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Illustrative: Israeli security forces raid the southern Bedouin town of Rahat on May 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 9:19 pm
Shin Bet details alleged plot to form ‘terror battalion’ in Bedouin town in southern Israel
Details come in report saying 72 residents of south have been arrested on security charges this year; about 50 have been indicted, agency says
By ToI Staff
Built by Israel with funds deducted from Palestinian tax revenues, this plant at the Meitar crossing on the Green Line filters rock dust from wastewater before the latter reaches the Shoket wastewater treatment plant in Israel, July 14, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 2, 2026, 11:56 pm
Suspected arson shuts Negev sewage plant, sending raw wastewater into streams
Some 30,000 cubic meters a day expected to flow through waterways for weeks; plant officials reportedly link attack to refusal to pay protection money, citing past incidents
By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff
Yashar candidate Devora Sharifian Bachar on August 3, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 27, 2026, 8:01 am
Yashar’s Iran-born spy-turned-teacher eyes education overhaul with Knesset bid
Devora Sharifian Bachar rebelled against her family to join an elite ops team, and then brought her security ‘intuigence’ — intuition and intelligence — to classrooms in Eilat. Now she’s on a mission to revamp schools nationwide
By Tal Schneider
Israeli soldiers look around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 2:20 pm
KKL-JNF to invest NIS 284 million in development of southern Israel
Sum includes NIS 110m for Gaza border area; NIS 15 million will help fund Kibbutz Kfar Aza memorial plan, where Heritage Ministry tried to condition a grant on approval and veto power
By Sue Surkes
Abdullah Gergawi (L), who was indicted for planning to car-bomb a Beersheba nightclub, and a gun seized by police, in images published on August 18, 2026. (Israel Police)
August 18, 2026, 1:28 pm
Alleged Islamic State backer charged with planning car-bomb attack at Beersheba club
Abdullah Gergawi, 20, allegedly procured machine guns and assault rifles and was in contact with purported Palestinian terror operative in preparation to blow up Forum nightspot
By Noam Lehmann
Illustrative: A police car is seen in Jaffa on November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
July 10, 2026, 2:43 pm
4 Arab Israelis arrested, indicted over plot for mass terror attack at Beersheba bus station
Suspects said to have decided to use guns because knives would be insufficient; also planned shooting attack at Segev Shalom police station; group leader published pro-terror content
A burning car that had two people inside and that was discovered on Route 40, June 1, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
June 1, 2026, 9:49 pm
Two killed by explosive device in car on road near Beersheba
Vehicle veers off Route 40; passengers declared dead at scene; police say fire caused by bomb, incident tied to organized crime; man stabbed to death in Ashkelon
By Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 5:57 pm
Footage seems to contradict claim Arab prosecutor resisted arrest before cops beat him
Body cam footage leaked to Haaretz appears to show police officers pouncing on lawyer within seconds of entering Beersheba apartment
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 3:44 am
Police said to beat, break nose, arrest a state prosecutor, who is Arab, over noise complaint
Police say that State Attorney’s Office lawyer attacked officers, but he and coworkers reject the claim; Department of Internal Police Investigations opens probe
By Charlie Summers
Screen capture from video of a car from which airsoft shots were allegedly fired at anti-government protesters in Beersheba, May 2, 2026. (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 3, 2026, 12:47 pm
Two arrested for allegedly shooting at anti-government protesters with airsoft gun
Suspects said to have fired from car as they circled Beersheba rally, hitting participants but causing no injuries; in Tel Aviv, protesters demand Oct. 7 state commission of inquiry
By Charlie Summers and Noam Lehmann
Uriah Dar, on his way home to Petah Tikva after a solo hike in northern Israel, April 15, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 3, 2026, 6:00 am
Riding the rails through a fractured land, young people reflect on real life, today
Along a journey from Nahariya on the Lebanese border to the southern city of Beersheba, six interviewees discuss 30 months of war, society, Israeli media and their hopes for the future
By Sue Surkes
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze caused by an Iranian missile at the Neot Hovav industrial zone, near Beersheba, March 26, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service)
March 29, 2026, 10:42 pm
Iranian missile attack sparks blaze in chemical plant, fears of hazardous leak
No injuries in strike on Neot Hovav industrial zone; Environmental Protection Ministry later gives all clear after locals told to stay away; another missile hits Beersheba, lightly injuring 11
By Emanuel Fabian, Sue Surkes and Agencies
Officers from the IDF Home Front Command search through the rubble of a damaged apartment building after an Iranian missile strike, in Tel Aviv, early March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 18, 2026, 11:38 am
3,500 people evacuated, 10,946 damage claims filed since start of latest Iran war
State comptroller report shows most evacuations from Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Beit Shemesh and Beersheba, with half of damage claims coming from Tel Aviv region
By Sue Surkes
On Zikim Beach, southern Israel, in November 2020. From left: Barbara Wachspress, Doris Gurin, Janice Prawer, and Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera. (Courtesy)
March 2, 2026, 8:50 pm
Filipina caretaker killed by Iranian missile remembered by employers as ‘angel on Earth’
Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera was ‘injured while selflessly assisting her patient to safety,’ died on the way to the hospital
By Sue Surkes
The site of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in a residential area of Beersheba, March 2, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
March 2, 2026, 4:52 pm
19 injured, one moderately, as Iranian missile hits Beersheba amid multiple barrages
PM’s office denies Revolutionary Guard’s ‘fake’ claim it came under attack; salvos send millions to shelters, including MKs at Knesset and mourners at funeral
By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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