Israel Prize award ceremony to be held in Sderot this year
Education Minister Kisch announces 1st Israel Prize award ceremony since massacre to be held in southern Israel in solidarity with the heroic residents who are rebuilding after October 7.
Education Minister Kisch announces 1st Israel Prize award ceremony since massacre to be held in southern Israel in solidarity with the heroic residents who are rebuilding after October 7.
After five months away from home, residents of Kiryat Shmona and Sderot, evacuated to Jerusalem, find it difficult to celebrate Purim in the shadow of war and longing for their homes.
Staff at Sderot's Ariel youth group hold reopening event featuring Purim fair and activities, marking homecoming after five months of exile.
Sderot train station expected to resume operations on Monday, for the first time since the war broke out on October 7, 2023.
60% of students return to school today, 5 months after October 7 massacre, with many parents and students still fearful for their safety.
According to the timetable that will be approved by the IDF, the return will be possible as of 1 March 2024. Those who choose to remain in hotels will be able to stay there until 7 July 2024.
Mayor Alon Davidi says that the Prime Minister must personally guarantee that it is safe for citizens to return home.
Municipal leaders from the Gaza envelope are refusing to leave the Prime Minister's Office until they meet with him to discuss a plan for their residents to return home.
Sderot, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem on road to economic recovery from outbreak of war, while northern communities of Kiryat Shmona and Shlomi have not begun to recover.
The suspects, from Dimona and Be'er Sheva, allegedly stole computers that were used by the children for their studies from the Royal Hotel by the Dead Sea.
In NYT editorial, Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi calls on the world to make the war in Gaza the turning point towards a better life on both sides of the border.
Three months after terrorists ravaged the town, students at the Sderot Hesder Yeshiva have returned.
Mayor Alon Davidi tells the Cabinet the first step they must take to rehabilitate Sderot and the Gaza region.
Rockets launched from Gaza land in three locations in Israel, including in home yard; four homes and packaging plant suffer damage.
Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Gaza area leaders who demanded that Hamas be eliminated.
The Prime Minister visited the site of the police station where Hamas terrorists barricaded themselves on October 7th.
Alon Davidi, mayor of Sderot, speaks about government aid to his evacuated city, says: 'I feel that in an emergency, we always need more.'
Graffiti, swastikas, spray-painted on Chabad house in southern Israel.
Sderot mayor: "Our teams are on the front lines but are stretched out capacity, and we are in desperate need of immediate support"
Hamas claims latest barrage was in retaliation for the assassination of one of its chief military leaders. 3 hurt, 1 seriously.
A rocket barrage cut short a press conference by MK Danny Danon As he and the press rushed to a shelter.
Rocket barrage pn Sderot leaves 20-year-old woman critically injured, two men seriously and lightly injured.
Superintendent Mali Shoshana & another police officer led shootout until ammunition ran out: 'I asked them to tell my son that I love him.'
Deputy Superintendent Ely Levy says searches being conducted in buildings surrounding liberated Sderot police station.
10 terrorists neutralized after barricading themselves inside police station for almost entire day, using building to shoot at residents.
The order has been given to bulldoze the station entirely if necessary.
Terrified civilians film terrorists driving freely through Sderot streets, as the vehicle's passengers fire towards a police car.
Following the fast of Yom Kippur, students at the Sderot hesder yeshiva break out in song and dance.
Remains of one rocket hit home in Sderot, no injuries. IDF strikes targets in Gaza in retaliation.
Mayor Alon Davidi was impressed by Rescuers Without Borders' mission to fit and make eyeglasses for Holocaust survivors.
Traumatized Israelis living near Gaza turn to unusual source for help: lizards, birds and other animals.
Three arrested following violent disruption of Economy Min. Barkat's speech in Sderot. 'Stop being so violent.'
Minister Orit Strock: We came to strengthen the residents of Sderot and found ourselves under fire.
We need to remember that terror is primarily about creating fear, anxiety, and hysteria - and we do not have to fall prey to that.
Sara Tautang was found after being missing for forty hours, in a state of heat exhaustion, by an Israel Dog Unit volunteer.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responded to Likud's reply to his criticism of the government's retaliation to rocket attacks.
IDF's retaliation for rocket attacks 'was no response,' says Sderot woman whose home was damaged in rocket attack.
Husband tells INN terrorists deliberately fired rocket barrage at the time when children were returning from school.
Mayor Alon Davidi says his city has endured rocket attacks from Gaza for years, residents deserve to live in safety.
Sderot has sustained thousands of Kassam rockets over the years. The more the rockets fly - the more Sderot grows and expands. Op-ed.
8-story apartment building in Sderot hit by shrapnel during Gaza rocket attack.
Sirens sound in communities located near the border with the Gaza Strip and in Sderot. IDF says 16 launches identified.
Sirens heard in Ashkelon, Sderot and other communities. Six rockets fired, five of them intercepted and one lands in open area.
Older sister drops infant while running for bomb shelter during overnight rocket attacks, leading to injury.
Iron Dome intercepts rocket fired from Gaza. Red alert siren sounds in Sderot, Ibim, and Nir during memorial to Ella Abukasis.
Students of Yeshivat Lev Leda’at and Sderot residents set out to raise morale by protesting with support and encouragement, songs, and joy.
President Isaac Herzog visits Sderot, meets local authority heads from the Gaza border area.
Sderot Mayor tells INN: The first lesson is that you can eliminate terrorists, and next time we should hit them immediately without waiting.
Sirens heard in southern and central Israel. At least 100 rockets fired, of which 60 entered Israel and 33 were intercepted by Iron Dome.
Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi blasts conduct of security establishment. "Terrorists must be eliminated and threats must be neutralized."
Children with disabilities spend a weekend at the southern Yeshiva
Police investigating whether shooting, pipe bomb, incidents are connected.
Sderot Mayor after rocket damages home in the city: I expect the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and cabinet not to accept this.
Rocket shrapnel hits yard and car in Sderot. Fire breaks out - but no injuries reported.
Driving instructor tries to revive student who passed out in middle of driving test in Sderot.
Police investigating after grenade is thrown at the home of a senior Defense Ministry official in Sderot.
Mother of fallen soldier, MK Bezalel Smotrich, participate in Hanukkah event, lighting candles in a unique menorah.
'Given the very complex situation in Sderot, the children suffer from post-trauma even when it’s quiet,' says Sderot Hesder Yeshiva rabbi.
Mother and son lived together in the apartment in which the murder occurred, initial investigations show.
Rabbi Aryeh Gamliel, the former Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, has passed away in the city of Sderot.