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Bat Yam

Motorbikes drive near the residence where the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown on a banner, was killed in US and Israeli strikes on February 28, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 8, 2026, 10:43 am
Bat Yam man to be charged with working for Iranian intelligence
Police, Shin Bet say suspect in his 30s had been in contact with Iranian agent for five months before his arrest in May; indictment expected in coming days
By Charlie Summers
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March 19, 2026, 12:08 am
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By Aviva Barazani
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March 17, 2026, 10:30 pm
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Ensure Israel’s most vulnerable can celebrate the holiday with dignity and joy. Join the Jaffa Institute’s Pesach food package drive.
By Aviva Barazani
Cliff collapse at Sidna Ali Beach in Herzliya, February 21, 2026. (Assaf Nissenbaum/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 26, 2026, 5:48 am
The way the kurkar crumbles? As deteriorating cliffs pose a danger, politics bogs down repairs
After part of a coastal rock face collapses in Herzliya, those tasked with protecting these ridges call for cash – and a single coordinating body to help them get the job done
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A handcuffed man in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi /FLASH90)
December 4, 2025, 12:36 pm
Ashkelon man indicted for allegedly spying for Iran as cases continue to pile up
Police say 37-year-old Amir Malka was paid several thousand dollars; Bat Yam mayor appeals to citizens to stop helping Iran, says even he received recruitment texts
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Liliana Laniado, a resident of Bat Yam, blocks one of her neighbors from entering a bomb shelter during an Iranian missile attack on June 22, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
August 3, 2025, 5:09 pm
Woman indicted for barring people from Bat Yam bomb shelter during Iran war
70-year-old first to be charged for denying others access to shelters during emergency; ‘We feared for our lives,’ says neighbor that she turned away during missile barrage
By Charlie Summers
Border Police officers pose with Abed al-Karim Snober, a Palestinian terrorist accused of carrying out a botched bus bombing attack in February, following his arrest on July 22, 2025. (Israel Police)
July 24, 2025, 3:47 am
Suspected Bat Yam bus bomber nabbed 5 months after botched attack
Military says Palestinian terror suspect was wounded by explosion in Nablus that set off 19-hour manhunt ending in his arrest
By Emanuel Fabian
The 28 victims of Iranian missiles in June 2025, from top left: Yevgenia Blinder, Eti Cohen Angel, Yisrael Aloni, Manar Khatib, Shada Khatib, Hala Khatib, Manar Khatib, Miki Nahum, Belina Ashkenazi, Efrat Saranga, Meir Vaknin, Mariia Pieshkurova, Daisy Yitzkahi, Hadassah Belo, Kostiantyn Tutevich, Illia Pieshkurov, Anastasia Buryk; Cpl. Eitan Zacks, Noa Boguslavsky, Uri Levy, Igor Fradkin, Daniel Avraham, Avraham Cohen, Naomi Shaanan, Ivette Shmilovitz, Yaakov Belo and Michal Zacks. No image of Olena Sokolova is available. (Composite: TOI/Courtesy)
June 29, 2025, 10:56 pm
These are the 28 victims killed in Iranian missile attacks during the 12-day conflict
From a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor to a 7-year-old Ukrainian cancer patient, the following are those slain in some of the 36 Iranian ballistic missile impacts
By Amy Spiro
30-year-old Maria Peshkurova (Courtesy)
June 20, 2025, 8:28 am
Authorities identify body found in Bat Yam rubble as mother of slain Ukrainian girl
Maria Peshkurova, 30, confirmed dead four days after Iranian ballistic missile hit high-rise apartment in central Israel; family arrived in Israel for daughter’s cancer treatment
By ToI Staff
Ramat Gan mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen (second from right), deputy mayor Einav Bar Cohen (second from left) and a social worker from the Ramat Gan Municipality speak with a resident at a first aid center established within an hour of an Iranian missile attack on the night between June 13 and 14, 2025. (Ori Habushi)
June 18, 2025, 7:56 pm
Cities work to survey damaged buildings and support thousands evacuated to hotels
In central Israel, where Iranian missiles have caused the largest loss of life and property, community and social workers fan out to help with everything, from basic supplies to filing paperwork
By Sue Surkes
Nastia Borik (Courtesy)
June 18, 2025, 5:00 pm
One of the victims in Bat Yam strike: A Ukrainian girl who came to Israel for cancer care
Grandmother and two young cousins also killed in Sunday’s Iranian missile impact, mother missing; father said fighting in Ukraine’s war against Russia
By Michael Horovitz
L to R: Michael Nahum; Belina Ashkenazi; Meir Vaknin; Efrat Saranga, killed when an Iranian ballistic missile hit a Bat Yam apartment building on June 15, 2025. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 16, 2025, 6:39 pm
Two more victims of Bat Yam missile impact named, one thought to still be under rubble
Authorities also identify victim of Bnei Brak impact on local school; three killed in Haifa overnight were buried under rubble at Bazan oil refinery
By ToI Staff, Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile from Iran hit a building in Rehovot, June 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2025, 4:23 pm
News you can use: Five practical points about the Israel-Iran war
As Israel is being hit by Iranian missiles and the toll of deaths and injuries rises, life has mostly come to a standstill. Here’s what you should know
By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff
The scene of an apartment building destroyed by an Iranian ballistic missile impact, in Bat Yam, June 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2025, 10:02 am
Ukraine says 5 nationals among 9 killed in Saturday’s Iranian missile strike on Bat Yam
Three children among victims, Kyiv says; diplomats coordinating repatriation of bodies; Ukraine’s embassy notes Iranian munitions killing people in both Israel and Ukraine
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the scene of a deadly Iranian missile strike in the city of Bat Yam on June 15, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
June 15, 2025, 7:11 pm
Netanyahu, at site of deadly Bat Yam missile strike, vows Iran to pay ‘very heavy price’
Herzog, Ben Gvir also visit building where 7 killed, 100 wounded; president plans to visit Arab city where four women killed, notes missiles don’t discriminate
By Nava Freiberg and Sam Sokol
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