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A foreign worker drives a tractor near Shtula in northern Israel, next to the security wall on the border with southern Lebanon, January 8, 2026. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
March 17, 2026, 1:49 pm
For Israel’s most vulnerable workers, safety often comes second when missiles fly
Deaths of construction workers and a caregiver in Iranian attacks highlight dangers faced by laborers who feel forced to choose between shelter and livelihood
By Stav Levaton
Illustrative: Construction waste. (lusia599; iStock by Getty Images)
December 24, 2025, 7:54 pm
Environment Ministry inaugurates new facility for recycling building waste
Located in Kedumim in northern West Bank, the facility separates materials that can be used again for new building and infrastructure projects, reducing what is sent to landfills
By Sue Surkes
Part of the Reshit School in the southern city of Sderot, designed by Zarta Studio. (Yarden Baider Sagy)
July 22, 2025, 8:17 am
Gaza border architectural firm’s designs aim to protect body and elevate spirit
Launched a year after Hamas seized power in the Strip, Zarta Studio has a reputation for building beautiful structures that are actually fortresses
By Sue Surkes
Aviad Friedman, head of the Tekuma Directorate, explains a funding plan to enable Gaza border communities to attract new residents by increasing their housing portfolios. The meeting was held at Kibbutz Alumim, southern Israel, July 10, 2025. (Tekuma Directorate)
July 10, 2025, 7:54 pm
Government unveils plans to double population of Israeli communities along Gaza border
Flexible financial package to increase housing includes NIS 560 million of state funds, guarantees for NIS 1 billion in loans to be raised by Jewish Agency
By Sue Surkes
An IDF bulldozer drives along a street during a military operation in the northern Gaza Strip amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas, November 22, 2023. (Ahikam SERI / AFP)
July 1, 2025, 3:57 pm
Outsourced and exposed: Civilian contractors are on the frontlines of the Gaza war
As sanctioned firms secure Defense Ministry contracts, questions grow about oversight, legality, and the blurred line between soldier and civilian
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
The Mackinac Bridge, as seen from the north in St. Ignace, Michigan. (Insert) Lawrence Rubin's funeral in Petoskey, Michigan, held May 28, 2025, 15 years after his death. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
June 16, 2025, 2:05 am
15 years after his death, a Jewish bridge builder is buried in Michigan
Lawrence Rubin, who led construction of America’s 3rd-longest suspension bridge and had a well-attended 2010 funeral, was only recently found in a small-town funeral home
By Andrew Lapin
Indian builders work on a construction site in Tel Aviv on December 15, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
January 22, 2025, 7:06 am
As war fears subside, real estate experts debate how high prices will soar in 2025
Demand from Israelis and foreign investors more than outmatches available homes even as prices rose nearly 8% in 2024, building costs jumped and construction labor remains scarce
By Zev Stub
Indian builders work on a construction site in Tel Aviv on December 23, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
December 30, 2024, 8:38 am
Indian workers slowly replacing Palestinians in Israeli construction industry
16,000 laborers have come to Israel from India in the last year, but analysts say it still does not make up the shortfall caused when most Palestinians were barred after Oct. 7
By Ruth Eglash
A planned project of 13 buildings and 950 apartments recently approved in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. (Mazor - First Architects and Planners)
November 11, 2024, 5:28 am
Jerusalem planners laud anticipated skyscrapers, but wary locals cite towering concerns
While the municipality claims that constructing 500 tall buildings will give the Holy City a vertical facelift, residents say it will mar the landscape and only benefit developers
By Zev Stub
Volunteers work with donated building materials on November 5, 2024, as part of a Brothers and Sisters in Arms project to renovate 16 homes for young people damaged when Hamas terrorists invaded Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 6, 2024, 4:32 pm
Outpacing state, Brothers in Arms becomes 1st to renovate homes damaged on October 7
Nonprofit takes on project initiated by grandson of murdered Kibbutz Kfar Aza co-founder, who says ‘no need to wait for the state’ with volunteers lining up to help
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Construction workers at a site in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 2:21 am
Double whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with high debt
And the specter of a housing shortage is triggering a rise in demand and price rises
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A brown rat (Heiko Kiera/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2024, 7:15 am
Rail construction in Tel Aviv may be behind a surge in rat-related disease cases
Patients diagnosed with flea-borne typhus and leptospirosis at area hospitals have reported seeing the rodents in their neighborhoods, and even in their homes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A home destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in southern Israel's Kibbutz Kfar Aza is seen on October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
December 10, 2023, 10:22 am
Turn Gaza border area into model of sustainable development, green organization urges
Advocacy group Adam Teva V’Din presents roadmap for rebuilding more greenly, as government set to approve framework for 5-year plan to rehabilitate southern border communities
By Sue Surkes
Apartments belonging to real estate company Hutzot Yerushalayim have been offered to displaced Israelis until the war ends, free of charge. (Yossi Schwartz, Hutzot Yerushalayim)
October 25, 2023, 12:57 pm
Jerusalem real estate company hosts families from south in empty homes free of charge
Hutzot Yerushalayim halts construction projects in capital in order to offer apartments to displaced Israelis in need
By Tal Schneider
Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 25, 2023, 3:48 am
Planning approvals for new housing hit multi-year high in 2022
Planning authority sees nearly 50% rise in new housing agreements, while protected spaces and green energy projects also increase
By Danielle Nagler
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