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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Negev Desert

The stories of those who hid in a dumpster and were ultimately murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2025, photographed on March 25, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 13, 2025, 12:18 pm
Telling victims’ stories, artist turns Nova’s killing fields into a healing memorial
Teaming up with victims’ families and KKL-JNF, Amir Chodorov is working around the clock to commemorate the lives of each of the hundreds of people slaughtered there on October 7
By Sue Surkes
Archaeologists discovered a 1200-year-old clay jug depicting camels at Yatir Forest in the Negev. (Emil Aladejm, Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 27, 2025, 1:19 pm
Archaeologists in Negev unearth 1,200-year-old jug decorated with camels
Artifact daubed with red pattern and trio of animals, considered advanced for its time, discovered near olive press in Yatir Forest
By Rossella Tercatin
An Israeli analog astronaut in a simulated spacesuit exits the Mars habitat in the Ramon Crater in the Negev on October 31, 2021. (Amy Spiro)
January 30, 2025, 5:48 pm
After US pledges a Mars landing, Israeli deep space venture hitches wagon to Trump’s star
Creation-Space launches accelerator to invest in young startups tailoring tech solutions toward a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet and improving life on Earth
By Sharon Wrobel
The off-grid technology hub at the Alfoura School in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 16, 2024, 10:00 am
Pioneering Bedouin school models sustainable, solar-powered living
First-of-its-kind project, which engages pupils in tech research, stars at confab on solar energy for Bedouin, where planners also announce green light for three new solar fields
By Sue Surkes
Members of Israel's Bedouin community take part in the country's first legal camel race in the Negev desert, near Kibbutz Tlalim, on November 1, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
November 1, 2024, 7:22 pm
First legal camel race held in Israel with thousands of spectators
Bedouin host says Negev event is symbol for coexistence with Jewish communities: ‘We are here together, and we will stay together and we will live here together, in peace’
By ToI Staff
Bedouin volunteers paint a concrete rocket shelter installed the day before in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Khiran, southern Israel, on December 7, 2023. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2023, 1:10 pm
Unrecognized Bedouin village gets its first-ever rocket shelter, as war rages
Umm al-Hiran, like many vulnerable Negev communities, lacks infrastructure – including critical protection from missiles – and is at risk of displacement
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A lizard perches on a rock in the newly declared Ramat Mazar Nature Reserve in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. (Arieh Rosenberg, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
October 2, 2023, 11:40 pm
Planners green-light new nature reserve in Negev Desert
Ramat Mazar is home to several species that are unique to Israel, among them the Nubian ibex, dorcas gazelle, desert tawny owl and Blanford’s fox
By Sue Surkes
A camel being seized during a police operation in the Negev desert, Sept. 1, 2023. (Israel Police Spokesperson)
September 1, 2023, 3:02 pm
Seven Bedouin arrested for involvement in illegal camel races in IDF firing zone
Footage of the races shows dozens of camels, trucks and all-terrain vehicles crossing army zone at high speed
By ToI Staff
Ashalim solar power station in the Negev desert. August 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2023, 6:18 pm
4th solar energy field at Negev’s Ashalim starts operating, setting new low price
Government says tariff for electricity generated from photovoltaic panels charged by operator EDF Renewables will just be 8 agorot per kilowatt-hour
By Sharon Wrobel
IDF chief Herzi Halevi walks with other military and police officials near the site where an Egyptian policeman infiltrated into Israel, June 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 4, 2023, 4:23 pm
IDF chief taps general to probe ‘systemic’ failures in deadly Egypt border attack
Maj. Gen. Nimrod Aloni to investigate theory, practice of ‘defending peaceful borders’ after Egyptian policeman sneaks through border gate that was merely held shut with zip ties
By Emanuel Fabian
This image taken from video shows an IDF post that was attacked by an Egyptian policeman on the border, June 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 3, 2023, 10:05 pm
IDF: Troops killed at border post didn’t return fire after Egyptian officer attacked
Initial probe into killing of 3 soldiers indicates policeman entered Israel through emergency gate, acted alone; Gallant speaks with Egyptian counterpart, stresses bilateral ties
By Emanuel Fabian
Staff Sgt. Ohad Dahan, 20 (left), Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19 (center) and Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz, 20, combat soldiers in the IDF's Bardelas and Caracal battalions who were shot dead on the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 3, 2023, 5:00 pm
Troops killed along Egypt border named: Ohad Dahan, Lia Ben Nun, Ori Yitzhak Iluz
Senior officer says nothing to stay ‘unsolved’ in probe of attack by Egyptian policeman who infiltrated into Israel, remained undetected for hours before and after initial shooting
By Emanuel Fabian
An ambulance rushes out of a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border, June 3, 2023. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
June 3, 2023, 10:29 am
Egyptian policeman kills 3 IDF soldiers in border shootings; is shot dead
Army probing how attacker infiltrated into country, motivation; 2 troops were killed in border guard post before second deadly exchange of fire hours later in Israeli territory
By Emanuel Fabian
Flowers bloom along the Cedar Trail in the Jerusalem Forest. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 16, 2023, 5:49 pm
Israel’s total rainfall normal, despite dry start; cold promises late floral show
Ecologist recommends hitting southern deserts for a colorful display in mid-May, with rainfall there three times last year’s quantity
By Sue Surkes
View of the David Ben-Gurion walking trail, Sde Boker, February 2023. (Courtesy/Dead Sea Preservation Government Company)
March 11, 2023, 6:45 am
New desert promenade will take visitors on Ben-Gurion’s favorite Negev walk
Sde Boker, where the first prime minister lived after retiring, gets an upgrade that aims to draw tourists while keeping their footprint small
By Danielle Nagler
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