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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Kiryat Gat

Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2024, 12:42 pm
Intel suspends planned $15 billion expansion of southern Israel chip plant
Chip giant makes no link between war in Gaza and decision to freeze extra investment in factory being built in Kiryat Gat, says it remains ‘fully committed’ to the region
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a daycare center in Israel April 20, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 27, 2024, 3:11 pm
Police to indict two daycare teachers on almost 600 charges of abusing babies
Investigative team says it found hundreds of cases of abuse in hours of surveillance footage from recent months in Kiryat Gat facility
By ToI Staff
Irit Lahav sits at her temporary home in Kiryat Gat on February 14, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 4, 2024, 4:37 pm
Their dovish hopes clipped, some Gaza border residents make peace with becoming hawks
Civilians who followed Hamas into Israel to loot and vandalize communities on October 7 showed their true faces, says one Nir Oz survivor who no longer sees conciliation as possible
By Canaan Lidor
Students hold up signs reading 'Welcome Nir Oz' in Kiryat Gat on January 2, 2024. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Kiryat Gat)
January 4, 2024, 5:15 pm
Survivors of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a desert oasis, move into Kiryat Gat apartment towers
Locals from the growing southern city greet the traumatized newcomers with fanfare and a steady trickle of acts of goodwill
By Canaan Lidor
An aerial picture shows damages to a synagogue following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot on December 3, 2023. (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 4, 2024, 11:56 am
Government aims for nearly all southern evacuees to return by September, source says
Residents of towns 4-7 kilometers from Gaza border seen going home by March 1, says resettlement source; communities ravaged the most on Oct. 7 may take up to 2 years to resettle
By Canaan Lidor
Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 26, 2023, 1:41 pm
Intel clinches $3.2b government grant for $25b chip plant expansion in southern Israel
Amid Israel’s war with Hamas, US chipmaker confirms plan for Kiryat Gat manufacturing facility, expected to create several thousand jobs
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2023, 6:17 pm
Two men killed in separate work accidents
Palestinian laborer falls to his death at construction site in Arraba; factory worker electrocuted in Kiryat Gat
By ToI Staff
Archaeologists excavate the oldest gate discovered in Israel at Tel Erani near Kiryat Gat in 2023. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA)
August 15, 2023, 10:04 am
Discovery of Israel’s oldest gate resets clock on local urbanization by centuries
Alongside 5,500-year-old entrance to fortified city at Tel Erani, near Kiryat Gat, archaeologists find evidence of social stratified city-dwelling in Israel
By Melanie Lidman
Intel Corp.'s R&D center in Haifa. (Courtesy)
July 2, 2023, 6:59 pm
Intel to boost chipmaking in Israel, but won’t confirm $25b deal lauded by Jerusalem
Taking tech giant by surprise, Israeli government in June disclosed Intel’s ‘unprecedented’ planned investment, calling it largest ever by a global private company in the country
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
July 2, 2023, 8:30 am
Man arrested after telling police he wants to murder Netanyahu
Resident of Kiryat Gat with reported history of psychiatric issues calls local police station, says wants to kill PM; during questioning gives details of plan
By ToI Staff
Intel Corp.'s R&D center in Haifa. (Courtesy)
June 18, 2023, 4:36 pm
Intel to invest ‘unprecedented’ $25 billion in chip manufacturing plant in Israel
Netanyahu hails investment as largest ever by a global private company in the country; Kiryat Gat plant to hire thousands
By Sharon Wrobel
First responders at the scene of a car crash on Route 6 near Kiryat Gat on July 28, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
July 28, 2022, 9:22 pm
3 killed in deadly car crash on Route 6 in southern Israel
Paramedics say all passengers declared dead on site after being found inside ‘crushed’ vehicles
By Michael Horovitz
Construction of new residential buildings in the northern Israeli city of Harish, on January 15, 2019. (Flash90)
June 24, 2022, 6:10 am
Housing snapshot: 10 apartments and houses recently sold across Israel
Our regular behind-the-scenes look at properties purchased nationwide
By Danielle Nagler
Two wrecked cars involved in an accident along Route 6, north of the Kiryat Gat interchange, May 15, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
May 15, 2022, 9:04 am
Man fatally hit by car in southern Israel
Three others lightly injured in crash at the side of Route 6 highway
By Michael Horovitz
Raja Koduri, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, displays a wafer with Intel Arc high-performance discrete graphics hardware as part of a presentation during Intel Architecture Day 2021. The virtual event was held in August 2021. (Intel Corporation)
August 29, 2021, 3:55 pm
Intel previews biggest chip shifts ‘in generation,’ some developed in Israel
The semiconductor giant is rolling out new processors for PCs, named Alder Lake and built on hybrid architecture designed locally
By Ricky Ben-David
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