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Fatal kitesurfing accident at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach: One dead, two injured due to extreme winds

A 46-year-old kitesurfer was killed and two others injured at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach after extreme winds threw them into rocks. Authorities are investigating the tragic incident.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER
Police on the scene of a kitesurfing incident in Bat Yam.
A HOLOCAUST survivor reunites with her lost dog, Charlie, in Jaffa, December 28, 2025.

Jaffa police reunite 85-year-old Holocaust survivor with lost dog

The 85-year-old survivor's home in Jaffa had been broken into the previous week, and several items were stolen. During the theft, the woman's dog, Charlie, went missing.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

State indicts Tel Aviv man with rape after alleged drugging at Bat Yam event

Prosecutors allege Zainab raped the complainant by vaginal penetration while exploiting the fact that her senses were “blurred” by substances and she was unable to give free consent. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Palestinians breach Lachish fence; IDF and police launch manhunt

Police in the Lachish district began a search operation after IDF forces in the area failed to prevent the infiltration.

|ByYANIR YAGNA

Man stabbed by assailant shouting 'All the Jews need to be killed!'

"I tried to push him away, and then he took out a screwdriver, started to stab me and said 'All the Jews need to be killed, you stinking Jew.'"

DECEMBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Knife attack (descriptive)

42-year-old woman found dead after being reported missing

The woman was found Sunday night and pronounced dead, the reason for her going missing is still unknown.

OCTOBER 21, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Anat Alisha, who went missing late on October 19, 2019.

Moving thought

Renown dance authority André Lepecki speaks his mind in Israel

FEBRUARY 21, 2019ByORI J. LENKINSKI
A PERFORMANCE of Iris Erez’s ‘Locally.’

What is the most densely populated city in Israel?

Bnei Brak is the most densely populated city in Israel.

FEBRUARY 20, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HAREDIM GATHER en masse in Bnei Brak. Is their leadership’s political model sustainable?

Dreaming impossible dreams?

“I grew up in a poor neighborhood in Bat Yam, where nobody cared about aesthetics. Everybody was too busy fighting their daily battles. All people thought about was how to survive."

JANUARY 24, 2019ByCARL HOFFMAN
VIEW OF a Liran Ben Ivgi architectural project

Suspected incendiary balloon found in Bat Yam

This follows several cases of incendiary balloons landing in the Jerusalem area, which is also at a significant distance from Gaza.

OCTOBER 11, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Bat Yam

Italian marble, a column of buckets and lots of bubble gum

There is ‘Plenty’ to enjoy at Bat Yam’s Ben Ari Museum for Contemporary Art as it kicks off with new management and an exciting new exhibition.

JUNE 20, 2018ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Art from the exhibition 'Plenty' at Bat Yam's Ben Ari Museum for Contemporary Art

Here’s what 9 million shekels look like in EMS vehicles

APRIL 24, 2018ByRAPHAEL POCH
The Jerusalem Post

Trump strategist Tzvika Brot running for Bat Yam mayor

Ultimately, the banners and balloons with Trump’s name in Hebrew that were distributed in Israeli shopping malls did not impact the election.

MARCH 27, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Bat Yam

Woman crushed by crane in Kfar Saba

Soon after the crane fell, Magen David Adom paramedics arrived at the scene, which was near a shopping center at the Ra’anana junction.

FEBRUARY 18, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER
Following the collapse of the crane in Kfar Saba