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Hikers walk during an excursion along the Dead Sea shore near Kibbutz Ein Gedi in eastern Israel on December 30, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 29, 2025, 1:12 pm
Dead Sea facing ecological disaster but regional tensions makes solutions difficult
Salty lake rapidly evaporating due to industrial use and climate change, and officials say situation cannot be remedied without Jordanian cooperation
By Ruth Eglash
A sinkhole near Kibbutz Ein Gedi in southern Israel, from which a Nubian ibex was rescued, June 2024. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 13, 2024, 3:12 pm
Nubian ibex rescued from 10-meter-deep sinkhole
10-year-old animal pulled to safety in two-hour rescue operation
By Sue Surkes
Workers on Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway work to examine and fill up a hole in the road after observing sinking asphalt, March 19, 2023. (Ayalon Highways Co.)
March 19, 2023, 4:24 pm
Lanes in Tel Aviv highway blocked due to sinking asphalt, causing traffic
Ayalon Highway Company’s engineers expand hole in a southbound lane to examine why it opened up
By ToI Staff
The site of a sinkhole that opened up in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 21, 2023, 4:25 pm
Small sinkhole opens up in central Tel Aviv, latest in series of similar incidents
Police say no injuries on Allenby Street, with officers directing traffic; no word on cause
By ToI Staff
A construction site in the central city of Hod Hasharon, January 19, 2023. (Hod Hasharon Municipality)
January 19, 2023, 5:25 pm
Three buildings evacuated after cave-in at Hod Hasharon worksite
Part of street blocked to traffic over fears scaffolding at construction site could collapse; initial probe finds hole opened at excavated parking lot
By ToI Staff
A car inside a sinkhole in the central town of Hod Hasharon, January 14, 2022. (Israel Police)
January 14, 2023, 10:42 am
Driver has ‘miracle’ escape after sinkhole opens in Hod Hasharon, pulling his car in
Police say no injuries in incident caused by ‘malfunction in the underground water infrastructure’; Chaim Boaron, 70, says it happened very fast: ‘My life was miraculously saved’
By ToI Staff
Police at the site of a sinkhole on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on September 17, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 27, 2022, 2:23 pm
Hebrew Academy picks ‘sinkhole’ as its word of 2022
Selected by online voters, word narrowly beats out ‘governance’ and ‘hallucination’ to take the top spot
By Amy Spiro
Workers near a sinkhole on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, November 25, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 25, 2022, 9:54 am
2nd sinkhole opens on main Tel Aviv highway, causing traffic chaos but no injuries
Three lanes of Ayalon blocked near La Guardia interchange after second sinkhole opens on thoroughfare within a number of weeks
By ToI Staff
The site where a road collapsed into a large sinkhole in the city center in Tel Aviv, on November 20, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 20, 2022, 7:15 pm
Another sinkhole appears on busy Tel Aviv road, clogging traffic
Opening on corner of Ibn Gabirol and Zeitlin streets said shallow, with repair work expected to take hours; light rail construction thought to be cause
By ToI Staff
The Ayalon Highway on October 01, 2022 after a large sinkhole opened on the main highway in Tel Aviv on September 17, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 2, 2022, 6:41 am
Tel Aviv highway exit reopens partially after 2-week closure due to sinkhole
Lanes open to drivers headed south to Hashalom Interchange as of Sunday morning under authority supervision
By ToI Staff
A sinkhole on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2022. (Ayalon Highway)
September 20, 2022, 5:08 pm
Tel Aviv highway exit stays closed amid groundwater concerns near sinkhole
Off-ramp and surrounding areas will remain shut until at least Wednesday to allow for additional testing; motorists continue to face delays
By ToI Staff
Members of the Hadash and Ta'al factions in the Joint List register their party for the upcoming elections at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 18, 2022, 2:06 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 18: Was this just the defining moment of the 2022 elections?
Carrie Keller-Lynn on sinking Arab parties and good things that come to rebels who wait; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on whether Iranian forces are leaving Syria
By ToI Staff
Repairs on the Ayalon highway after a large sinkhole opened in Tel Aviv, September 18, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 18, 2022, 6:52 am
Ayalon reopens after sinkhole sealed, HaShalom exit to remain closed until Tuesday
Trains resume operations; ongoing construction of Tel Aviv’s second-tallest tower believed to be what caused sinkhole
By ToI Staff
A sinkhole on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2022. (Ayalon Highway)
September 17, 2022, 7:06 pm
Large sinkhole opens on main Tel Aviv highway, causing traffic chaos but no injuries
Police close exit to HaShalom Interchange on southbound Ayalon Highway; minister says motorists should avoid Tel Aviv on Sunday; cause of sinkhole unknown
By ToI Staff
Natan and Rachel Meler, owners of the villa and pool in which Klil Kimchi perished in a sinkhole Thursday night, arrive for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Petah Tikva on July 22, 2022. (Flash90)
July 22, 2022, 2:18 pm
Owners of collapsed pool released to house arrest after party-goer’s death
Natan and Rachel Meller suspected of operating a business without a license and money laundering, in addition to negligent manslaughter; police request to extend detention denied
By ToI Staff
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