Ashkelon

Train, road disruptions expected across central Israel over next week, starting tonight

Affected train passengers can contact Israel Railways at *5770, while bus passengers can call the national public transportation information hotline at *4515.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
Passengers at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 24, 2026.
WOMEN AT a meeting of the Jerusalem Barnard Book Club.

English-language book clubs across Israel keep Anglo women on the same page

“Some members of our group have lived in Israel for 40 years and they could read the books in Hebrew, yet they love to come to our group. It’s very important to all of us.”

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Passengers at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 24, 2026.

Israel Railways to reduce service in central Israel 'during peak hours only' for planned work

It was not immediately clear why the railway chose to perform the October 28-29 infrastructure work during peak hours, including rush hours, on two consecutive workdays right after the elections.

|ByAARON GLICK
Illustrative: Police car at night

Vehicle registered to PMO shot at in attempted assassination of crime boss Domrani's son - report

Police found that the vehicle was registered to Boaz Assayag, one of Netanyahu's drivers, who had previously testified in the prime minister's corruption trial.

|BySARAH MOSKOWITZ

The unsung heroes of Breaking Dawn - editorial

Do politicians feel no shame that the residents of the South are exposed to danger?

AUGUST 9, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
The damage caused to a house and the surrounding from a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in a Moshav near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 7, 2022.

Israelis unable to work amid security lockdowns to receive financial compensation

The Finance Minister has doubled down on his prior promise to compensate any worker who has lost income due to rocket fire.

AUGUST 8, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Rockets are fired toward Israel from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022.

Avigdor Liberman promises compensation for embattled residents

“It was fine, better than corona because kindergarten was open,” a resident of Kfar Aza joked, but conditions are rough. “I couldn’t even get to the end of an email [without sirens going off]."

AUGUST 7, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at a cabinet meeting on 24/07/2022.

IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket fire on Israel

Two rocket launches were identified by Israeli air defense in Ashkelon, two more in Lachish Regional Council.

JULY 16, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM, ROMAN MEITAV
Iron Dome missile defense interceptors are shot over the Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel's conflict with Hamas in May 2021.

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire breaks two-month lull

A military observation balloon fell in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Friday.

JUNE 18, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, September 11, 2021

Courts grant woman a Get after husband loses ability to speak

He originally refused to grant her a divorce before suffering a stroke and going mute, making it nearly impossible for him to grant one in the future.

JUNE 14, 2022ByBEN ZION GAD
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.

Fatal bombing case from 2012 finally solved by Israeli, Moroccan authorities

Lior Hadad, 36, was charged with the murder and attempted murder of Zion Yanna and his brother in a revenge hit for a southern Israel gang. He fled to Morocco the day after the bombing.

APRIL 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YANIR YAGNA/WALLA!
Arrest of Lior Hadad, 36, for the murder of Zion Yanna in 2012.

Attempted terror attack in Ashkelon; terrorist killed

The man in his 40s, from Hebron, attempted to stab a police officer with a knife.

APRIL 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Emergency vehicles at the scene of a stabbing in Ashkelon on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Ashkelon restoration project puts Roman basilica columns back in place

The massive marble columns weigh over seven tons. The fourth column will be placed next week.

APRIL 4, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Restoration of statues and columns of the Roman basilica at the Ashkelon National Park. A fourth column is scheduled to be put in place next week.

Ashkelon Municipality says company tried to hide oil leak

The Environmental Protection Ministry found a leak in a tank holding 20,000 liters of oil.

FEBRUARY 15, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
An aerial view shows storage tanks at the oil terminal of Europe Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC) off the Mediterranean coast in Ashkelon, Israel June 10, 2021.