Lod

Mother, partner indicted over alleged sexual abuse of four children

The woman, 33, and the man, 43, both from central Israel, are accused of numerous sexual offenses against the four children. The woman’s daughters were between 8 and 12-years-old at the time.

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.
Magen David Adom vehicles.

Three children killed in separate fatal accidents across Israel over one day

View of Savidor train station in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2026; Illustrative.

Israel Railways resumes train service between Tel Aviv and Lod after electrical failure

People stand at polling station during the Likud party internal elections, which were halted following a court order, at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026.

Court blocks planned Likud vote over disputed primary rules


On this day: Japanese terrorists kill 26 in Israel's Lod Airport Massacre

Two of the shooters died during the incident but one, Kozo Okamoto, survived and was taken into custody.

Empty El Al Israel Airlines check-in counters are seen at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel February 27, 2020.

Public Security Ministry drafts plan to handle possible future unrest

The program includes enlisting about 5000 new police officers over the course of three years, as well as 300 to be enlisted immediately to assist in local authorities.

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central city of Lod, May 12, 2021.

Molotov cocktails thrown at Jewish home in Lod

Video reportedly from the scene showed two suspects throwing Molotov cocktails towards a Jewish home.

Molotov cocktail in hand

Requests for gun licenses spike after violence in Israel’s cities

‘People’s sense of security has gone down,’ says shooting instructor

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central city of Lod, May 12, 2021.

Rivlin promotes unity in Israel at farewell gatherings

Rivlin has less than two months left in which to complete his tenure. His successor will be elected on June 2.

President Reuven Rivlin is seen at a farewell gathering as his term nears its end.

14 Days: The Gaza War

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

Victims of Hamas rocket fire in Israel, May, 2021

Ra'anana Jewish school principal filmed throwing rocks at Arabs in Lod

Meretz chairman MK Nitzan Horowitz calls on Education Minister Yoav Gallant to fire principal

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city, and ongoing this evening. May 12, 2021.

State of emergency in Lod extended amid riots; Arab work sector strikes

The violence continued across Israel on Monday as police, as well as Fire and Rescue Services, struggled to respond to the volume of incidents.

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city, and ongoing this evening. May 12, 2021.

Lod resident, 56, first Jewish victim from Arab riots in mixed city

Seven people suspected of being involved in violent riots in Lod were arrested during the night between Sunday and Monday as additional Border Police units were dispatched to the city.

This is Hamas’s victory image. Policemen stand near a burning police car during clashes with Arab rioters in the Arab-Jewish town of Lod this week.

Mansour Abbas visits Lod, calls for calm amid Arab-Jewish violence

After calling for calm, Abbas also indicated that some of the rioters were not residents of Lod.

Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas.