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


As defense chiefs confront Netanyahu over Gaza's 'day after,' three IDF divisions back in Gaza

The IDF said it had attacked over 150 targets on Saturday-Sunday, including using a wide range of air and artillery power, a heavy increase in the use of more destructive Israeli war machines.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. April 18, 2024.

Signs of resilience: Carrefour opens new branch in Sderot

Ahead of Independence Day, Carpour marks a year in Israel with the opening of its 90th branch in Sderot.


'I got to meet the soldiers who I had treated. It made everything worthwhile'

The story of veteran MDA staff member Oren Banita from Kibbutz Mefalsim.

 A view of a bomb shelter in which people were killed while they sought refuge during the October 7 killing and kidnapping spree by Palestinian Hamas gunmen from Gaza, in Kibbutz Mefalsim in southern Israel, December 22, 2023

'They shot the ambulance, they shot the station, they are shooting everywhere'

MDA Sderot station. The story of Elor Tawil.

 Elor Tawil, volunteer at the Sderot MDA station

Treating an injured colleague in the living room

The heroic story of Sderot MDA station on October 7.

 MDA Ambulance

Ayalim Village: Attracting students to Sderot with a 7 million investment

Ayalim Association, with support from the Jewish National Fund & Sderot Municipality, refurbishes its student village, offering subsidized rent & cultural activities post-attack.

 The village of the Ayalim Association in Sderot before 7.10

Café Greg reopens Sderot branch six months after war


Israel Prize winners announced, among them Netanyahu critic Eyal Waldman

After this year's prize ceremony being roiled in controversy, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announces the full list of winners of Israel's most prestigious prize.

 Education Minister Yoav Kisch speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon", in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, March 19, 2024.

Sderot Cinematheque to host festival after city suffered on October 7

Excitement is running high ahead of the reopening in the city that suffered over 50 civilian and 20 police casualties on the day of the Hamas massacre.

 THE SDEROT Cinematheque.

Reviving Sderot: SafeSpace Complex for Small Businesses and Start-ups

Sderot's greenhouse launched SafeSpace this week, a complex supporting small businesses and startups in the area, sponsored by Bank Hapoalim and the Sderot Development Fund.