Sderot

Sderot Women’s Theater premieres dark October 7 comedy play ‘Laughing on the Border’

In the new play, Sderot Women’s Theater Ensemble uses black comedy to process the October 7 massacre.

EVEN IN rehearsals, the trauma remains close to the surface.
Two of the 60 puppies up for adoption in Sderots's animal shelter.

While Israeli children enjoy summer break, 60 puppies born in southern Israel wait for adoption

 IDF Soldiers, Kibbutz Beeri October 15, 2023

Gaza border leaders furious, oppose planned security force cuts

Cafe Chico in Sderot, July 20, 2026

Population booming three years after Oct. 7, Sderot looks to show visitors city's resiliency


Reporter's Notebook: War seems far away in the Gaza border communities

On Tuesday, Hamas did not launch rockets at Israel. In fact, despite the overnight airstrikes, there did not seem to be a sense of a new operation truly looming.

 Israeli soldiers stand guard on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on March 18, 2025.

Itamar's Home: A center for animal-assisted therapy for children in Sderot

The shipping company ZIM will expand the trauma treatment center in Sderot, which will be named after Staff Sergeant Itamar Ben Yehuda, a Golani fighter who fell on October 7, 2023.

 ZIM Shipping Center in Sderot

Sderot launches first-of-its-kind initiative to combat antisemitism in gaming

Partnering with the National Digital Center and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry, the Sderot Municipality launched an initiative aimed at addressing hate speech and antisemitism in digital gaming.

 A screenshot of a swastika built in 'Fortnite' video game.

The residents of Israel's South are our line of defense, they need our support - opinion

It’s time for central Israel to understand: Israel’s resilience depends on the strength of its periphery.

 VOLUNTEERS RENOVATE homes destroyed during the October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. If not for the determination of Western Negev residents to remain on their land, we would have been met with Hamas terrorists deep inside Israel, the writer asserts.

Communities in Israel’s south balance regeneration and preservation a year after Oct. 7

Fourteen months after October 7, Israel's southern communities struggle to balance rebuilding with preserving memories as tourists visit attack sites while residents return home.

 Protesters in Sderot gather for the 'Gaza March,' May 14, 2024

IDF checking if drone incident in southern Israel was a result of a false identification

According to an initial investigation, the drone was likely launched from Yemen, Israeli media reported. 

 A drone is seen during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on October 4, 2023; Illustration.

Joint initiative with Sapir College, Aliyah Ministry aims to rehabilitate Israel's South with Olim

The program officially launched in mid-November upon the enrollment of 17 new immigrants to Israel at Sapir College.

 Main Building of Sapir College in southern Israel.

Calling the attacks in the Dutch capital antisemitic is burying our heads in the sand - opinion

From Amsterdam to Sderot, the ideology is the same. It is a deep-rooted hatred for any expression of democratic and liberal values.

 THE WRITER speaks at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in September. Hatred of Jews is a central component of radical Islam’s rhetoric, but it is merely part of a greater objective – destabilizing the free world order, he maintains.

Bringing hope to Gaza border communities: First cohort of Kolot's 'Restart' program graduates

This marks the launch of various ventures, including a festival project, a therapeutic space with therapy animals, and a holistic health program for women. 

 The first cohort of Restart, including 15 residents of the Gaza border communities, graduated recently in Sderot.

'They're shooting at the ambulance, the station, they’re shooting everywhere'

MDA staff members realized this wasn’t just a case of missile fire; gunmen were inside the city.

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7