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Ashkelon

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / The Environment

Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Polluting Mediterranean Sea

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Some of the washed-up humanitarian aid had anti-Israel propaganda marked on it, other aid killed and wounded more Gazans.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israel Planning Its Largest Water Desalination Plant

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The tender is for the renovation, expansion and operation of the desalination plant in Ashkelon, amounting to 220 million cubic meters of water per year.

Photo of the Day

Lost at Sea

By Photo of the Day

Nine shipping containers fell off a cargo ship during the recent storm.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Holocaust Survivor, 91, Dies of Wounds From Hamas Bombing in May

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Her family says that she suffered greatly since being wounded in the terror attack.

Israel / Archaeology

1,900-Year-Old Sarcophagus Lid Rescued from Ashkelon Garbage Dump

By Israel Hayom

The marble artifact from Roman times, which weighs some two tons, is believed to have been stolen from a construction site and discarded on an illegal trash heap.

Israel / Europe / Business and Economy / Egypt

Europe’s Largest Gas Pipeline Group Buys 25 Percent of Israel-Egypt Company

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

An Egyptian company will buy 85 billion cubic meters of gas, worth an estimated $19.5 billion, from Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar offshore fields in the Mediterranean Sea over a period of 15 years.

Featured / Israel / Archaeology

Tel Ashkelon National Park to Display Remains of Magnificent Roman Basilica

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Roman Basilica complex, the largest of its kind in the country, was unearthed in Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavations.

Headline / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Rockets from Gaza

Ashkelon: 2 Israelis Killed in Rocket Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Two Israelis, including an 80-year-old woman, were killed Tuesday when a massive barrage of rockets hit the city of Ashkelon.

Featured / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Israeli Company Signs Deal to Transport Oil from UAE to Europe via Eilat-Ashkelon

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The EAPC-MED-RED plan, which will include other countries as well, is to avoid crossing the Suez Canal and save time for Asia buyers.

Rockets from Gaza

After 11 Months in Coma, Rocket Attack Victim Dies of Her Wounds

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

More than 400 rockets from Gaza aimed at civilian targets in mid-November 2018, wounding 55 Israelis. Two were killed.

Israel / Archaeology

Enormous Fortifications Found in Ancient Gath, Goliath’s Hometown

By Arye Green / TPS

The newly uncovered fortifications are nearly double the size of the previous fortifications found at the site.

Israel / Rockets from Gaza

Woman Injured during Pre-Election Gaza Rocket Attacks Dies of Wounds

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Rivka Jamil, 89 from Ashkelon, ran for cover when the city was attacked by rockets. She fell during her run and sustained severe injuries. She succumbed to her wounds two months later.

Featured / Israel / Archaeology

DNA Shows Ancient Philistines Migrated Across Mediterranean, Not Indigenous to Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

These genetic results are a critical step toward understanding the long-disputed origins of the Philistines, the research underscored.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Rockets from Gaza

Latest Numbers from Gaza Attack + IDF Video

By Jewish Press News Desk

A father of 4 has been killed by one of the 492 Gazan rockets launched at Israel.

Video of the Day

Watch: Reporter Saves Missing Woman's Life after Ashkelon Rocket Strike

By Video of the Day

No one else listened to the neighbors when they said someone was still under the rubble.

Headline / Israel / Rockets from Gaza

Rocket Attack: Ashkelon Region

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iron Dome successfully launched at least 2 intercept missiles.

The Tamar Yonah Show

My 30th Wedding Anniversary Trip Where I Bumped into a Missionary - The Tamar Yonah Show

By Israel News Talk Radio

Ira Michaelson, a Jewish man who used to be a Christian missionary, and then returned to Torah observance, joins Tamar on the show to talk about the best way to handle situations like these.

Israel / History / News Briefs / Archaeology

Fisherman’s House Discovered on Ashkelon Beach

By JNi.Media

As part of a project being led by the IAA and aimed at educating young people about their past, dozens of boys and girls were engaged in the challenging work of unearthing the coastal city’s past.

Photo of the Day

Goodnight Ashkelon

By Photo of the Day

The sun sets over the sea, as seen from the beach in Ashkelon.

Photo of the Day

In Case of Tsunami

By Photo of the Day

A sign along the beach in Ashkelon pointing out where to run to in case there is a tsunami.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

First Philistine Cemetery Discovered in Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"99% of the chapters and articles written about Philistine burial customs should be revised or ignored now that we have the first and only Philistine cemetery found just outside the city walls of Tel Ashkelon."

Israel / Archaeology

Israeli Lifeguard Discovers 900 Year Old Oil Lamp During Beach Run

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The ancient oil lamp is dated to the 12th century AD (early Crusader period).

Israel / News Briefs / Weather

Heavy Rains Flood Ashkelon Hospital

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rain at the rate of 4 inches an hour turned the port city into a sea without a port.

Photo of the Day

Flying Off Into the Sunset

By Photo of the Day

Flying off into the sunset off the Ashkelon Beach.

Israel / Gaza / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

UPDATE: Rocket Alerts - Iron Dome Launch/Intercept

By Jewish Press News Desk

12:50 AM Reports that Hamas has gone underground (literally) and that IDF jets are buzzing Gaza. 11:05 PM Single interception above Ashdod. 10:50 PM Iron Dome launched. Reports of 2 explosions. 10:48 PM Second rocket alert. 10:47 PM Rocket Alert - Ashdod region. Details to follow.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Rockets from Gaza / Intifada

Arabs Erupt in Violence Across Jerusalem, 2 Rockets in Southern Israel

By JNi.Media

At the end of the prayers on Friday, the signal was given for Arabs to start rioting at several locations in Jerusalem.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Assimilation

Religious Mailmen Complain They Have to Deliver Missionary Propaganda

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Postal officials refuse mailmen's request to be relieved of the job to deliver Baptist cult material that may be illegal.

Israel / News Briefs

Huge Oil Spill near Eilat an Ecological Disaster

By Jewish Press News Desk

Firefighters have stopped the flow of thousands of gallons of oil.

Israeli Arabs

‘Equal Opportunities’ Chief Rules Out Ashkelon’s Ban on Arab Workers

By Jewish Press News Desk

But perhaps the thought of racism will make Arabs speak out against murderers.

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Ashdod Joins Ashkelon to Impose Racism to Stop Terrorism

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Wholesale discrimination against Arabs is blatantly illegal and racist but sends a strong message to the police.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Hundreds of World Jewish Leaders to Meet in Rocket-Battered South

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundreds of Jewish leaders from around the world who are part of the Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governor will convene in Ashkelon, one of Hamas favorite targets for rockets and missiles, next week. The Board had been set to meet in Mexico as part of its annual rotation amongst the world's Jewish communities, […]

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Firsthand Account from Ashkelon Rocket Strike

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

Ofrah and Yuval went to take their children into the bomb shelter, "Suddenly there was an explosion and the whole house was filled with blackness..."

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Missile Lands In Ashkelon; No Injuries

By Meir Halevi Siegel

No lull in missile fire as sides return to Cairo; man lightly wounded in Ashkelon

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

IDF Stops Train Service South of Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The army hasn't said why, but presumably they believe the ceasefire may end sometime very soon.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Sapir College Director Wounded in Gaza Rocket Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dr. Nachmi Paz, 71, director of Sapir College in Sderot, was wounded Friday in a rocket barrage launched by terrorists in Gaza.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Ashkelon Mayor - This is What Happens When You Do Half a Job

By Jewish Press News Desk

Residents of the south are infuriated with senior IDF and government officials for saying that it was safe to go back to their homes in the south of Israel.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

IAF Retaliates on Gaza Terror Targets

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following a barrage of rockets launched at Israel from Gaza on Tuesday night, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck multiple terrorist targets in Gaza.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Iron Dome Takes Out Rocket

By Jewish Press News Desk

At around 10 PM on Thursday, the Iron Dome system took out a rocket launched at Ashkelon. Typically, the system only fires if there is a reasonable chance the rocket will strike an inhabited area.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Moving Target

By Jewish Press News Desk

The video shows a passenger train traveling between Ashkelon and Sderot being filmed from within Gaza - how long until a missile targets it instead.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs

Rocket Launch from Gaza Sets Off Warning Sirens

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists from Gaza launched another rocket towards Ashkelon Thursday night, setting off early warning sirens, but the missile missed its mark and may have exploded in northern Gaza. Shortly before, Reuters quoted an Israeli military official as saying, “We won’t go back to a situation where three or four times a week the red alarm […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Another Rocket Falls Short of Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

At 9:30 AM another rocket was launched at Ashkelon from Gaza. The rocket landed in an open area, and no injuries were reported. There was a problem with the Red Alert alarm system, and not all residents in the city heard the siren go off.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Rocket Alert: Ashkelon Beach (UPDATED)

By Jewish Press News Desk

It's going to be a long night for residents in the country's south.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs

8:19 PM - Red Alert: Rocket Launch at Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rocket was launched at Ashkelon from Gaza at 8:19 pm. It appears that the rocket fell short and landed within the Gaza strip. On Saturday, Israel transported fuel into Gaza to help alleviate the humanitarian disaster that Hamas created.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs

IAF Hits Gaza Rocket Launch Pads

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Air Force (IAF) attacked two rocket launch pads in northern Gaza on Monday morning, following the launches at Ashkelon this morning. The IAF said it hit the underground sites, Gazan sources said one person was injured in the attack. All IAF aircraft returned home safely.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Iron Dome Intercepts Rocket Aimed at Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

As Israel is set to release even more terrorists, Gaza terrorists launched multiple rockets at Israel.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

PA Arab Caught with Perfectly Forged Israeli ID

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Police looking for illegal PA workers, and were surprised by the forged Israeli ID they found.

Op-Eds

As Egypt Nears Civil War, Israel on High Alert

By Yaakov Lappin

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.

Israel / News Briefs / Religion / Archaeology

Rare 1,500-Year-Old Wine Press and Church Model found in Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

The ancient port of Ashkelon was a key point for trading Israeli wine. Archaeologists have unearthed a huge wine press and rare ceramic church model near the city’s old highway.

This Ongoing War

Gaza Terrorists Trying to Destroy Power Plant That Supplies Them

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Israel supplies 125 megawatts of electricity to the Gaza Strip from the power station in Ashkelon that has come under repeated rocket fire over the past six years.

Israel / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Post-Ceasefire, Outraged Citizens Take to Streets

By Malkah Fleisher

Outraged residents of the beleaguered cities of Sderot, Ashkelon, and Kiryat Malachi took to the streets, decrying the government's decision to enter into a ceasefire with Hamas.

Terrorism / Israel

A Generation of Children Growing in the Shadow of Gaza's Terror Rockets

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Almost half of Sderot’s preteens suffer from signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

News Briefs

Grad Hits Ashkelon School

By Malkah Fleisher

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

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Dog Saves Owner from Rocket Strike

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

For Alex Leibowitz and his wife Olga, parents of four, the rocket attack could have had much more serious consequences had it not been for their dog, Louisa.

News Briefs

Live Report: 3 Soldiers Injured. Latest Rocket Updates

By Jewish Press News Desk

3:46 PM Sirens sounding in Ashdod. 3:39 PM As of 3:30 PM today, the IDF Iron Dome system has knocked out 184 Gazan rockets, with a 87% successful it rate! 3:37 PM Ehud Yaari from Channel 2 TV: Traffic jam of IAF Fighter jets awaiting to bomb terror targets in Gaza.  3:23 PM Reports from Gaza that IDF is […]

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

8:25 PM Gaza Update

By Steve

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 rockets shots down by Iron Dome system over Be'er Sheva. 8:14 PM Rockets landing near Kiryat Melachi during funeral of Mira Sharf HY"D and Aaron Semadje HY"D. 8:10 PM Explosions over Ashkelon. […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

70 Citizens Wounded Since Pillar of Defense Began

By Malkah Fleisher

Channel 10 news reports that of the 70 Israelis injured in rocket attacks since the launch of Operation Pillar of Defense on Wednesday, 16 suffered physical injuries and were admitted to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, including a four year with moderate injuries.  Twelve people suffering physical injuries were sent to Soroka Medical Center in […]

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Woman Critically Injured in Rocket Strike

By Jewish Press News Desk

8:40 AM In the past 20 minutes, 30-40 rockets fired from Gaza. There was a direct hit on a house in Kiryat Melachi. Reports of critically wounded woman. 2 injured. People trapped. MDA and police responding. Sirens in Be'er Sheva   8:01 AM Muslim Bros call for global "Day of Rage" against IDF "aggression"   8:00 […]

Felafel on Rye

Don’t Tell My Wife!

By Tzvi Fishman

We spent Shabbat in Ashkelon, visiting my wife’s parents. On Motzei Shabbat, my wife stayed in Ashkelon (in the red glare of the rockets fired from Gaza) so that she could take her mother for a medical treatment in the morning. I drove back to Yerushalayim with my children. Along the way, we passed a stretch of fertile farmland. The heavenly rains that had fallen during Shabbat seemed to have awakened the earth, and the pungent aroma of fresh cow manure wafted into the car. My younger boys started gagging and making jokes, the way children do about such things.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

More Red Alerts in South. Iron Dome Takes Down 2 of 10 Missiles

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Terrorism / News Briefs

More Rockets from Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

At around 4:00 PM on Sunday, rockets from Gaza struck south of Ashkelon in an open area. No injuries or damage were reported. At just after 4:37 PM, additional rockets from Gaza hit in the Eshkol region. Again, no injuries or damage were reported.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Rockets on Southern Israel, 3 Foreign Workers Injured, IAF Hits 3 Launchers

By Malkah Fleisher

Three foreign workers were badly injured by Hamas and Popular Resistance Committee rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel on Wednesday morning.

News Briefs

Rocket Hits Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rocket from Gaza hit Hof Ashkelon on Tuesday evening. Two people were treated for shock, and a house was lightly damaged after the rocket landed a few meters away in the sand in their backyard. (The author of this news brief happened to have been in Ashkelon this evening, and on a personal note […]

News Briefs

Rocket Falls Near Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rocket launched from Gaza hit Ashkelon beach around 8:50PM Monday evening. No injuries or damage was reported.

US / News Briefs

Sacramento-Ashekelon: Sister Cities

By Jewish Press News Desk

To a packed Council Chamber, the Sacramento City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to name Ashkelon as a sister city.

Global / Religion

Rocket Shelled Ashkelon Marked as Den of Apartheid by Sacramento Israel Haters, May Lose Sister City Bid

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The battle is being waged on the internet and phone lines, in the lead-up to a Sacramento City Council meeting on the topic which will take place on August 14.

IDF & Security

Residents of South Back to Life Following Weekend Rockets, Ceasefire

By Malkah Fleisher

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured Israelis on Sunday that Israel’s armed forces would protect residents of the south, as a tentative quiet followed a weekend of rockets lobbed on the region from Gaza. Despite fear, residents move on with life on Sunday.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Four 'Iron Domes' Positioned Near Border, IDF Attacks in Gaza

By Jewish Press Staff

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.

Israel / Photo of the Day

Photo-essay: Southern Israel Under Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

IDF & Security

Israel Strikes Back Against Gaza as Citizens Endure Missiles

By Malkah Fleisher

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."

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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