Lod

2025 deadliest year on record for Arab society in Israel, Abraham Initiatives report finds

According to the data, 252 Arab citizens lost their lives in 218 incidents of violence and crime this year, an increase compared to 2024, when 230 people were murdered.

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)
Emergency service volunteers, together with Jerusalem District Police and other forces, are searching for five people last seen in a Jeep driving near Beit Zayit Dam.

Emergency services halt search for five missing people near Beit Zayit Dam

 Thousands on the platform at the Hashalom Station near Begin Street.

Packed stations, mass delays: Trains across Israel delayed for hours after fatal rail accident

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

Judge allows Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich to work with Likud, maintains ban on PMO role


Too dangerous for Lod murder survivor to go funeral of mother, sister

The police are taking into account the possibility that the assassin fears he was seen and could be ID'd by the twin sister and will try to get to her as well.

 Police investigate the scene of a murder of a mother and her daughter in Lod

Israeli-Arab mother, 14-year-old daughter murdered in Lod

Manar Hajaj and her daughter Hadra were shot dead under the residential building where they live after returning from shopping at the supermarket.

 Police investigate the scene of a murder of a mother and her daughter in Lod

Young Israelis attacked, injured at Bnei Akiva branch in Lod

Despite initial reports that it was Arab rioters who attacked the Bnei Akiva branch, Jews were also reportedly involved • Ben-Gvir calls on Israel's police to deal decisively with terrorists

United Hatzalah volunteers on an ambulance shift (illustration)

Bull in a china shop? In Israel, a bull went amok in a bank

A bull ran away from its owner in the city of Lod, ran through a parking lot and then entered a Leumi Bank branch.

 Bull

Israeli court sends endangered woman to shelter against her will after Lod murder

The woman's attorneys requested to hold the decision until he could file an appeal with the Lod District Court in light of the woman's refusal to go to the shelter.

Aerial view of the central city of Lod. December 17, 2019

Utah marriage ruling isn't civil marriage in Israel, but it's progress - opinion

Civil marriage in Israel is still far off, but for now, the Utah marriage ruling gives couples who need civil marriage somewhere to turn to.

 FINANCE MINISTER Avigdor Liberman, as an opposition MK in 2020, conducts a civil marriage ceremony outside the Knesset.

Lod Mosaic returns home to mosaic center in Lod after world tour

Among the most beautiful mosaics discovered in Israel, the Lod Mosaic with its fantastical motifs of wild animals and marine scenes was first excavated in 1996.

 “Shelby White & Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center”

On This Day: 50 years since JRA terrorists commit Lod Airport Massacre

The dead consisted of 17 Puerto Rican Christian pilgrims, a Canadian and eight Israelis, including Prof. Aharon Katzir.

 Lod Airport circa 1958, now known as Ben-Gurion Airport (Illustrative).

Japanese Red Army founder Shigenobu freed after 20 years

Her once-feared group attempted to cause a global socialist revolution through high-profile terror acts.

 A police officer tries to control traffic on the street during an electric stoppage after an earthquake in Tokyo

Palestinian NGOs laud release of Japan terror head with Lod massacre role

Known as the "empress of terror" Fusako Shigenobu co-founded the Japanese Red Army (JRA) terrorist group and worked with the PFLP.

 Leftist Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu (C), surrounded by police, raises handcuffed hands upon arrival at Tokyo Station following her arrest in Osaka, western Japan November 8, 2000. Three decades of dodging international law enforcement authorities came to an end for the Red Army leader