Ashkelon

An illustrative photo of new residential towers in Beit Shemesh, April 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

This undated photo shows troops of the IDF's Golani Brigade inside Hamas's military police headquarters in the Gaza Strip, after capturing the site. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

November 14, 2023, 2:52 pm

IDF says it has captured Hamas parliament, government seat and police HQ

Military says battles continue in Gaza City as humanitarian corridor, ‘tactical pauses’ help civilians flee; says it is sending 37 incubators to Strip; IDF ground op toll up to 46

By Emanuel Fabian

Alumim foster children wait in a bomb shelter for the all-clear, in Kfar Chabad, central Israel., October 26, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)

November 7, 2023, 2:04 pm

Twice evacuated from war zones, Ukrainian children wait for the battles to end

Newly relocated to Kfar Chabad in central Israel, youths from the Ashkelon-based ‘Alumim’ foster home relive the traumas of the past and search for stability

By Gavriel Fiske

Alex Lubnov, head barman at Supernova, captured on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists attacked the desert rave (Courtesy)

November 5, 2023, 9:25 pm

Taken captive: Alex Lubnov, supported pregnant wife, toddler

Barman was working at the Supernova music rave when Hamas terrorists attacked on October 7

By ToI Staff

November 5, 2023, 12:19 am

Shraga Hasid, 77: Paratrooper who liberated Jerusalem in Six Day War

Grandfather killed by a rocket strike in Ashkelon on October 9 while visiting a wounded friend

By ToI Staff

Firefighters put out a blaze after a rocket strike in Ashkelon during the 2023 Israel-Gaza war (courtesy EVP)

October 18, 2023, 1:30 pm

US firefighters in Israel worried about fate of Be’eri families who hosted them

Emergency Volunteers Project members in Ashkelon bolster rescue services during war, but unable to visit kibbutz that lost over 100 members in Hamas attack

By Lazar Berman

Scenes of destruction in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, October 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

October 10, 2023, 6:30 pm

2 people killed in Hamas rocket strike on south, as IDF targets ‘terror nest’ in Gaza

Army says it killed Hamas’s minister of economy and another senior official in terror group; 4 terrorists taken out by IDF along Zikim beach; missile barrages from Strip continue

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli police deploy near Ashkelon, Israel, on October 8, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

October 8, 2023, 5:11 pm

Man shot dead by police after reportedly being mistaken for terrorist

Police pursue suspect, apparently an Israeli man, driving from Gaza border area north along Route 4; official says unclear why he didn’t stop for authorities

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

October 1, 2023, 7:03 pm

Man shot dead in Ashkelon in suspected gang hit

22-year-old said to be associated with Lavi family, some of whose members have been feuding with their ex-partners in Benny Shlomo’s organization after he was killed last year

By ToI Staff

August 25, 2023, 6:03 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

A fisherman fishes on a rocky reef in the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel, December 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

August 17, 2023, 11:23 am

Eastern Mediterranean turning tropical, as warming waters force native species out

In Gulf of Eilat, expert warns corals could bleach if pollution allowed to continue on top of marine heating

By Sue Surkes

An oil tanker docked at the Europe-Asia Pipeline Company's port in Eilat from May 28 to 30, 2023. (Courtesy, Zalul)

July 27, 2023, 8:08 am

Green groups gear up for fight as oil pipeline looks to pump up Eilat operations

Secretive state company said to be pressuring ministries, Prime Minister’s Office to more than double quota of crude that can be transferred via Red Sea terminal

By Sue Surkes

Illustrative: Police at the scene of a suspected homicide in Ashdod, February 21, 2023. (Flash90)

June 17, 2023, 11:28 pm

Man shot dead in Ashkelon in apparent underworld hit

Victim, reportedly part of Domrani crime organization, gunned down on street as mob violence spikes nationwide

By ToI Staff

A home destroyed on the previous day from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket, Ashkelon, May 11, 2023 (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)

May 11, 2023, 10:01 pm

When lightning strikes twice: Repeat rocket hits break calm on an Ashkelon street

Within a few years, two homes on same Ashkelon street destroyed by direct rocket hits from Gaza; 9 months after last major flareup, no improvement in Ashkelon shelter situation

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

April 24, 2023, 6:02 pm

Body of man missing in crane collapse found in sea after five weeks

Remains of Nir Dekel yet to be retrieved from beneath wreckage, with police citing ‘incredibly complex’ efforts to do so

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Multi-story residential buildings in Ashkelon, Israel, May 2022. (rglinsky via iStock by Getty Images)

April 20, 2023, 6:16 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler