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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Tel Aviv light rail

Two terrorists seen carrying out a deadly attack in Jaffa, October 1, 2024 (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 5, 2025, 12:54 pm
IDF demolishes Hebron homes of two terrorists who killed seven in Tel Aviv
Ahmed Himouni and Mohammad Mesek used rifle, knife in Oct. attack on and near light rail, in which 15 were also hurt; IDF also razes home of truck-rammer who killed soldier in Sep.
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A brown rat (Heiko Kiera/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2024, 7:15 am
Rail construction in Tel Aviv may be behind a surge in rat-related disease cases
Patients diagnosed with flea-borne typhus and leptospirosis at area hospitals have reported seeing the rodents in their neighborhoods, and even in their homes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Shlomo Marmor at the flower shop on Yehuda Halevi Street in Tel Aviv that his family has owned for 70 years. September 2023. (Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel)
September 28, 2023, 11:57 pm
Shops along route of Tel Aviv light rail still waiting for promised business boom
Stores on Yehuda Halevi Street were told a bonanza would come after 8 years of mere survival in a construction site; so far this has not materialized
By Shoshanna Solomon
Demonstrators block the tracks of the Tel Aviv light rail in protest of it not running during Shabbat, Friday, September 1, 2023 (video screenshot)
September 1, 2023, 5:10 pm
Protesters block Tel Aviv light rail for third week, hold ‘civics class’ on tracks
Trams stopped in Jaffa area as demonstrators once again disrupt the new line because it doesn’t run on Shabbat
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A test drive of the light rail in Tel Aviv on August 16, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2023, 9:16 am
Tel Aviv light rail services resume after hours-long halt due to signaling fault
Incident caused by electrical glitch comes less than a fortnight after route’s hotly awaited opening
By Michael Horovitz
Passengers ride the Tel Aviv light rail on its first day of service, August 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 26, 2023, 10:01 pm
Tel Aviv light rail extends Saturday evening hours amid protests over Shabbat closure
Tram to begin service an hour earlier, extend past midnight; Friday saw activists once again chain themselves to car to demand it run on Shabbat
By ToI Staff
Activists handcuff themselves to handrails on Friday's last light rail ahead of Shabbat, in Tel Aviv, August 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2023, 6:22 pm
Activists again cuff themselves to Tel Aviv light rail to protest Shabbat stoppage
Several dozen people protest at Allenby Station on day’s last tram, causing service to stop and driver to leave; police on the scene
By ToI Staff
Anti-government protesters chain themselves to a train car during the opening of the light rail in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 22, 2023, 1:09 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 22: Tel Aviv light rail sparks liberal awakening
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses government’s struggle to respond to ongoing terror wave, along with bittersweet launch of Petah Tivka-to-Bat Yam train system
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of a bus running in Tel Aviv on the Sabbath. (Tel Aviv Municipality)
August 21, 2023, 2:52 am
Ramat Gan to launch Shabbat shuttle service along Tel Aviv light route
Mayor’s announcement will likely please residents of his largely secular suburb; comes two months ahead of municipal elections, when he’ll aim to win a second term
By ToI Staff
Activists, some handcuffed to handrails, protest inside a carriage of the new Tel Aviv area light rail against the line not operating on the Sabbath, at the Elifelet Station in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, August 18, 2023, the first day of the train's operation. (Courtesy: Koah Kaplan)
August 18, 2023, 8:23 pm
Hundreds protest at Tel Aviv light rail stations because train won’t run on Shabbat
Demanding ‘freedom of movement, even on the Sabbath,’ some demonstrators handcuff themselves inside final train of new line’s first day of operation, in failed bid to keep it open
By ToI Staff
Passengers at a Tel Aviv light rail station on its first day of service, August 18, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 18, 2023, 8:48 am
‘We waited a long time for this’: Tel Aviv light rail sets off after years of delays
100,000 passengers as Israelis nationwide flock to ride on inaugural trains, with Koti Elazar, 70, recognized as first passenger; ‘This rail will take Bat Yam forward,’ mayor vows
By ToI Staff
Anti-overhaul activists protest ahead of the opening ceremony of the light rail in Petah Tikva, August 17, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 7:06 pm
Tel Aviv light rail launches amid multiple challenges, criticism over Shabbat closure
Minister’s dry run highlights technical difficulties, officials fear high demand will cause severe overcrowding, and some decry fact train won’t run on Shabbat
By Deborah Danan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara Netanyahu, and other dignitaries at the opening ceremony of the Tel Aviv light rail, in Petah Tikva, August 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 5:31 pm
Amid protesters’ boos and road closures, Netanyahu launches Tel Aviv light rail
PM snips ribbon during opening ceremony at Red Line terminus in Petah Tikva, as hundreds rally outside; Tel Aviv mayor boycotts event
By ToI Staff
A test drive of the new Light Rail in Jaffa-Tel Aviv on August 16, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 8:07 am
Major traffic blockages expected in Tel Aviv as Netanyahu tours new light rail
Disruptions to continue throughout the day; anti-government protest leaders appeal to High Court, alleging police closing off roads to limit demonstrations against the PM
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds up a Rav-Kav card given to her by a member of the press, before entering Allenby Station, August 16, 2023. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
August 16, 2023, 2:51 pm
Likud transportation minister booed during first ride on new Tel Aviv light rail
Miri Regev is met with cries of ‘shame’ in Jaffa as she tests light rail before public opening Friday, with protesters decrying train’s closure on Shabbat in secular city
By Charlie Summers
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