Lod

Police arrest three suspects in Arab community murders

Two of the suspects were arrested following a case from Friday, in which a man in his 50s was shot in Tel Aviv.

|ByTZVI JASPER
ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.
An iranian missile fragment hit an apartment in Lod.

WATCH: Iranian missile fragment falls meters away from where family was taking cover

Two families from the city of Lod reported that fragments fell into their homes while they were taking cover inside the building, mentioning that they didn't have time to go to a safe room.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Graffiti of a Palestinain flag was painted on Lod City Hall, March 1, 2026.

Vandal graffitis Palestinian flag on Lod City Hall amid Iran missiles

According to the Lod Municipality, the graffiti was discovered early Sunday on the city’s new municipal building.

|ByKATERYNA POBEREZHNA
Concrete roadblocks placed in Arab neighborhoods in Lod.

Arab neighborhoods in Lod blocked off by police-placed concrete cubes

According to reports from residents, the roadblock in one neighborhood is complete and does not allow any entry or exit.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, HODIA RAN

Extreme-right to Arabs in Israel: ‘We can solve all your problems’

Former MK Michael Ben-Ari releases video in Arabic in which he calls on Arabs in Lod to move to an Arab country, saying, "Israel is the land of the Jews.”

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017ByHAGAY HACOHEN
MK Michael Ben-Ari

Police break up wedding over 14-year-old bride

The groom, reported to be in his 20s, and the girl’s father were arrested on Monday night prior to the ceremony.

AUGUST 30, 2017ByJTA
Crime scene [illustrative]

Double life sentences upheld for Israeli woman who murdered her children

A psychiatric evaluation found that Aloni was fit to stand trial and serve her sentence.

JUNE 14, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The Supreme Court, Jerusalem

Fine against muezzin kindles fresh controversy over Muslim call to prayer

"We don't want to give excuses to fundamentalist Muslims to convince young people that the others are anti-Islam."

NOVEMBER 21, 2016ByBEN LYNFIELD
Residents sit with cups of coffee outside their apartment building in Lod

Metro Grapevine: Holiday Giving

News briefs from around Israel.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Arye Deri

Supreme Court demurs on furlough for crime boss

In 2004, Rosenstein was charged with ecstasy trafficking in a joint investigation conducted by the Justice Ministry and the US Justice Department.

MARCH 1, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Crime scene [illustrative]

Liberation from limitation

The AXIS troupe inspires with integrated dance.

JANUARY 21, 2016ByMIRIAM KRESH
The AXIS integrated dance company of able-bodied and disabled dancers has got the moves – here at Lod’s Ganei Aviv community center

Roman and Byzantine-era mosaic discovered in Lod

Well preserved 1,700-year-old artistry depicts hunting, animals, fish, flowers in baskets, vases and birds.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
IMAGE OF the mosaic

Films on social justice come to Lod

The festival to include a competition for films by teens from the Lod area, and a workshop open to social activists.

NOVEMBER 1, 2015ByHANNAH BROWN
MALI LEVI-GERSHON (left) and Shai Avivi star in Dror Shaul’s ‘Atomic Falafel’

Israeli mayor warns his city’s Arabs could've 'controlled our only airport'

An Israeli organization promoting Arab-Jewish coexistence demanded the mayor of Lod retract the statement.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015ByJTA
Residents sit with cups of coffee outside their apartment building in Lod