Tag: Ashdod

The Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted missiles constantly over the coast and in the Negev Thursday.

A shark attacked a fish pond worker at the port city of Ashdod Sunday and bit off part of his hand before he was...

Additional natural gas, and possibly light oil have been found at the Yam 3 drill site, 16 kilometers off the coast of Ashdod, according...

Near the Sinai peninsula, the Israeli Defense Forces continue on high alert, watching every suspicious movement in the sands near the Egyptian border for signs of the next attack.

18 ft. high fortifications dating back to the 8th century BCE were discovered in the harbor of the ancient Philistine city.

The PA puts its money where its mouth is, at least, when it talks to Arabs and not John Kerry. A PA TV program offers Arabs $100 to identify a city in “Palestine” mentioned in the Book of Jonah. Ashdod? Right.

Thank God it was Greenpeace and not Hezbollah. If terrorists, instead of activists, had entered Israel’s natural gas terminal and roamed freely for 90 minutes, it would have been a mass catastrophe.

Yitzchak Tshuva expressed regret that the gas flow's arrival into Israel was being presented as having desecrated the Shabbat or the Pesach Holiday.

The use of the gas will commence within 24 hours.

Even while he was severely ill, he was determined not to change his daily agenda despite his pain.

Reports indicate that a Grad rocket has hit a children's school in Ashkelon. No injuries were reported.

Crime must go on, even during a time of war in Israel. This morning, the residents of the town of Gan Yavneh, not far...

Sunday's Update

8:21 PM IDF Spokesman confirms, Defense Minister green lights calling up 30,000 reservists. 8:19 PM Direct hit on house in Be'er Sheva. No injuries reported. 8:16 PM 5...

Hamas claimed that they launched 2 Fajr (long-range) rockets at Tel Aviv at 9:30AM. Israel Channel 2 says that it is now believed that recently...

9:29 AM Rockets landing in Ashdod. Sirens sounding throughout the city.

9:08 AM 2 women, 1 man killed in Kiryat Melachi strike. Baby moderately wounded. Dozens being treated for shell shock. 9:05 AM In the past 5 minutes,...

After this morning's missile attack, residents of Ashdod, north of Gaza, have had their nerves frayed further Tuesday morning with the booms of numerous...

Residents of Ashdod heard an explosion, but no "Red Alert" siren at just after 6 AM Tuesday morning.

Below are any changes to the starting time of schools in Southern Israel. 9:15 AM All schools around the Gaza border have canceled classes. ---------------- Ashdod schools...

Red Alerts in Eshkol and Kissufim. Iron Dome took out two missiles targeting Ashdod and Ashkelon. School is cancelled tomorrow in Ashkelon, Gan Yavneh, and Ashdod.

Navy vessels took over the boat in the morning hours Saturday, while it was just 15 nautical miles from the Gaza coast. Ship activists, including Swedish civilians, past and present European members of parliament, and leftist activists Dror Feiler and Jonathan Shapiro, said that the ship was surrounded by Israeli forces in the morning, and, after a few hours, masked soldiers came were on board.

Following the incessant rocket firing on civilian centers in southern Israel, four Iron Dome batteries were positioned overnight alongside the Gaza strip border. The cities of Beer Sheva, Ashkelon and Ashdod are now better protected. Four Border Guard policemen were injured Tuesday from a Grad hit.

It has been unclear whether we're having a lull in the war or an interrupted peace, as Netivot, Beer Sheva and other population centers are hit every few hours. Standing in front of shattered glass storefronts, Ashdod Deputy Mayor Boris Giterman said southern mayors are asking Netanyahu "to put and end to this story."

Life did not go on as usual today in southern Israel as this photo-essay will show you.

Grad rockets exploded in the northernmost location registered in the current round of hostilities, the town of Gedera Monday. A rocket exploded in the center of Ashdod, wounding two and causing shrapnel damage. More rockets were fired at the city but were intercepted by the Iron Dome system. Meanwhile, unofficial ceasefire mediations have begun.

Israel killed 3 additional terrorists Monday morning, bringing Palestinian death toll to 16. Islamic terror groups launch 20 rockets Monday at Israeli civilians in the south. PM Netanyahu: "We will continue to hit whoever plans to attack citizens of the State of Israel."

Israel Antiquities official: Possibility that Josiah, king of Judah, occupied the fort.

Yes, I’m afraid. When I say these words, most people do not understand, and they attribute my fears to the fact that I am a survivor and live in the shadow of my Holocaust experiences.

Iris Twito, the mother of two sons injured by Kassam rockets in the city of Sderot, granted an exclusive interview with Sderot Media Center following the Gaza aid flotilla fiasco.