Ashkelon

Ashkelon court extends Domrani house arrest, tightens contact ban in grenade case

Domrani was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the overnight throwing of a fragmentation grenade into the yard of a private home in Ashkelon.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Forensic Examiner investigaes the crime scene were Amir Saada, a member in the criminal organization of Shalom Domrani was shot and killed, in Ashkelon , June 17, 2023.
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak

Police closed Highway 90 between Dragot Junction and the Dead Sea hotel district in both directions due to flooding and warned travelers of serious danger.

|ByHODAYA RAN, YOAV ETIEL
Police prevented protesters affiliated with the Peleg Yerushalmi group from entering Ashkelon on December 18th, 2025.

WATCH: Police block Peleg Yerushalmi protesters at Ashkelon city entrances, arresting eight

Hundreds of yeshiva students set out to protest following the arrest and detaining of yeshiva students who attempted to evade the IDF draft.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

'A prank': Israel Police detain suspect for shooting rubber bullets at Ashkelon kindergarten

A six-year-old child reported being struck in the forehead, while two other children said bullets were fired at them, but did not hit.

|ByYANIR YAGNA

Ted Cruz shares video of Ashkelon house destroyed by Hamas rockets

The home visited by Ted Cruz the site of one of Israel's first casualties during the conflict: Soumya Santosh, a caretaker originally from Kerala's Idukki district in India.

JUNE 1, 2021ByAARON REICH, ZACHARY KEYSER
Senator Ted Cruz: Boycotts and other attacks on the livelihood of Jews have been part of antisemitism for centuries.

Israeli woman vows to rebuild home after it is destroyed by Gaza rocket

Sigal Ariely’s house in Ashkelon in southern Israel lies in ruins after a Hamas rocket scored a direct hit mere hours before a cease-fire went into effect

MAY 27, 2021ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
A home in Rishon Lezion is seen destroyed by rocket fire. Two women died: One from the strike, one from a heart attack.

Hamas celebrates truce 'victory,' warns of future resistance against Israel

"We have prepared a serious missile attack that will hit Israel from Haifa in North to Ramon Airport in South," Hamas threatened.

MAY 21, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A Palestinian holds a Hamas flag as he stands next to others atop a walk of the al-Aqsa mosque following clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021.

‘We are in a war zone,’ says head of Israeli hospital targeted by rockets

"When rockets were fired against Jerusalem and we understood that an escalation was about to start, we immediately got ready to receive casualties."

MAY 20, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Barzilai Medical Center Director Prof. Yaniv Sherer meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as he visits the hospital during the operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021.

Gaza border mayors: Rockets on us should have same impact as ones on Tel Aviv

Moves being made in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to extend protection from rockets to 15 km.

MAY 20, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Damage to a house in the Israeli city of Sderot which was hit by rockets fired by Hamas militants in Gaza, into Israel. May 15, 2021.

Fire continues to blaze at Ashkelon's Trans-Israel pipeline - background

Firefighters are still working to control the large fire blazing the trans-Israel energy pipeline in Ashkelon.

MAY 12, 2021ByZEV STUB
Smoke and flames rise after an Gaza rocket hit a school in Ashkelon

Ashkelon was a city of rocket survivors

Although Palestinians in Gaza have launched rockets at Ashkelon for more than a decade, they are now more powerful and the pace more frequent than anyone can remember.

MAY 11, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Rocket-hit building in Ashkelon

Eilat-Ashkelon oil shipping route could cause irreversible damage - Gamliel

Gamliel noted that the Environmental Protection Ministry has been moving towards reducing its use of fossil fuels to "reduce air pollution and the resulting morbidity and mortality."

APRIL 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Map of the UAE oil transfer to Europe and Asia through Israel land-bridge.

Ashkelon rapist tied to another alleged rape from years earlier

Israel Police has so far received one rape complaint against the two, and is currently investigating the suspicion that more female minors were harmed by the pair.

MARCH 22, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
"Enough, the man is a rapist," reads a sign at the youth protest against the recent violence against women, March 15, 2021.

Oncologist and suspected sexual offender breaks promise, resumes practice

After he had moved to China for a few years to work in the oncology field there, his accusers found out lately that he has in fact returned to Israel, continuing to practice.

MARCH 18, 2021BySARAH BEN-NUN
Illustrative image of a doctor bandaging patient hand.