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Rescuers retrieve Israelis from their flooded homes in Ahiezer, central Israel, after heavy rains lash the country on December 7, 2018 (Israel Police)
December 7, 2018, 1:56 pm
80 people evacuated as flooding sweeps central Israel town
25 families in Ahiezer, near Lod, pulled from homes by boat amid heavy rain; no reports of injuries
By TOI staff
People walk on rain-soaked Jaffa Road in Jerusalem on December 6, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 7, 2018, 10:08 am
Amid stormy weather, worker killed as wall collapses on him
Rescuers pull body from rubble near Jerusalem; Mt. Hermon blanketed by first snow of season as heavy rains persist nationwide
By TOI staff
Children being rescued by rubber boats from a flooded preschool in Rehovot amid powerful rains, December 6, 2018. (Channel 10 screen capture)
December 6, 2018, 3:14 pm
50 preschoolers rescued by boat in flooded Rehovot as rains lash central Israel
Coastal plain pummeled by most powerful storms since January; key Tel Aviv intersection at a standstill due to water damage to traffic light system
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2018, 11:49 pm
Two injured in suspected mob shooting in Yavneh
Man believed to be brother of intended target in serious condition; woman suffers moderate wounds
By Stuart Winer
An illustrative photo from the Hiriya landfill site southeast of Tel Aviv. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 9, 2018, 6:24 pm
Man dies after falling into garbage compactor
Preliminary investigation suggests Rehovot death was an accident; victim said to work in waste management for city
By Jacob Magid
Screenshot from time-lapse images showing nuclear motion and cell division in a normal organoid where the brain develops folding. (Youtube screenshot/Weizmann Institute of Science)
February 20, 2018, 2:35 pm
Israeli researchers grow ‘mini-brain’ in a test tube
Weizmann Institute’s study of brain wrinkling opens way for future research into disorders such as microcephaly, epilepsy and schizophrenia
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of rescue workers at the site of a roof collapse at a construction site on June 1, 2017, in Ganei Tikva. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
December 8, 2017, 3:28 pm
Construction worker dies at Rehovot building site
34-year-old Eritrean national falls to his death, bringing the number of such fatalities in 2017 to 33
By TOI staff
People wait to board a train, June 4, 2013. (photo credit: Shay Levy/FLASH90)
August 16, 2017, 11:44 am
Rehovot train station briefly evacuated over bomb scare
Police say a Pakistani tourist with a bag ‘aroused the suspicion’ of officers, but an inspection found no explosives
By Judah Ari Gross
Heavy machinery for exploratory oil drilling on the Golan Heights at Oil Site 5. (Courtesy Afek Oil and Gas)
May 29, 2017, 10:30 am
Two workers injured in Golan Heights oil drilling explosion
Police open investigation into incident; separately, construction worker hurt in an accident in Ashkelon
By TOI staff
A rocket propulsion system is tested over Israel on Monday, May 29, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)
May 29, 2017, 9:41 am
Israel launches propulsion rocket in early morning test
Observers speculate the Defense Ministry fired a Jericho missile, which according to foreign reports can carry a nuclear warhead
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: An Israel Police patrol car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
March 17, 2017, 2:57 am
Four hurt, two seriously, in mass brawl at event hall in central Israel
Cause of fracas unknown; all four taken to hospital in Rehovot with stab wounds to upper body, extremities
By TOI staff
Alon Samach
November 14, 2016, 2:17 pm
Alon Samach
When Molonesh gave me corn
His inspiring program lets Ethiopian-born seniors share ancient farming practices, till the soil and grow their own food
Staff at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot (Ofer Levi/ Kaplan Medical Center)
August 2, 2016, 1:54 pm
60-year-old has baby in emergency delivery
First-time mother and her daughter are healthy, recovering in Rehovot hospital after C-section
By TOI staff
Moshe Orbach (right) in court on February 18, 2016 (Screen capture: Channel 10)
February 19, 2016, 12:21 am
Israeli court convicts radical right-wing activist of sedition
Moshe Orbach faces maximum of 5 years in prison for writing pamphlet with instructions on how to firebomb Palestinian homes
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2015, 7:59 am
Teen girl stabbed in Kiryat Malachi
Police say attack on 17-year-old which left her in serious condition was not nationalistically motivated
By TOI staff
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