Bat yam

Bat Yam couple arrested for allegedly posing as insurance representatives, defrauding at least 75

In exchange for their services, the couple allegedly demanded a "fee" ranging from NIS 2,000 to NIS 5,000, and in some cases up to NIS 10,000.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Periel Ben David and Sahar Shmuel Abutbul from Bat Yam, suspected of posing as insurance representatives, August 11, 2026.
Illustrative: Hand grenade - A member of the Popular Resistance Committee holds up a grenade during a rally in Gaza City, 27 April 2006.

Two Bat Yam residents charged in Japanika grenade attack linked to gang dispute

The grenade attack was one of several incidents targeting Japanika branches amid a dispute involving the Jarushi and Mosli crime organizations.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Tel Aviv police arrest additional suspect in Japanika grenade attack case

The suspect, a Bat Yam resident in his 20s, was taken for questioning by the Tel Aviv District Central Unit and will be brought before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

|ByALON HACHMON, HODAYA RAN
Image from the arrest of a Bat Yam resident, charged with sexual offenses against his two granddaughters

Israel Police arrest man linked with committing serious sexual offenses against his granddaughters

The investigation found substantial evidence that the suspect had sexually assaulted his granddaughters, claiming he did so to "prepare them for adulthood."

|ByESTHER DAVIS

Suspected incendiary balloon found in Bat Yam

This follows several cases of incendiary balloons landing in the Jerusalem area, which is also at a significant distance from Gaza.

OCTOBER 11, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Bat Yam

Italian marble, a column of buckets and lots of bubble gum

There is ‘Plenty’ to enjoy at Bat Yam’s Ben Ari Museum for Contemporary Art as it kicks off with new management and an exciting new exhibition.

JUNE 20, 2018ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Art from the exhibition 'Plenty' at Bat Yam's Ben Ari Museum for Contemporary Art

Here’s what 9 million shekels look like in EMS vehicles

APRIL 24, 2018ByRAPHAEL POCH
The Jerusalem Post

Trump strategist Tzvika Brot running for Bat Yam mayor

Ultimately, the banners and balloons with Trump’s name in Hebrew that were distributed in Israeli shopping malls did not impact the election.

MARCH 27, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Bat Yam

Woman crushed by crane in Kfar Saba

Soon after the crane fell, Magen David Adom paramedics arrived at the scene, which was near a shopping center at the Ra’anana junction.

FEBRUARY 18, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER
Following the collapse of the crane in Kfar Saba

Man suspected of murdering wife in Bat Yam

An investigation is looking into the circumstances regarding the incident.

JUNE 11, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Israel Police and Magen David Adom.

Dance: Urban entities

Willi Dorner’s ‘Bodies’ is performed at the March Hare Festival in Bat Yam.

MARCH 23, 2017ByORI J. LENKINSKI
Bodies in Urban Spaces, Athens

Bat Yam crane collapse leads to four arrests

Igor Shohat, one of the injured told Channel 2 that he narrowly escaped death when the crane collapsed on his car, while he was parked on the side of the road.

FEBRUARY 14, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Crane collapse in Bat Yam

Multiple injuries in crane collapse in central Israeli town

Magen David Adom reports at least 4 hurt, including one in serious condition.

FEBRUARY 13, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Crane collapse in Bat Yam, February 13, 2017

Report: Former Bat Yam mayor Lahiani to be released early from prison

Lahiani began his eight-month jail sentence in December at the Hermon Prison for breach of public trust and fraud.

MAY 9, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Shlomi Lahiani