Petah Tikva

How safe are Israel’s safe rooms? - analysis

Following the tragedies last year in Petah Tikva, the Home Front Command explained that this was an extreme event and that safe rooms cannot withstand direct hits.

 An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.
Parfois

PARFOIS opens Petah Tikva store, relocates Azrieli Tel Aviv branch

 Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

Night view of skyscrapers in the skyline of Tel Aviv, on July 6, 2025

Kfar Saba dominates among Israeli cities in quality of life rankings - study


Israeli startup brings hi-tech to reading glasses

32°N sunglasses use a proprietary pixelated liquid crystals technology which enables the swift transition, developed over the course of ten years by DeepOptics.

DeepOptics' 32°N adaptive focus sunglasses.

Innovative Israeli surgery saves a cancer patient's ability to give birth

A rare robot-assisted procedure was carried out for the first time in Israel, with the potential to save women's reproductive organs from the dangers of radiation.

Pregnant woman, illustrative

Maccabi Haifa retains grip on pole position

Comeback draw at Maccabi Tel Aviv keeps Greens on pace for title • Petah Tikva grabs the crucial win.

AFTER RALLYING from a two-goal deficit to draw Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa has a strong hold on first place with just three games left in the season.

Convicted sexual offender slapped with full one-year prison sentence

Shne'or Landau was convicted of indecent acts towards 17 minors, and was originally sentenced to seven months of community service.

STUDENTS in school.

Two synagogues in Petah Tikvah vandalized

"The feeling is terrible, it is a feeling of pain and deep crying."

Synagogue broken into in Petah Tikva, Dec. 18, 2021

An immigrant-turned-university rector's passion for ideas

From London to Petah Tikva.

Prof. Chaim Hames

Man dies after attending friend's funeral and falling into burial plot

The victim's family intends to sue Chevra Kadisha, the main company that overseas Jewish burial in Israel, for NIS 2.5 million.

Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem

IDF demolishes home of Palestinian accused of killing Israeli

Rabbi Shai Ohayon was allegedly stabbed to death by Khalil Doikat in August.

Demolition of home of terrorist who killed Rabbi Shai Ohayon

Israeli sports commentator fired after making racist remarks live on air

In response to a missed strike, Sport 5 commentator Shlomo Sharaf issued the remark: "He should go eat bananas; I would put him on the plane and deport him right now."

Football / soccer ball

High Court of Justice halts demolition of home of Petah Tikva terrorist

The Palestinian terrorist who killed Ohayon was charged with murder in September.

Protest rally at site of stabbing attack in Petah Tikva, August 29, 2020