The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kiryat-gat/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Kiryat Gat | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kiryat-gat/ 32 32 Daily Briefing May 3 – Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn’t fighting antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-may-3-scared-and-angry-london-jews-feel-uk-isnt-fighting-antisemitism/ Sun, 03 May 2026 11:37:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3815252&preview=true&preview_id=3815252 Reporter Zev Stub reviews latest on Golders Green stabbing, looks at economic status of Israel's north and Haredi real estate development in south

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]]> US troops in Kiryat Gat overseeing Gaza truce turn sleepy city into unexpected hotspot https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-troops-in-kiryat-gat-overseeing-gaza-truce-turn-sleepy-city-into-unexpected-hotspot/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:05:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3675370 Food delivery services working around the clock to accommodate new foreign guests as online chatter picks up about whether romances might bloom between American soldiers and locals

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]]> Rare intact 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade workshop unearthed in southern Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-intact-5500-year-old-canaanite-blade-workshop-unearthed-in-southern-israel/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:54:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3607913 The Early Bronze Age site of Nahal Qomem near Kiryat Gat presents hundreds of artifacts, shedding new light on trade specialization in ancient Canaan

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]]> Slimming Intel sells off part of its Mobileye stake, as layoffs begin https://www.timesofisrael.com/slimming-intel-selling-off-part-of-mobileye-stake-as-layoffs-begin/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:15:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3594577 US chipmaker gears up to sell 8% of its Mobileye holdings; as part of a global layoff plan, firm said to have started to summon employees in Israel to hearings before dismissal

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]]> After protests, ultra-Orthodox minister staying away from Memorial Day ceremony https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-protests-ultra-orthodox-minister-staying-away-from-memorial-day-ceremony/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:34:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3538453&preview=true&preview_id=3538453 Bereaved families express relief over decision, after telling Yitzhak Goldknopf to skip Kiryat Gat event and instead work on 'recruiting yeshiva students'

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]]> Despite protest, Goldknopf refuses to step back from Memorial Day ceremony https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-protest-goldknopf-refuses-to-step-back-from-memorial-day-ceremony/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:10:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3537882 Bereaved families tell Haredi politician to skip Kiryat Gat event, work on 'recruiting yeshiva students' instead; minister's aides says 'no negotiations underway' to replace him

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]]> What Matters Now to Jonathan Dekel-Chen: US feels like the hostages’ only beacon https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-jonathan-dekel-chen-us-feels-like-the-hostages-only-beacon/ Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:24:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3510467&preview=true&preview_id=3510467 Father of released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen reflects on his son's sense of rebirth, the struggle to bring him home, and the continuing sense of abandonment by Israel's government

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]]> ‘He isn’t dead, he’s in his room’: Ariel Bibas’s 5-year-old friend struggles with his loss https://www.timesofisrael.com/he-isnt-dead-hes-in-his-room-young-friends-struggle-with-ariel-bibass-death/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:35:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3489686 Yoav Avital, who grew up with Ariel, asked to invent a potion that could bring his friend back, dictated a letter imagining Ariel 'flying over Gaza' to 'fight the bad guys with a bow and arrow'

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]]> Byzantine monastery with Bible-quoting mosaic floor unearthed in southern Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/byzantine-monastery-with-bible-quoting-mosaic-floor-unearthed-in-southern-israel/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:42:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3453609 Discovered during expansion of new Kiryat Gat neighborhood, church site includes a wine press and a mosaic floor that contains a Deuteronomy quote in Greek

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]]> Intel suspends planned $15 billion expansion of southern Israel chip plant https://www.timesofisrael.com/intel-suspends-planned-15-billion-expansion-of-southern-israel-chip-plant/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:42:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3309985 Chip giant makes no link between war in Gaza and decision to freeze extra investment in factory being built in Kiryat Gat, says it remains 'fully committed' to the region

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]]> Police to indict two daycare teachers on almost 600 charges of abusing babies https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-to-indict-two-daycare-teachers-on-almost-600-charges-of-abusing-babies/ Mon, 27 May 2024 12:11:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3298981 Investigative team says it found hundreds of cases of abuse in hours of surveillance footage from recent months in Kiryat Gat facility

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]]> Their dovish hopes clipped, some Gaza border residents make peace with becoming hawks https://www.timesofisrael.com/their-dovish-hopes-clipped-some-gaza-border-residents-make-peace-with-becoming-hawks/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 14:37:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3232832 Civilians who followed Hamas into Israel to loot and vandalize communities on October 7 showed their true faces, says one Nir Oz survivor who no longer sees conciliation as possible

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]]> Survivors of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a desert oasis, move into Kiryat Gat apartment towers https://www.timesofisrael.com/survivors-of-kibbutz-nir-oz-a-desert-oasis-move-into-kiryat-gat-apartment-towers/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:15:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3193114 Locals from the growing southern city greet the traumatized newcomers with fanfare and a steady trickle of acts of goodwill

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]]> Government aims for nearly all southern evacuees to return by September, source says https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-aims-for-nearly-all-southern-evacuees-to-return-by-september-source-says/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:56:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3192564 Residents of towns 4-7 kilometers from Gaza border seen going home by March 1, says resettlement source; communities ravaged the most on Oct. 7 may take up to 2 years to resettle

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]]> Intel clinches $3.2b government grant for $25b chip plant expansion in southern Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/intel-clinches-3-2b-government-grant-for-25b-chip-plant-expansion-in-southern-israel/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 11:41:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3186645 Amid Israel's war with Hamas, US chipmaker confirms plan for Kiryat Gat manufacturing facility, expected to create several thousand jobs

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