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Kiryat Malachi

Former hostage Yosef-Chaim Ohana arrives at his home in Kiryat Malachi, November 30, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 30, 2025, 5:11 pm
Freed hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana heads home from rehab, 6 weeks after release from Gaza
Surviving captive greeted by cheering students and drummers, says he dreamed of home in the two years he was held by terrorists
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Twin Israeli brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, who were set free by Hamas earlier this week after being held hostage for more than two years, arrive home in the southern Israeli kibbutz of Beit Guvrin from hospital on October 19, 2025. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
October 19, 2025, 4:14 pm
Seven released hostages leave hospital, receive rapturous welcome in hometowns
Cunio brothers speak of ‘new lives;’ Yavne streets fill for David Cunio; Berman twins swamped; Maxim Herkin urges unity, Elkana Bohbot signals heart; Yosef-Haim Ohana home at last
By Diana Bletter and Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
November 27, 2024, 12:02 pm
Man suspected of stabbing mother to death in Kiryat Malachi
Police said to believe suspect was in long-running feud with mother; data shows number of women murdered in 2024 exceeds 2023 toll
By Michael Horovitz
Police at the scene of a car bomb where a man was injured in Kiryat Malachi, September 23, 2024. (Israel Police)
September 23, 2024, 3:53 pm
Man seriously hurt in car blast in south; police nab 3 suspects
Police say attack motivated by criminal dispute; semiconscious victim taken to hospital in Ashdod
By Michael Horovitz
Left: The body of a terrorist lies at a bus stop as Israeli police investigate the site of a terror shooting attack at the Re'em junction near Kiryat Malakhi in southern Israel, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov); Right: The victims of a shooting attack at Re’em Junction, southern Israel: Sgt. First Class (res.) Ori Yaish (top), 27, from Modiin and Yishai Gartner, 23, of Modiin Illit, of the Jerusalem Brigade’s 8119th Battalion’s support company (Courtesy)
February 16, 2024, 4:21 pm
Two killed, 4 hurt in terror attack at Re’em Junction in south Israel; gunman dead
Victims of shooting near Kiryat Malachi identified as Yishai Gartner, 23, of Modiin Illit, and reservist Ori Yaish, 27, of Modiin; two of the wounded listed in serious condition
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at a crime scene in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi. June 23, 2016. (Flash90)
November 27, 2022, 4:29 pm
Doctor knifed by patient at private clinic near Ashkelon, moderately injured
Hamdullah Badir, a doctor in Kiryat Malachi for over 20 years, had to fight off knife-wielding man; medical union has said violence against health workers is ‘an epidemic’
By Jack Mukand
Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir on a campaign stop in Sderot's open market on election day, November 1, 2022. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
November 1, 2022, 3:54 pm
It took 4 voting rounds to normalize Ben Gvir. By the end of the 5th, he’s a star
Once-fringe candidate stirs up election-day excitement in towns that have long been strongholds for other right-wing parties, indicating growing extremism within Netanyahu’s bloc
By Jacob Magid
The scene of a deadly car accident at the entrance of Kiryat Malachi on July 29, 2022. (Hatzalah)
July 29, 2022, 7:18 pm
Teen boy struck and killed by car in Kiryat Malachi amid rash of road deaths
Victim, 15, had been manning phylacteries stand at entrance to southern town; death comes hours after three killed in crash near Kiryat Gat
By ToI Staff
New construction of residential apartments in Ashkelon, January 19, 2019. (chert61 via iStock by Getty Images)
July 7, 2022, 10:54 am
Housing snapshot: 9 apartments and houses recently sold across Israel
Our regular behind-the-scenes look at properties purchased nationwide
By Danielle Nagler
Gili Yalo, one of the singers in 'Los Angeles Darom,' a new Israeli musical documentary about Kiryat Malachi, at cinematheque theaters throughout Israel through June 2022 (Courtesy 'Los Angeles Darom')
June 22, 2022, 3:55 pm
Documentary brings a musical theater twist to a sleepy Israeli backwater
‘Los Angeles Darom’ highlights real-life struggles in the development town of Kiryat Malachi, through a charismatic resident’s story and original music
By Jessica Steinberg
Ido Avigal, who was killed in his home in Sderot by a rocket fired from Gaza, on May 12, 2021. (Twitter)
May 5, 2022, 4:57 pm
Boy is born on Independence Day, 1 year after his brother was killed by Gaza rocket
Shani Avigal’s son Ido, 5, was killed when rocket fire hit their Sderot home; she and her daughter were badly injured; newborn’s circumcision set for 1st anniversary of Ido’s death
By ToI Staff
The scene of a deadly crash near Kiryat Malachi on May 3, 2022. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2022, 5:53 pm
Truck driver in deadly wreck suspected of negligent homicide, recklessness — police
Court orders East Jerusalem man held in custody until Sunday over crash that killed parents of 21 kids combined; investigators still probing why truck overturned
By ToI Staff
The scene of a deadly crash near Kiryat Malachi on May 3, 2022. (Courtesy)
May 3, 2022, 5:29 pm
3 killed as truck overturns in southern Israel, hitting several cars
Several others injured in crash on highway near Kiryat Malachi, including man in critical condition; dead named as parents of 21 children combined, including two newborns
By ToI Staff
An injured man is loaded into an ambulance after an altercation in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem during which police shot two men, injuring them, March 30, 2022. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
March 30, 2022, 12:47 pm
Amid terror jitters, police shoot and injure two during arrest in Jerusalem market
Force says East Jerusalem Palestinians raised suspicions then fought back ‘brutally’ as they were being detained; both were shot, lightly injured; officer also hurt in struggle
By ToI Staff
Kiryat Malachi municipality building. May 9 2012 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
November 18, 2021, 4:53 pm
Anger as Kiryat Malachi rededicates Rabin Square for British philanthropist
Municipality reportedly did not go through proper process when it renamed site after donor to Jewish National Fund
By Stuart Winer
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