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Israel Sci-Tech School Henry Ronson in Ashkelon
August 21, 2025, 2:24 pm
Ronson Family Foundation gives £890k to Israel sci-tech schools affected by Gaza war
UK grant giving charity says it is 'proud to stand with the resilient people of Ashkelon' and support 'next generation of learners'
By Michelle Rosenberg
Boats carrying hostage families and supporters sail from Ashkelon toward the Gaza maritime border during Thursday's flotilla protest. Photo Credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum
August 7, 2025, 3:10 pm
Hostage families launch Gaza flotilla demanding ceasefire and return deal
Relatives of captives drop buoys and shout messages offshore in symbolic protest; organisers call on leaders to act before it’s “too late”
By Annabel Sinclair
The wedding ring from the late Itay Moreno and the soldier himself Pic: IDF Spokesman's Unit
August 27, 2024, 4:11 pm
Dozens help in successful search for war widow’s ring
Fallen soldier's wedding band successfully found on Israeli beach
By Jenni Frazer
Hostages released since the truce: Eitan Yahalomi with his mother and Emily Hand with her father
November 28, 2023, 12:01 am
BLOG – Israel at war; Hamas hostages: Day 56
Israel-Hamas ceasefire extended for 24 hours; at least 8 hostages expected to be released on Thursday
Entrance to the second house provided with supplies.
October 20, 2023, 9:46 am
‘We simply had to get a grip’ – supplying civilians under fire in Ashkelon
Itay Gross reports on the resolute efforts of a makeshift civilian volunteer centre just nine miles from Gaza
By Itay Gross
Israeli police run near the scene where a rocket from Gaza landed in Ashkelon on Tuesday (Photo: Reuters/Nir Elias)
May 11, 2021, 7:17 pm
Many Israelis and Palestinians killed in Tuesday’s rockets and air strikes
Tuesday saw the most serious outbreak of fighting in Gaza and southern Israel since 2019
By Michael Daventry
Ultra-Orthodox Jews line up to vote for Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 6, 2020, 11:48 am
Israeli police lock down Charedi areas after police infiltrate illicit meetings
City of Bnei Brak placed in quarantine along with major Orthodox population centres and areas of Jerusalem, as anger and resentment grows at refusal to adhere to guidelines
By Jewish News Reporter
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs his wife Sara after first exit poll results for the Israeli elections at his party's headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 3, 2020, 3:12 pm
OPINION: Biggest battles are still ahead for energised Bibi
Richard Pater dissects the results of Israel's third election in 12 months, reflecting on high voter turnout and the implications for embattled PM Netanyahu
By Richard Pater
Osher Band, 15, a transgender girl from Ashkelon who has been bullied and prevented from attending school. (YouTube screenshot via Times of Israel)
April 23, 2019, 3:03 pm
Orthodox rabbis in Israel send letter of support to bullied transgender teen
A dozen religious leaders write letter of support after Osher Band, 15, remained at home from school since she was attacked verbally and physically
By JTA
A Palestinian charged with collaborating with Israel sits on his bunk in his cell at a prison in Gaza City. (Photo credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)
April 4, 2019, 12:13 pm
Revealed: Gaza ‘collaborators’ making new lives inside Israel
EXCLUSIVE: Former mayor of Sderot reveals that Palestinians who once lived in Gaza have now made their home in the Israeli border town
By Jenni Frazer
Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile system.
November 14, 2018, 2:01 pm
Charities launch emergency appeal after Gaza rocket barrage
ORT and Emunah are among those to respond to Gaza border violence with fundraising drive aimed at building more shelters
Smoke trails are seen after Hamas rockets are fired in the southern Gaza Strip towards southern Israel, in 2012.
June 18, 2018, 12:08 pm
IDF responds to rockets from Gaza with airstrikes on Hamas targets
Sirens rang out across southern Israel after three projectiles were fired by Palestinian terrorists into the Jewish state, leading to a response from the IDF
By JTA
The Shabbaton choir during their performance at the Laniado Hospital, Netanya
February 15, 2018, 11:15 am
London Shabbaton Choir return from Israel trip after singing at 17 events
Delegation comes back from whirlwind tour to the holy land, where they entertained hospital patients, war veterans and the vulnerable
An Israeli Air Force plane in action
December 19, 2017, 9:25 am
Israeli jets hit six Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rockets
Planes hit military compound and bases used to carry out terror attacks according to the IDF
By JTA
Rocket fired from Gaza to southern Israel (2017)
December 8, 2017, 1:03 pm
Two rockets fired on Israel land in Gaza
IDF says the projectiles which were aimed at the Jewish state triggered alarms but landed in the Palestinian coastal territory
By JTA
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