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Iran spams Israeli phones, cyber directorate warns recipients to not respond

The messages read "the Doors of the embassies of the Islamic Republic of I.R.A.N. are open to you."

MANY ISRAELIS are receiving messages from Iran.
Children arrive for the first day of school in the Israeli town of Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2025.

Israel to ban student use of cell phones on elementary school property, starting February

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, his wife Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte arrive at a military airport in Warsaw, Poland July 17, 2017

Prince William reveals his three children have no mobile phones

Hostages Ariel and David Cunio on a phone call with their mother, Silvia, ahead of their slated release from Gaza terror captivity, October 13, 2025.

'They seem fine, I thought they would be worse,' Silvia Cunio on hostage sons Ariel and David


Largest ever attempted cell phone smuggling into prison thwarted

The prisoner attempted to smuggle over 40 cellular devices inside his body into the Ofer Prison.

Cellphones a Palestinian detainee attempted to smuggle into Ofer Prison, April 2021

How to sell mobile phone during lockdown


Israeli peripheries and non-central areas to get better cellular network

"The peripheries around Israel are national destinations and therefore need advanced infrastructure and full cellular coverage."

Two arab boys sit on the Street with their phone seen near Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City on October 5th, 2016.

NASA grants Nokia $14 m. to set up 4G cell service on the Moon

"This fully integrated cellular network meets the stringent size, weight and power constraints of space payloads in the smallest possible form factor."

A super moon is pictured at the beginning of a total lunar eclipse above Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on September 28, 2015.

End of an era: Jerusalem to remove all remaining public phones

"The removal of public telephones is another part of the plan to improve the city's surface. Unmaintained telephones have become a nuisance that has no real need," said Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion.

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Apple Pay to launch in Israel by the end of this year

The introduction of Apple Pay in Israel is part of a worldwide revolution expected to take place within the next year.

A gentleman paying for coffee with an iPhone 6 with Square's apple pay and EMV reader.

Shin Bet spied on civilians for years without Knesset approval - report

A limited committee formed by the Justice Ministry approved the plan and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit later approved the plan as well.

Different types of 4G, 5G and data radio relay antennas for mobile phone networks are pictured on a relay mast operated by Vodafone in Berlin, Germany April 8, 2019.

Can you get coronavirus from your smartphone?

The CDC recommends cleaning and disinfecting “high-touch” surfaces including phones, tables, doorknobs, light switches, tablets, and more.

People wearing protective face masks use a smartphone on a street amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns

Yoaz Hendel: Better telecoms, 5G, will soon become a reality in Israel

Minister Yoaz Hendel says Internet infrastructure more important than ever in age of coronavirus.

YOAZ HENDEL: Anything that doesn’t involve people’s livelihoods is less important now.

Israelis use special phone case to avoid Shin Bet's coronavirus tracking

While people are using the cases to avoid Shin Bet tracking, they could unknowingly be infected with the coronavirus, and be out in public when they would have otherwise been in quarantine.

People wearing face masks take a picture with a mobile phone outside Rafik Hariri hospital, where Lebanon's first coronavirus case is being quarantined, in Beirut