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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

Alon Davidi

Education Minister Yoav Kisch, center, and Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi, to his right, visit Amit Haroe Elementary School in Sderot on the first day of school since October 7th massacre, March 3, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
March 4, 2024, 6:19 am
In Sderot, a first day of school for ‘the second time’
Five months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, schools in the southern city officially reopen, with an estimated 55%-60% of students attending
By Gavriel Fiske
Officials including Education Minister Yoav Kisch and Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi visit children in their classroom on the first day of school since the October 7 Hamas massacre in southern Israel, in the southern city of Sderot, March 3, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
March 3, 2024, 9:46 am
‘It’s a bit stressful’: Schools in Sderot reopen after five months of war
Officials say 55%-60% return to studies in Gaza border town, where 200 soldiers help secure streets; but some residents still fear going home
By Gavriel Fiske and Stuart Winer
A man walks past the Sderot police station that was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot near the Gaza border on January 8, 2024, during ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas. (Alberto PIZZOLI/AFP)
February 12, 2024, 11:35 pm
Sderot schools to reopen March 3 as some come back south
Education Ministry says schools set up for evacuees to be closed, but alternatives will be available until July for residents of Gaza-adjacent city who aren’t ready to go home
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi asleep on a couch in the Prime Minister's Office, February 5, 2024. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 6, 2024, 3:22 pm
Southern mayors camp in Netanyahu’s office to protest plan to send evacuees home
Council leaders want prime minister, defense minister to meet with them, give public assurance that it is safe to go back to communities close to Gaza Strip
By ToI Staff
Sderot mayor Alon Davidi (center) at the scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit and caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 24, 2023.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
January 8, 2024, 11:51 am
Sderot mayor rejects government decision to bring residents back on February 4
Alon Davidi presents list of security demands after Netanyahu reportedly orders an early return to the city to reduce government expenses
By Canaan Lidor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, lays the foundation stone for a new community, Ofir, as he meets with municipal leaders of communities close to the Gaza Strip, November 29, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
November 29, 2023, 3:16 pm
Several Gaza border communities refuse to send reps to meeting with Netanyahu
PM meets regional council heads, but some kibbutzim decry short notice for meeting, claim lack of interest, as government under fire for poor response to Oct. 7 victims
By Michael Horovitz
Tomer Glam, mayor of Ashkelon, during a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 16, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
October 16, 2023, 4:58 pm
Ashkelon mayor blasts Smotrich for leaving residents with ‘only prayer for protection’
At meeting, Tomer Glam lambasts finance minister for lack of financial support; Sderot mayor assails ministers and officials: ‘We need the money today’
By ToI Staff
View of the closed Erez crossing, in Beit Hanun, between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, on August 4, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)
August 5, 2022, 12:04 pm
Anger mounts among Gaza border residents as closure set to continue over weekend
Alon Davidi, Sderot’s mayor, assails government for handling of situation, though some living adjacent to Strip take army’s decision in stride
By Michael Horovitz
A group of young lawmakers on an ELNET delegation from Europe tour an Iron Dome battery near Sderot, November 22, 2021 (ELNET)
December 6, 2021, 2:46 pm
Young European lawmakers explore ‘Startup Nation,’ Gaza border
Touring Gaza periphery communities and Jerusalem, delegation says there is still much work to be done on Israel’s relations with the union and with individual countries
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a briefing on the conflict with terror groups in the Gaza Strip held for foreign envoys in Tel Aviv, May 19, 2021. (Sebastian Scheiner / POOL / AFP)
May 21, 2021, 12:29 pm
Politicians across spectrum slam PM for Gaza failures, reported ceasefire terms
As truce holds, some MKs say the agreement is ’embarrassing’ and doesn’t change the reality; Sderot mayor: ‘It seems nobody wants to defeat Hamas’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
File: Alon Davidi, mayor of the southern city of Sderot, attends a press conference in Jerusalem, March 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 5, 2021, 4:32 pm
Yamina No. 3 Alon Davidi quits incoming Knesset before being sworn in
Sderot mayor forgoes seat in parliament moments before colleagues recommend right-wing party’s leader, Naftali Bennett, for PM
By Raoul Wootliff
Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah prepare balloon-borne incendiary devices to be launched toward Israel on August 8, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 11, 2020, 3:02 pm
Israel and Hamas said to reach agreement for 6-month ceasefire
According to report, deal brokered by Mossad head, COGAT includes $100 million from Qatar to Gaza terror group; local leaders in Israel’s south angered by lack of long-term quiet
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, center, meets with soldiers from the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade on the Gaza border on May 26, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
May 26, 2020, 8:11 pm
Touring Gaza border amid lull, Gantz said to warn tensions will remain for years
Hours after rocket sirens ring out in false alarm, defense minister meets with top IDF officers, local mayors on first work trip since taking up post
By Judah Ari Gross
A man looks at the damage to a house in Sderot, Israel, after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza Strip, November 12, 2019. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
November 14, 2019, 6:09 pm
As rocket drizzle persists, some fume over ‘indecisive’ end to Gaza fighting
Angry locals say Islamic Jihad not deterred; leaders in south lash IDF’s Home Front Command for prematurely ordering return to normal routine, shortly before rocket barrage hit
By ToI Staff
File: Alon Davidi, mayor of the southern city of Sderot, attends a press conference in Jerusalem, March 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 18, 2019, 9:19 am
After rockets, Sderot mayor urges ground operation in Gaza to ‘eradicate’ Hamas
‘Only force can stop them,’ Alon Davidi says, but minister indicates no wide-scale offensive imminent
By Michael Bachner
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