Ashkelon

Beyond Headlines: Ashkelon’s lost boy, faith behind his rescue - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Interview with Noam Simchi. July 28, 2026.
Yuval Kogan is found by Israel Police officers in Ashkelon on July 24, 2026.

Missing 4-year-old Yuval Kogan found alive after overnight search near Ashkelon

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Explosive device found near Ashkelon playground, suspect arrested

Captain David Hazutt, 21.

Hezbollah terrorist kills IDF officer, wounds another soldier, during southern Lebanon operation


Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 219?

Rocket falls in Ashkelon, leaves three wounded • IDF calls for civilian evacuation in northern Gaza and portions of Rafah

IDF forces night operation in the West Bank, April 9, 2024.

Gaza border communities struggling to recover six months after evacuation

There’s a sense the government has abandoned these communities, that there is a lack of caring for them, that there is no government here.

 On Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a community center has a large banner calling to bring the hostages home. Seven people were kidnapped from the community, and five have returned.

Reconstruction starts on Zikim Beach for the first time since October 7

The attack on Zikim Beach killed nearly 20 people on the beach, including at least one soldier, as well as multiple residents, and led to the total destruction of beach facilities.

 Destruction of damaged facilities on Zikim Beach to allow for reconstruction efforts, April 4, 2024.

It’s hard for evacuees, even harder if Ethiopian – this NGO can help

Jpost speaks to Ethiopian evacuees about their unique struggles.

 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

Bnei Brak, Ashkelon lead cities with highest municipal election voter turnout

Mayoral candidates Hanoch Zeibert, Yaakov Vider, and  Uriel Menachem Buso made their last pitches to the city's residents on Tuesday.

 An ultra-orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot at a voting station, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024.

Hamas's secret plan to take over Israeli prison on October 7 unveiled - report

The terror group had an ambitious plan on October 7 to storm Ashkelon Central Prison (Shikma Prison) and release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

 Smoke rises as seen from the broken fence in Kfar Aza where Hamas terrorists entered during the October 7tattack, in southern Israel, November 5, 2023

WATCH: Instant karma: Israel kills Gaza terrorist within half hour of launching rocket

The majority of fighting in recent days has been in the South, in particular the area around Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.

 Screenshot of an IDF video showing a strike that reportedly killed a terrorist who had recently fired a rocket at Ashkelon. February 17, 2024.

Don't underestimate the millennials and zoomers of the Israel-Hamas War

Despite their wounds, they all want to get back in the fight – together they will win this war.

 ISRAELI FORCES outside the entrance to the south of Sderot, with Hamas to the west, on October 8.

Families fleeing Ashkelon rocket, Hamas 'hell' live in Jerusalem hotel

Aviva, 36, the mother of four children, spoke about the hell she experienced in the first week of the war and about her current situation in Jerusalem.

 AVIVA SAYS her family benefits from Jerusalem’s ‘educational envelope.’

‘We need to open our hearts’

Brown Hotels founder and co-owner speaks out about hosting evacuees in wartime.

 Leon Avigad, founder of the Brown Hotels Group