Bat yam

Court extends detention of soldier suspected of committing sexual offenses against minors

The soldier allegedly posed online as a 16-year-old boy to contact girls aged 14 and 15 and persuade them to send him revealing photographs. He allegedly later began extorting and threatening them.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Two Bat Yam men indicted over grenade attack on Kiryat Ono Japanika

Periel Ben David and Sahar Shmuel Abutbul from Bat Yam, suspected of posing as insurance representatives, August 11, 2026.

Bat Yam couple arrested for allegedly posing as insurance representatives, defrauding at least 75

Illustrative: Hand grenade -  A member of the Popular Resistance Committee holds up a grenade during a rally in Gaza City, 27 April 2006.

Two Bat Yam residents charged in Japanika grenade attack linked to gang dispute


What is going on in Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza?

Israel targeted with bus bombings, no one injured • Fourth body of returned slain hostages identified as Gazan woman

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel who are held hostage in Hamas captivity hang outside the protest tent calling for the release of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 19, 2025.

IDF to carry out 'powerful operation' against 'terrorist hotspots' in West Bank

Explosions occurred on Thursday in three buses parked in a lot in Bat Yam. Police reported that damage was caused, but there were no injuries.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu with Transportation Minister Miri Regev in the Knesset, last year.

Israel halts public transport, officials vow to pursue bus bombings terrorists

Israeli Transport Minister called to halt all buses, trains, and light rail trains, Defense Minister instructed IDF to increase intensity of ops in West Bank.

Explosion of bus in Bat Yam February 20, 2025

Bat Yam residents shaken by coordinated explosions: 'Something has to change'

Residents rattled by back-to-back blasts, police and Shin Bet launch investigation.

"Explosives weighing 4-5 kg were found." The bus that exploded in Bat Yam

IAF intercepts drone off coast of Gush Dan, Houthis claim responsibility

Areas included Ramat Hasharon, Herzliya, Tel Aviv, and Petah Tikva, according to reports.

 Rockets being intercepted over northern Israel, 22 September 2024

In four separate criminal incidents in an evening: One killed, eight wounded

The violent criminal incidents occurred in Yarka, Daliat al-Carmel, Ramla, and Bat Yam.

Israel Police at the scene of an explosion in southern Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024.

Israel Festival project promises rejuvenating grassroots connections

The project’s background bumf puts the philosophy into neat evocative parlance. “One man’s junk is everyone’s treasure,” whatever that treasure may be.

 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST Itamar Shimshony breathes new life into discarded playthings.

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