Eritreans in israel

Ben-Gvir demands urgent action to expel illegal immigrants in southern Tel Aviv and beyond

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for urgent action to expel illegal immigrants from southern Tel Aviv, citing rising crime and security issues.

|ByANNA BARSKY
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 15, 2026.
Police officers at the scene of the brawl that left two Eritrean nationals dead in Tel Aviv. August 24, 2024.

Two Eritreans killed, 8 wounded in brawl between regime opponents, supporters

Eight individuals were wounded, with two in serious condition.

|ByURI SELA
Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023.

Three Eritrean nationals arrested for plans to attack political critic

The men, ranging in age from 30-50, corresponded in WhatsApp groups about a plan to attack another Eritrean man.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
An aerial view taken from a helicopter shows the Israeli city of Netanya, on the Mediterranean coast, April 26, 2023.

One dead, several seriously wounded in fight between Eritreans in Netanya

Police arrested another 10 Eritreans on Hagana Street in Tel Aviv who had assault weapons on Saturday.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The sound of torture

An Israeli filmmaker documents the horrifying saga of Eritrean refugees held for ransom in Bedouin torture houses in Sinai.

APRIL 29, 2014ByBERNARD DICHEK
A former hostage is overcome with grief as she recalls her ordeal in the documentary ‘Sound of Torture'

Eritrean president said his compatriots in Israel living in 'concentration camps'

Some 54,000 African migrants were in Israel in 2012, according to Interior Ministry figures.

FEBRUARY 13, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
DETAINEES PASS the time at the Holot detention facility in the western Negev.