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This file image, made from footage aired on Jan. 7, 2005, by Israeli television station Channel 10, shows what the channel claimed is Israel’s nuclear facility near Dimona, the first detailed video of the site ever shown to the public. (Channel 10 via AP)
March 25, 2026, 1:58 am
Fallout from Iranian strike on Dimona plant would be symbolic, not radioactive
After missile hit city near sensitive site, experts say strike on nuclear reactor would pose little risk of Chernobyl-like contamination or nuke explosion, but would hurt nonetheless
By Nava Freiberg
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during the Israel Information Technology Conference in Ness Ziona, May 5, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
May 18, 2025, 7:19 pm
Israeli teen arrested for spying for Iran on former PM Bennett during hospital stay
18-year-old documented floor on which ex-premier’s bodyguards were located, police say, alleging he knew it could harm Israel’s security, but did so for money
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A woman works out at a gym in Jerusalem (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
January 29, 2025, 7:29 pm
City of Yavne rocked by online clips of multiple women having sex with trainer at gym
Police open probe into how apparently hacked CCTV footage was obtained, distributed; scandal has ‘destroyed entire families’ as residents identify people they know in the footage
By Stuart Winer
A home in a Yavne apartment building that was hit by a drone fired from Yemen on December 9, 2024 (Fire and Rescue Service)
December 10, 2024, 2:29 pm
IDF says Yemen drone that hit Yavne building wasn’t flagged as clear threat
Air Force probe finds drone was noted as suspect but wasn’t shot down amid concerns it was a civilian aircraft; in future, it says, sirens should sound even when threat unconfirmed
By ToI Staff
A member of the Israeli security forces takes pictures at the site where a drone exploded on the top floor of a residential building in the southern Israeli city of Yavne on December 9, 2024. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 11:35 am
Drone from Yemen smashes into apartment block in Yavne; causes damage but no injuries
IDF probe finds drone not continuously detected after entering Israeli airspace in south; no sirens sound; incident marks third successive day of attacks by Iran-backed Houthis
By Emanuel Fabian
Shahar Schnorman (left) and Ayelet Cohen at the entrance to their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, with rescue forces' graffiti on the wall behind them, on January 25, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2024, 2:25 pm
Resilience amid ruins: Kfar Aza’s first two returnees hope to forge a path of renewal
While some contemplate leaving the hard-hit kibbutz forever, one hardy couple believes that moving back is showing others the way forward
By Canaan Lidor
Itai Bausi (right) with his mother Julie Bausi (Courtesy)
January 10, 2024, 5:16 am
US-born Israeli mother feels tortured not knowing her son’s last moments on Oct. 7
Kibbutznik and former New Yorker Julie Bausi is furious at the IDF and government after son Itai died without help at the Nova music festival; she now feels more Israeli than ever
By Jessica Steinberg
This handout photo shows a truck that fatally struck a 7-year-old boy riding his bike at a moshav near the southern city of Yavne, May 4, 2023. (Eli Raymond/Magen David Adom)
May 4, 2023, 1:36 pm
7-year-old in bicycle fatally hit by truck in south
Boy pronounced dead at the scene after being struck while riding on moshav near Yavne
By ToI Staff
The names of the gods Heracles and Hauron on the reverse side of a sling bullet found in Yavne. (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 8, 2022, 10:54 am
2,200-year-old Greek sling bullet may have been used against Jews in Hanukkah story
Found in Yavne and bearing inscription ‘Victory for Heracles and Hauron,’ weapon could have been tool for psychological warfare against Hasmonean soldiers during revolt
By Michael Bachner
Mourners stand near the fresh grave of Motti Ashkenazi at the cemetery in Yavne, November 16, 2022. (Flash90)
November 16, 2022, 5:30 pm
Three fathers, three funerals: Ariel terror attack victims laid to rest
Funeral for Motti Ashkenazi held in Yavne, Michael Ladygin buried in Holon, a day after Tamir Avihai laid to rest in Kiryat Netafim
By ToI Staff
Drug-related items seized at the home of a university professor suspected of dealing drugs to students, July 10, 2022. (Israel Police)
July 10, 2022, 8:14 pm
Breaking bad: Israeli university prof suspected of making drugs, selling to students
Police arrest suspect, raid his home and find drug-related items; man, in his 60s, faces remand hearing on Monday
By Michael Horovitz
The first building ever discovered in Yavne from the Sanhedrin era. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
November 29, 2021, 2:25 pm
In first, Sanhedrin-era building found in Yavne, where sages fled Temple’s ruin
Israel Antiques Authority says structure contained items identified with Jewish community of 2nd century CE; cemetery nearby poses riddle over who is interred
By Stuart Winer
An ancient gold ring found during excavations in Yavne, Israel. (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)
November 2, 2021, 1:37 pm
Ancient ‘hangover cure’ gold ring found at Yavne winery excavation
Band is adorned with semiprecious amethyst stone, which was believed to have power in dispelling the aftereffects of alcohol
By Stuart Winer
Aerial view of the Byzantine winepress uncovered in Yavne (Asaf Peretz/IAA)
October 11, 2021, 11:48 am
Ancient alcohol: World’s largest Byzantine winepresses uncovered in Israel
Industrial complex dating back 1,500 years, found south of Tel Aviv, was capable of producing 2 million liters of wine a year that were marketed across region, archaeologists say
By ToI Staff
Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Alla Nagorsky with the 1,000-year-old egg that was retrieved in Yavne. 
(Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 9, 2021, 10:32 am
Preserved in poop: 1,000-year-old chicken egg found in Yavne cesspit
Archaeologists discover almost fully intact but nearly empty egg and three rare Islamic-period bone dolls in excavation of settlement dating from Byzantine period
By Amy Spiro
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