Lod

WATCH: Eighteen rescued from Lod apartment fire, including infants and elderly

Officials confirm a full investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the fire.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Firefighters work to contain a fire in an 8-story residential building in Lod. May 30, 2026.
The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Israeli indicted for allegedly sending sensitive-site footage to foreign agent during Iran war

27-year-old Tira resident Ahmad Daas is charged with contact with a foreign agent and four counts of passing information to the enemy with intent to harm state security.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli Police

Petah Tikva teacher sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex offenses against student

Sharon, who was an English teacher at a middle school, committed the offenses over a period of about two years, when the student was between the ages of 12 and 14, according to the prosecution.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.

Police arrest three suspects in Arab community murders

Two of the suspects were arrested following a case from Friday, in which a man in his 50s was shot in Tel Aviv.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Excavators uncover 1,700 year-old mosaic in Lod

The decorative work is one of many that paved a luxurious Roman villa.

JULY 29, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
A depiction of a bird in the newly discovered Lod mosaic

Israeli mayor prevents Arabs from buying their Lod homes

The city of Lod claims other motives.

APRIL 24, 2018BySHLOMIT TSUR/ GLOBES
Lod city center

Film for change

The Social Film Festival will take place in Lod from October 23 to 26.

OCTOBER 19, 2017ByBARRY DAVIS
Avishai Ben Baruch: Looking to generate ripples across the social strata spectrum.

Extreme-right to Arabs in Israel: ‘We can solve all your problems’

Former MK Michael Ben-Ari releases video in Arabic in which he calls on Arabs in Lod to move to an Arab country, saying, "Israel is the land of the Jews.”

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017ByHAGAY HACOHEN
MK Michael Ben-Ari

Police break up wedding over 14-year-old bride

The groom, reported to be in his 20s, and the girl’s father were arrested on Monday night prior to the ceremony.

AUGUST 30, 2017ByJTA
Crime scene [illustrative]

Double life sentences upheld for Israeli woman who murdered her children

A psychiatric evaluation found that Aloni was fit to stand trial and serve her sentence.

JUNE 14, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The Supreme Court, Jerusalem

Fine against muezzin kindles fresh controversy over Muslim call to prayer

"We don't want to give excuses to fundamentalist Muslims to convince young people that the others are anti-Islam."

NOVEMBER 21, 2016ByBEN LYNFIELD
Residents sit with cups of coffee outside their apartment building in Lod

Metro Grapevine: Holiday Giving

News briefs from around Israel.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Arye Deri

Supreme Court demurs on furlough for crime boss

In 2004, Rosenstein was charged with ecstasy trafficking in a joint investigation conducted by the Justice Ministry and the US Justice Department.

MARCH 1, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Crime scene [illustrative]

Liberation from limitation

The AXIS troupe inspires with integrated dance.

JANUARY 21, 2016ByMIRIAM KRESH
The AXIS integrated dance company of able-bodied and disabled dancers has got the moves – here at Lod’s Ganei Aviv community center