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Four women injured, one seriously, by grenade tossed at Ashdod building

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 05:25:10 +0000

Victims, aged 16-23, said outside when explosive lobbed at residential building; police link incident to feud between crime groups, believe assailant attacked wrong location

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Web of biblical cities depicts King David as major ruler, says Israeli archaeologist

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:15:09 +0000

Hebrew University professor claims evidence around Jerusalem supports David as no mere shepherd chieftain; critics accuse him of oversimplification, calling theory a fish story

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Too-good-to-be-true Darius ostracon mix-up teaches a public lesson etched in pottery

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:46:33 +0000

While archaeologists worry about forgeries, the IAA vows to implement more rigorous testing after a highly touted potsherd thought to be from 498 BCE was found to be inauthentic

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Unfounded: Ancient Darius inscription shard isn’t authentic – Antiquities Authority

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:13:17 +0000

Officials backtrack on claim of find linked to Purim king's father, say fragment was created by an expert showing inscription techniques to students, accidentally left at dig site

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Hiker discovers 2,500-year-old ancient receipt from reign of Purim king’s father

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:40:29 +0000

Eylon Levy, international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog, finds ostracon at Tel Lachish with the first-ever reference in Israel to the name of Persian king Darius I

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Burial cave dedicated to Jesus midwife Salome reveals treasures; will open to public

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 12:10:05 +0000

Dozens of intricately carved oil lamps found outside a 2,000-year-old central Israel tomb, which is being developed as part of a massive 100-kilometer Judean Kings Trail

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Ivory lice comb – a dating head-scratcher – may hold earliest Canaanite sentence

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:09:21 +0000

With a paucity of contemporary Bronze Age examples for comparison, scholars believe relatable 7-word inscription is first recorded complete proto-Canaanite sentence in Holy Land

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Police: Hit squad arrested in south while headed to kill member of rival gang

Fri, 27 May 2022 10:35:58 +0000

Reports identity 5-member team as part of mobster Shalom Domrani's organization, which is feuding with Benny Shlomo's crime family

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How Lachish fell: Study reconstructs Assyrian onslaught almost 3,000 years ago

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:53:18 +0000

Israeli, US researchers suggest powerful army quarried and transported 3 million stones in just weeks to build a ramp for battering rams to breach the hilltop stronghold in 701 BCE

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‘Missing link’ in alphabet’s history said unearthed in Israel on Canaanite sherd

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:46:02 +0000

Researchers say pottery fragment from Tel Lachish is the oldest artifact of its kind found in region, could explain how writing system reached Levant from Egypt

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Ancient scepter found in south may be first proof of life-sized ‘divine statues’

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:36:14 +0000

Hebrew University archaeologist says spatula-like object unearthed at Lachish was 'an identifying marker and symbol' of a Canaanite god

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Rare ‘smiting gods’ among artifacts found at 12th century BCE Canaanite temple

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:07:15 +0000

Once-in-a-career Bronze Age findings from Lachish described as 'breathtaking' by archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel, who published a comprehensive report on 2013-2017 excavations

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Boy, 10, killed by falling branch at southern amusement park

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:41:11 +0000

Staff at site near Lachish hear creaking sound and rush to warn visiting day camp group, all but one of whom scramble to safety

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Snake eagle chick saved from fire thanks to IDF conservation program

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:35:43 +0000

Nature Defense Force, launched five years ago, maps important nesting sites in firing-range areas to protect trees from brush fires

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Archaeologist: Thick wall found at Lachish indicates King Solomon’s son built it

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:10:17 +0000

Hebrew University scholar argues fortified structure shores up biblical account of site; others aren't convinced

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