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Eilat port December 2025. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg
January 6, 2026, 11:55 am
Eilat: Pack your bags – Israel’s winter wonderland is open for business
SPECIAL REPORT: Jewish cowboys, desert landscapes, nature reserves, wildlife and extreme sport: Michelle Rosenberg experiences the best of Israel's Red Sea resort
By Michelle Rosenberg
The aftermath of the Houthi drone strike, as seen via pictures shared widely on social media
September 25, 2025, 11:44 am
Houthi drone strikes Eilat, injuring 20
This is the third such attack on Israel's southern city in the last few weeks
By Jewish News Reporter
Prior to 7 October, Eilat was the key harbour used to import vehicles into the country (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Adiel lo)
July 17, 2025, 5:14 pm
Eilat port due to close after failure to pay city taxes
Israel's southern harbour has suffered significantly from the surge in Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping: the Israeli government is organising a meeting to look for a solution
By Daniel Sugarman
Josh (right) with a cousin in Eilat in the early 2000s.
May 20, 2025, 9:19 am
OPINION: Eilat 2001: Innocence on the edge of a storm
Josh Glancy looks back to when Jewish Londoners relaxed in paradise, oblivious to a darkening future just beyond the desert hills
By Josh Glancy
An aerial view of Midreshet Sde Boker in Israel's Negev desert region
December 4, 2023, 1:59 pm
Canadian-Israeli Sylvan Adams pledges $100m ‘to strengthen Israel’s south’
Gift will go to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which has a significant presence in a region badly shaken by the attacks of 7 October
By Jewish News Reporter
Coral Beach, Eilat
June 21, 2023, 1:28 pm
Israeli airline launches limited direct flight from Luton to Eilat
Israir offering charter flight from London Luton to Eilat Ramon airport between 24 December and 1 January
By Michelle Rosenberg
Coral Beach, Eilat
March 9, 2023, 5:02 pm
Winter lingers on in the UK, but in Eilat the sun is shining and the music is playing
A music-themed hotel is the perfect base for all that Eilat has to offer
By James Martin
Israeli singer Noa Kirel will headline the contest (Photo: IDF)
October 29, 2021, 12:41 pm
Miss Universe in Eilat will feature first-ever UAE contestant
Morocco will also return for the first time in over four decades as Israeli singer Noa Kirel headlines the contest
By Jewish News Reporter
Eilat beach and harbour (Credit: Banja-Frans Mulder, Wikipedia Commons)
September 2, 2020, 4:21 pm
Charges filed against 11 men and teens over alleged Eilat gang rape of girl, 16
Two of the teens allegedly raped the girl while others encouraged them and filmed the encounters, according to the investigation
By Jewish News Reporter
July 12, 2020, 8:24 am
The Israel Pages
How can you still see, feel, hear and learn about Israel, when you can't go there? Andrew Gilbert's dynamic directory with UJIA will give you virtually everything you need!
By Andrew Gilbert
Eilat
April 10, 2020, 3:29 pm
Earthquake felt in Eilat
Southern Israeli city felt quake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale 
By JTA
Diving in red sea by the Coral. (Wikipedia/Lehava Center Dimona)
February 20, 2019, 11:06 am
Israeli scientists hope Red Sea discovery gives hope for world’s coral reefs
Despite reefs declining over the world, experts from the Jewish state say they "have not witnessed a single bleaching event in the Gulf of Aqaba" by Eilat
Eilat
December 2, 2018, 11:23 am
Jordanian assaults two Israeli co-workers in Eilat attack
Man on his second day on a job in Eilat port attack colleagues with a hammer in what police said may have been a terrorist attack.
By JTA
Eilat
June 19, 2018, 5:01 pm
Wizz Air to launch only direct London-to-Eilat route in October
Low-cost airline announces new direct flight from Luton Airport to Israel's southern-most city, which is set to start later this year
By Jewish News Reporter
Netta Barzilai won this year's Eurovision for Israel
June 12, 2018, 4:05 pm
Eurovision in Israel: Jerusalem not the only city being considered as host
Israelis reportedly will present Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Eilat as possible host cities, after the Ministry of Communications announced that politics would be kept out of the decision
By JTA
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