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View of the southern city of Eilat, September 9, 2025. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)
June 28, 2026, 6:15 pm
Cabinet okays 5-year NIS 360 million plan for Eilat’s economy, infrastructure
Funds will improve resort city’s public transportation, health system, and tertiary education; Netanyahu says ‘southern pearl’ will become ‘strong, flourishing, southern gate’ of Israel
By Michael Horovitz and Diana Bletter
An Israeli Sa'ar 6-class corvette war ship with an Iron Dome missile battery patrols off the shore of Eilat, February 10, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 22, 2026, 5:52 pm
Shin Bet chief said to fear Oct 7-style attack on Eilat, despite no intel on threat
Zini also reportedly displeased with idea of Arab Israelis moving to the southern resort city, portraying it to government as an attempted ‘takeover’
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
A drone launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen is intercepted above the southern Israeli city of Eilat, shortly after midnight on June 9, 2026. (Screenshot via social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 9, 2026, 8:55 am
IDF downs drone over Eilat launched by Yemen’s Houthis
No injuries or damage in attack by Iran-backed rebel group shortly after midnight; incident follows firing of ballistic missiles by Houthis earlier, during escalation with Iran
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, killed in Lebanon May 24, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)
May 25, 2026, 8:55 am
Soldier killed in south Lebanon by Hezbollah drone, another seriously wounded
Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, 19, from Eilat, was driving armored personnel carrier when it was struck in the Bint Jbeil area; he is 10th soldier killed amid truce, 23rd since March 2
By ToI Staff
A Red Sea Picasso triggerfish approaches the live camera placed on a reef by Prof Maoz Fine. (Screen capture)
April 19, 2026, 2:57 pm
New site offers travel by armchair to Eilat’s magnificent coral reefs
Website aimed at raising awareness about Gulf of Eilat’s marine wonders; includes virtual safaris through different underwater habitats, a reef live cam, scientific research
By Sue Surkes
Rescue services at the scene of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in Eshtaol, March 28, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
March 28, 2026, 10:12 pm
Several hurt as Iranian missile hits Jerusalem-area town; Hezbollah continues to strike north
Medics treat some 19 people for light wounds in Eshtaol; two impacts detected near Eilat, no injuries; IDF says Hezbollah fired some 250 rockets at Israeli targets in past day
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Gili the poodle, who is awaiting surgery for injuries sustained during an Iranian missile attack on the southern city of Eilat on March 14, 2026. (Courtesy)
March 16, 2026, 8:03 pm
Family fundraises for poodles badly hurt in Iranian missile attack
Surgery for Tsili and Gili expected to cost tens of thousands of shekels, and owner Danielle Haroush ‘can barely make ends meet,’ says sister
By Sue Surkes
Dr. Herdís G. R. Steinsdóttir, a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Miguel J. Frada from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, deploys an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. (Courtesy/Jake Stout)
January 1, 2026, 9:26 pm
New Israeli research shows coral reefs shape the ebb and flow of local microbial life
Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa University, and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat
By Diana Bletter
'Orange' 2024 by Gidi Rubin, exhibited in 'Face to Face,' December 4, 2025, to February 7, 2026 at Eilat Artists' Gallery (Richard Levi)
December 7, 2025, 2:15 pm
Celebrated Israeli painter’s grandchildren get their turn at the easel in Eilat exhibit
Curator Céline Avrahami’s ‘Face to Face’ brings photographs by Michal Rubin and paintings by Gidi Rubin, descendants of artist Reuven Rubin, now through February 7
By Jessica Steinberg
FILE: Authorities block Route90 in the Negev Desert, after it was flooded due to heavy rains, May 4, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
December 6, 2025, 5:57 pm
Police close all roads in and out of Eilat as flooding intensifies
Several highways closed as storms batter Arava and Negev desert regions, effectively cutting off southern resort city from the rest of Israel; airbase damaged by the harsh weather
By ToI Staff
Israeli air defenses are seen working to shoot down Houthi drones over Eilat in southern Israel, October 7, 2025. (Screenshot: X)
October 7, 2025, 4:19 pm
IDF downs four Houthi drones over Eilat within an hour
Iran-backed terror group in Yemen keeps up attacks on Red Sea resort city; no injuries or damage
By Emanuel Fabian
A mobile bomb shelter is installed on a beach in the southern city of Eilat, October 5, 2025. (Eilat municipality via Facebook)
October 5, 2025, 8:01 pm
Eilat puts public bomb shelters on the beach as Houthi drone shot down over resort city
10 new shelters placed on beaches, in sports fields and parks, after drone attack last month wounded 20 people; no injuries caused in latest attack
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Footage posted to social media shows the moment a Houthi drone from Yemen hit Eilat in southern Israel, September 24, 2025. (Screenshots/Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law
September 24, 2025, 7:05 pm
Over 20 wounded, including 2 seriously, in Houthi drone attack on Eilat
Unmanned aircraft explodes in shopping area after IDF fails to down it despite firing two Iron Dome interceptors; incident comes days after Houthi drone smashed into hotel in resort city
By Emanuel Fabian
Damage is seen following a suspected drone attack in Eilat on September 18, 2025. (Screenshot: X)
September 18, 2025, 11:13 pm
Houthi drone smashes into entrance of Eilat hotel; missile sparks sirens in center
No injuries reported in Eilat attack, while missile intercepted without causing damage; two more drones shot down
By Emanuel Fabian
Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba off the shores of Eilat in southern Israel. (Prof. Maoz Fine)
September 18, 2025, 11:07 am
New research confirms Eilat corals’ remarkable resilience to rising temperatures
But experts warn they may be reaching their limits, call for regional conservation policies
By Sue Surkes
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