled Israeli man is shown in this footage taken on April 2, 2023

Israeli mob attacks Arabs who entered Bat Yam on Yom Kippur

The angry mob turned their vehicle over, according to reports citing witnesses and footage from the scene, and injured two who were rushed to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon for further treatment.

 Israel Police cars are seen at the crime scene at Nahf, northern Israel on September 7, 2022

Man kidnapped in Bat Yam, three arrested

A man was forced into a car on Tuesday night, and police found the car with the suspects and hostage on Wednesday.

Police car at night

Man who lynched Arab during Gaza operation deserves more jail time - State Attorney

Lahav Ohanina was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to participating in the Bat Yam lynching of Said Musa.

Violent riots broke out in Ramla last night amid the ongoing violence between Palestinians and Israelis in east Jerusalem.

3 men indicted for assaulting Arabs, shooting Jewish woman

The men in Bat Yam attacked two young Arab Israelis, one of whom was wheelchair-bound due to ALS, and shouted "Kill him, he's an Arab."

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Light at the end of the tunnel: TLV light rail completes first full test-run

The light rail completed its first test-run between Petah Tikva and Bat Yam on Wednesday.

Transportation Minister Israel Katz speaks at an event marking the beginning of underground construction work of the Tel Aviv light rail’s Red Line

Bat Yam man arrested for allegedly tying up, burning dog to death

The dead body of a Malinois dog was discovered at the Komemiyut interchange, with police getting suspicious after noticing its legs and mouth were seemingly tied with adhesive.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Israeli woman shot in suspected stray shooting is in stable condition

Prof. Grossman of Ichilov hospital: "Adi's condition is improving. She is still hospitalized in the neurological ICU."

Police respond to the shooting of a United Hatzalah ambulance near Jatt.