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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Hof Ashkelon Regional Council

Illustrative: Evacuated Kibbutz Be'eri residents at a Dead Sea hotel, October 20, 2023. (Arik Zamir/Flash90)
March 1, 2024, 9:36 pm
At 11th hour, government okays funds for continued evacuee hotel housing
Officials in Gaza border communities criticize decision, demand more funds, as residents, hoteliers furious over procrastination; still no return date for northern evacuees
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
A suspected balloon-borne explosive device apparently launched from the Gaza Strip found in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, December 1, 2020. (Hof Ashkelon Regional Council)
December 1, 2020, 12:58 pm
Suspected balloon-borne explosive found in southern Israel near Gaza
Police sappers are defusing device apparently launched from the Strip, following several attacks over the past month from the Palestinian enclave
By Alexander Fulbright
A man holds voting notes of Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich and Moshe Lion, during preparations for the upcoming second round of the Jerusalem municipal elections, at a warehouse in Jerusalem on November 11, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2018, 2:14 pm
New mayors, more women: 2018 local elections summed up
Turnout was low, turnover was high in Tuesday’s run-off; Hof Ashkelon Regional Council vote postponed due to Gaza rocket barrage
By ToI Staff
Local elections campaign posters can be seen as smoke rises behind from a building that was set ablaze by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on November 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 1:15 pm
Jerusalem, other towns return to mayoral polls, as Gaza attacks stymie 1 runoff
Candidates who failed to reach 40% in first round face tense runoffs; race in capital too close to call as voters chose between ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion and secular Berkovitch
By Raoul Wootliff
A man was killed October 19, 2018 when his electric bike was hit by an ATV near Moshav Berekhya (Police Spokesman's Unit)
October 21, 2018, 8:39 am
Suspect in deadly Friday hit-and-run turns himself in
Man’s lawyers claim he was unable to report to police earlier because he was hospitalized after accident that killed Yigal Sa’adon
By ToI Staff
Incendiary balloons being launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip in May 2018. (Screen capture: Quds news)
June 14, 2018, 5:13 pm
IDF fires warning shot at Gazans preparing ‘fire balloons’, launches airstrike
Palestinians say missile launched by Israeli drone caused no injuries, in second such incident in less than a day
By Judah Ari Gross
Two Palestinians help fly a 'fire kite' from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory during mass demonstrations along the security fence on June 8, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 14, 2018, 12:35 am
IDF fires at Gazans preparing incendiary kite to send into Israel
No immediate reports of injuries in airstrike in central Gaza, as near-daily arson attacks from the coastal enclave continue
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
A farmer responds to a fire that broke out in his field outside Kibbutz Mefalsim in southern Israel, which was sparked by an incendiary kite from the Gaza Strip, on June 11, 2018. (Gali Kochba/Kibbutz Movement)
June 11, 2018, 10:53 pm
Kites, balloons from Gaza spark multiple fires across southern Israel
Daily arson attacks from the coastal enclave continue, burning up hundreds of acres of fields in one day; incendiary balloon causes damage to building in Hof Ashkelon region
By Judah Ari Gross
A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli flares illuminating the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 7, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)
August 9, 2017, 2:32 am
Israeli jets hit Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket strike
IDF says two of terror group’s ‘posts’ struck in Palestinian enclave, hours after projectile lands in southern Israel; three Palestinians hurt
By ToI Staff and AFP
A photo from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border shows a smoke trail of rockets being fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip into Israel, August 22, 2014. (AFP/Jack Guez)
August 8, 2017, 9:50 pm
Palestinians fire rocket from Gaza into southern Israel
IDF says soldiers search for projectile after confirming a hit in Hof Ashkelon area; no injuries reported
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: Israeli forces next to the security fence on the border between Israel and southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 3, 2017, 3:21 pm
Rocket siren in southern Israel a false alarm
Security sources say no projectiles fired from Gaza
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man runs for cover as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip, February 6, 2017. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
February 6, 2017, 10:05 pm
Hamas: Israel ‘fully accountable’ for any escalation in fighting
Terror group calls on world to stop Israeli ‘aggression’ after rocket fired from Gaza Strip met with airstrikes, tank shelling
By ToI Staff
Palestinians run for cover as sand and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
February 6, 2017, 6:15 pm
Israel pounds Gaza, vows rocket fire won’t be tolerated
Planes, tanks bomb Hamas posts in Strip in response to rocket, small arms attacks as tensions mount along border
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinians run for cover as sand and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
February 6, 2017, 3:10 pm
Israeli jets strike 3 Hamas posts in response to rocket fire
A few hours after army shelled terror group position, aircraft target additional sites; no reports of injuries on either side
By Judah Ari Gross
A picture taken from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza Border on August 20, 2014, shows rockets being fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza strip into Israel. (photo credit: Albert Sadikov/Flash90)
February 6, 2017, 9:22 am
Israel hits Hamas posts after Gaza rocket strikes south of Ashkelon
IDF targets terror group with tank fire, air attack; no reports of injuries on either side after cross-border exchange
By Judah Ari Gross
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