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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

Ein Gedi

A sinkhole near Kibbutz Ein Gedi in southern Israel, from which a Nubian ibex was rescued, June 2024. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 13, 2024, 3:12 pm
Nubian ibex rescued from 10-meter-deep sinkhole
10-year-old animal pulled to safety in two-hour rescue operation
By Sue Surkes
Netanel Divker at the Royal Hotel near the Dead Sea on March 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 13, 2024, 2:38 pm
At Dead Sea hotels, lasting mental, physical traumas delay homecoming for some evacuees
Despite challenging conditions, some displaced have rejected government incentives to return, citing lingering security concerns, while others still have no homes to go back to
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Wounded people arrive at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, August 24, 2023. (Flash90)
August 24, 2023, 10:50 am
‘Suddenly rocks fell on us’: 8-year-old boy killed, 8 hurt in rockslide near Dead Sea
Two girls and two adults in moderate condition after earthfall; IAF’s Unit 669 dispatched to scene at Nahal David stream at Ein Gedi; police temporarily close off roads in area
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The 2,000-year-old coin as it was discovered in a cave near Ein Gedi, with three pomegranates and the words "Holy Jerusalem" in ancient script. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
July 25, 2023, 3:46 pm
Half-shekel coin from revolt against Romans 2 millennia ago uncovered in desert cave
Hebrew coin minted by rebels as part of underground Jewish economy and used to pay tax at Temple in Jerusalem is discovered during six-year survey mapping area of Dead Sea Scrolls
By Melanie Lidman
Hundreds of families take part in the annual Katzrin and Golan nature walk in different trails of the Katzrin forest, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, on October 13, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 17, 2022, 6:52 pm
Record 1.5 million Israelis visit national parks during Sukkot break
Nature and Parks Authority reports a 22% rise in visitors compared to last year’s holiday; Caesarea, Ein Gedi and Masada are the most popular sites
By Michael Horovitz
Israelis at the Mt. Negev Nature Reserve, in southern Israel, during the Passover holiday, April 21, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 22, 2022, 6:17 pm
170,000 Israelis flock to national parks on final day of Passover
Sea of Galilee sees another 25,000 visitors; parks authority anticipates heavy crowds on Saturday as well
By ToI Staff
Hikers walk next to sinkholes across a dried-up sea area which exposed and created a salt plain, some 20 kilometers south of Kibbutz Ein Gedi in the southern part of the Dead Sea, on January 15, 2021. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
November 3, 2021, 12:52 pm
Sinkholes on receding Dead Sea shore are ‘nature’s revenge,’ not easily appeased
Experts say that at best, dramatic changes in the way natural resources are drawn from area may stop further decline, but restoration may be beyond hope
By Claire Gounon
Wildflowers are strutting their stuff along the Dead Sea high way by Ein Gedi, Feburary 22, 2019. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2019, 9:45 pm
Need a break from the news? The flowers of the Dead Sea beckon
Thanks to above-average rainfall this winter, desert wildflowers are strutting their stuff, making the most of the short pollination period before the weather heats up
By Sue Surkes
Screen capture from video of rainwater flooding into the Ramon Crater in the southern Negev region, February 7, 2019. (Twitter)
February 7, 2019, 11:28 am
Desert highways flood as rains lash Israel
Sections of Route 90 and Route 40 blocked near Dead Sea and the Arava in the south
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Visitors at the Banias Nature Reserve in northern Israel on April 3, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 20, 2018, 4:40 pm
Israelis flock to national parks, beaches for Shavuot
With country racked by heatwave, Sea of Galilee in north and other water sites see large holiday crowds
By ToI Staff
The ruins of the Kibbutz Ein Gedi beach on January 3, 2017. Sinkholes forced the closure of the beach in 2015. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 15, 2018, 6:50 pm
Israel to pump nearly $120m into Dead Sea communities facing sinkholes
Grant, to be paid over four years, will be earmarked for tourism, transport, agriculture and research. ‘No short- or medium-term engineering solutions,’ says PMO
By Sue Surkes
Ibexes fight each others during the species' Estrous cycle in the Ein Gedi nature reserve along the Dead sea in the Judean Desert on March 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
March 25, 2018, 3:25 am
At Ein Gedi, male ibexes lock horns for females’ attention
Dramatic photos from Judean Desert show animals going to head-to-head as part of reproduction ritual
By ToI Staff
Heading down to Jaky Ben Zaken's boat for a ride on the Dead Sea (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
February 24, 2018, 8:25 am
A salty, 36-hour break at the Dead Sea
There are all kinds of pleasures to be had at the lowest place on Earth, especially during a winter getaway
By Jessica Steinberg
The Soler family will perform with dancers from around the world at the Jerusalem Pais Arena on October 10, 2017. (courtesy Soler family)
October 10, 2017, 1:28 am
Not even hurricanes can keep Puerto Rican pilgrims from dancing in Israel
The Soler family’s dance studio in Puerto Rico was devastated in Hurricane Maria, but that didn’t keep them from their annual pilgrimage to the Feast of Tabernacles
By Grace Austin
An illustrative photo of a gray wolf (Carlos Delgado/Wikimedia Commons)
September 19, 2017, 2:03 pm
Wolves in Israel are raiding campsites to try to snatch children, experts warn
Predators have apparently lost their fear of humans, as shown by 10 attacks in the last 4 months
By Stuart Winer
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