Ashkelon is hosting a free-jump skydiving event, featuring 120 parachutists from around the world, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday. The jump will take place at the Bar Kochba beach.

An Air Force fly-by will begin from Haifa and reach Ashkelon between 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. A Naval flotilla from Haifa will arrive around 2 p.m.