Dimona

The growing city in Israel: 17,000 additional apartments in Dimona

Dimona will triple its population. This week, a new master plan was signed with 17,000 new housing units and major infrastructure development.

Master Plan Agreement Signing.
The puppet festival in Dimona

Dimona presents: The festival that lets you enjoy time with your kids for only NIS 10

Damaged car flipped by gas station theives in car chase, November 18, 2025.

One dead, five in custody after gas station thieves' getaway car flips in police chase

 A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

Construction seen at Dimona site linked to suspected Israeli nuclear program - AP


Negligence caused Dimona train crash and Bromine leak, environment minister says

The accident occurred when a cargo train collided with three cargo railcars that were standing on the tracks.

Scene of train collision in Dimona

Dimonans asked to stay indoors after train collision results in Bromine spill

Cargo train collides with three train wagons at entrance to city.

Scene of train collision in Dimona

Peres to ‘TIME’: Dimona suspicions helped achieve Oslo Accords

Retired veteran statesman tells TIME magazine that Arab suspicion over the Dimona nuclear center helped bring about the 1993 agreements on the peace process.

Former President Shimon Peres talks to the press after meeting with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House during his presidency last June

Study estimates Israel's nuclear weapon count stands at 115

Report by US based institute estimates Israel produced 660 kilograms of plutonium in 50 years.

Dimona nuclear reactor

Dimona: Jewish man stabs 4 Arabs in suspected nationalist attack

Four wounded in suspected revenge attack by Jew; Investigations are underway.

Dimona stabbings

Firefighters battle blaze at chemical factory near Dimona

One firefighter fell sustaining light injuries and an employee took ill from breathing in noxious fumes.

Fire in Dimona factory

Declassified documents reveal Israel feared Egyptian attack on Dimona nuclear reactor

IDF archives releases documents to mark 48th anniversary of Six Day War.

The Six-Day War

Deal reportedly close on ICL layoffs after strikes shut down Dimona

Sides reportedly agreed that just 40 workers would be laid off instead of 115 in plants in the South.

Histadrut protest [File]

'The Dead Sea is in danger' - Negev workers blast Netanyahu in mass protest

Thousands take to the streets in Dimona to protest layoffs by Israel Chemicals.

THE DEAD SEA WORKS in Sdom, the world’s fourth largest producer and supplier of potash products, is owned by Israel Chemicals Ltd

Israel allowed for the release of a document detailing past nuclear weapons work

Document summarizes in detail Washington's understanding of the nature and purpose of Israel's nuclear program as it stood in the 1980s.

 The 1987 Pentagon document, a "Critical Technological Assessment in Israel and NATO Nations," details several technical components of Israel's nuclear work