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Security guards jump over a fence amid a brawl at the Yamit 2000 water park in Holon, on August 15, 2026. (Screenshots via Daniel Amram on X)
August 16, 2026, 12:22 am
Argument spirals into brawl at Holon water park; 12 detained, two workers hurt
Suspects are all residents of southern Israel, prompting city to ban nonresidents from Yamit 2000 on weekends and holidays going forward
By ToI Staff
Israeli cardiac surgeons from Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Save a Child's Heart (SACH) and Zambian surgeons perform open-heart surgery on a child in an operating room at National Heart Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, on July 14, 2026. (Courtesy/Save a Child's Heart)
August 1, 2026, 9:15 am
In Zambia, Israeli team helps train country’s first generation of pediatric cardiac surgeons
Save a Child’s Heart program mentors hospital staff with 6-year fellowship, recently donated crucial new equipment; group has helped 8,500 kids and trained 160 doctors worldwide
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
March 18, 2026, 1:37 pm
Man shot dead in Holon criminal violence amid missile fire from Iran
Morad Shwiki, a bus driver from East Jerusalem, gunned down in his car; police say shooting related to organized crime, raising toll in Arab community to four this week
By ToI Staff
Dr. Lise Mumporeze, a Rwanda genocide survivor, stands in the backyard of the Save a Child's Heart Legacy Heritage Children's Home in Holon on the last day of her training program in Israel before she returns to Rwanda to become the first pediatric intensive care specialist in the country on November 3, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2025, 10:50 am
Come war, peace or pandemic, African doctors train in Israel to save lives back home
Some 165 medical professionals have received fellowships through Save a Child’s Heart; the nonprofit has helped over 8,000 kids from around the world since 1995
By Diana Bletter
Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein is greeted by well-wishers as he arrives at his home in Holon, November 2, 2025. (Flash90)
November 2, 2025, 9:13 pm
‘Two years of praying’: Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein returns home to Holon
‘You didn’t let me disappear,’ he tells crowd, following three weeks of recovery; hospital says freed captive Alon Ohel underwent successful surgery for untreated eye injury
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person holding handcuffs in a Jerusalem court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
October 3, 2025, 8:46 pm
IDF reservist, associate latest to be charged for Iran espionage; 3rd man arrested
Iranian agent offered defendant NIS 100,000 to kill commanding officer, say prosecutors; police announce arrest of suspected spy for Iran working at Dead Sea hotel
By Charlie Summers
A worker hangs a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian armed forces commanders, Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, top, Gen. Gholamali Rashid, center, and Gen. Hossein Salami who were killed in Israeli strikes in June at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 30, 2025, 10:04 pm
Two Holon residents arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran
Police say Maor Kringel photographed sensitive sites, public places, asked for more missions during Israel-Iran war; recruited Tal Amram to also engage in espionage work
By Charlie Summers
Rescue teams inspect the damage to buildings struck by an Iranian ballistic missile in Holon. Several Israelis were wounded, some of badly, in the strike, June 19, 2025. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 28, 2025, 2:06 pm
Holon residents fume at event feting demolition of homes damaged by Iran
Locals heckle dignitaries, including Defense Minister Israel Katz, at site where missiles destroyed apartment buildings, accuse officials of failing to empathize with their loss
By ToI Staff
Hadas Tal, an evacuee from Holon whose home was damaged by an Iranian missile helps a fellow evacuee at the Leonardo Jerusalem Hotel on June 24, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
June 27, 2025, 3:34 am
‘We had 10 minutes to pack our life’: Jerusalem hotel absorbs displaced Israelis – again
After Iran’s missile strike shattered their homes, hundreds of Holon residents find temporary shelter in the capital while juggling fear, resilience and hope
By Rossella Tercatin
A man looks at a building in Holon damaged by a ballistic missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 19, 2025, 5:14 pm
In Holon, Iranian missile strike reduces residential block to rubble
A direct impact destroys buildings and injures dozens, but officials hail residents’ discipline during the attack, saying adhering to Home Front Command guidelines saves lives
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
The aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on Beersheba's Soroka Medical Center, June 19, 2025 (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2025, 12:01 pm
Heavy damage, injuries as Iranian missile hits Beersheba hospital; dozens hurt in central cities
30 missiles fired in early-morning barrage, warhead causes extensive damage to Soroka, southern Israel’s main hospital; Israel calls attack a war crime; 6 people seriously injured in Ramat Gan and Holon
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Diana Bletter and Agencies
Screen capture from video during a court hearing of Eliran Bakalo, a volunteer with Magen David Adom who was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault against three female volunteers, two of whom were teenagers. (Walla: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 28, 2025, 5:56 pm
Magen David Adom medic suspected of sexually assaulting coworkers
Eliran Bakalo, 50, accused of assaulting two girls, raping woman; police suspect there may be additional victims
By ToI Staff
Security forces and bomb disposal units at the scene of a bus explosion in Bat Yam on February 20, 2025. (Oren Ziv/AFP)
February 22, 2025, 3:43 am
Bus driver got passengers off minutes before bomb detonated Thursday night – report
Israeli TV says woman alerted driver to suspicious item aboard bus, after terrorist attempted to conceal bomb under seat before alighting
By ToI Staff
Security forces probe a bus targeted by an explosive device, in Bat Yam, February 20, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 21, 2025, 3:03 pm
2 Jewish Israelis, Palestinian said arrested in connection with botched bus bombings
IDF says it’s bolstering West Bank presence with 3 battalions after apparent attempt at large-scale terror attack thought to have originated there; Katz: bombs ‘will not deter us’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A mural of hostage Agam Berger by artist Benzi Brofman, in her hometown of Holon, completed January 22, 2025 (Courtesy Holon Municipality)
January 24, 2025, 5:03 am
‘Done a lot of praying’: Family of hostage Agam Berger finds strength, hope in faith
As relatives anxiously await Agam’s possible return home, her cousin, YouTuber Ashley Waxman Bakshi, says Jewish rituals have been a source of succor since she was taken captive
By Jessica Steinberg
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