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Ashkelon inaugurates the largest playground facility in Israel and the world

The city unveiled what it calls the largest playground facility in Israel and the world, a towering lion-shaped structure filled with tunnels, slides and accessible features designed to create a multi-sensory play experience for children

ynet Global | 12.02.25

Polish resort town severs sister city ties with Ashkelon over Gaza war

Sopot, a Baltic Sea resort town, has become the first local authority in Poland to sever ties with its Israeli partner city, accusing Israel of 'full-scale ethnic cleansing in Gaza since 2023'; critics say move ignores the wider context of war

Itamar Eichner, Roni Green Shaulov | 11.30.25

Awz’s new national deep-tech center, The RISE, located in the emerging Tera-Park industrial zone in Ashkelon

Canadian‑Israeli investment group Awz to establish facility in Ashkelon

It will invest $1.3 billion to establish a revolutionary semiconductor fabrication plant for advanced chips for civilian and defense industries, which will anchor Awz’s new national deep-tech center, The RISE, located in Tera-Park industrial zone in Ashkelon

ynet Global | 11.13.25

World’s largest fish spotted off Ashdod in stunning aerial video

Massive but harmless whale shark spotted again off Israel’s coast after sightings near Ashdod and Netanya; experts urge public not to disturb the endangered species as it continues to travel northward in Mediterranean waters

Ilana Curiel | 10.08.25

Shark spotted off Ashkelon coast, beaches closed: 'Everyone out of the water'

Ashkelon closes all beaches after lifeguards spot shark near shore; city urges swimmers to leave water immediately and follow safety instructions as patrols continue

Ilana Curiel | 10.08.25

Panic in southern Israel as Gaza evacuation leaflets blown into Ashkelon

Ashkelon municipality says Arab-language leaflets reached the city due to wind condition, adding that incident is under investigation

Roni Green Shaulov | 09.16.25

Fleeing antisemitism: New York family buys 3 Ashkelon penthouses in NIS 25 million deal

Despite war, high interest rates and a slump in home sales, Israel's luxury market holds steady: A New York family buys three beachfront penthouses in Ashkelon for vacations—and plans to make them home after immigrating

Hila Tsion | 09.02.25

Thousands of jellyfish threaten cooling systems at Ashkelon power plant

Power plant workers avert disruption by clearing intake screens as swarms of stinging nomad jellyfish threaten turbine cooling; electric company uses drones to monitor early-season surge hitting beaches nationwide, from Betzet to Ashkelon

Ilana Curiel, Roni Green Shaulov | 06.27.25

92% of displaced residents return to Gaza border as fighting rages on

Several of the affected communities have completed major renovations and rebuilding efforts after their kibbutzim were burned and destroyed by Hamas terrorists during the attack

Shosh Bedrosian, ILTV | 05.27.25

Air raid sirens sound across southern Israel in most extensive Gaza rocket attack in months

Alerts issues for Ashkelon, Ashdod, Yavne and other towns in Lachish region; Hamas claims responsibility for rocket attack targeting Ashdod; IDF says around 10 rockets fired toward Israel, most intercepted; 3 lightly wounded in rocket impact in Ashkelon

Ynet correspondents | 04.06.25

IDF intercepts Gaza rockets over Ashkelon amid renewed fire

Military counters at least two projectiles with no casualties amid renewed fighting in Gaza; Katz directs territorial expansions to pressure hostage releases and strengthen buffer zones

Yoav Zitun, Roni Green Shaulov, Or Hadar | 03.21.25

Watch Houthi drone explode over Ashkelon, drone detonates over Nahariya

IDF says its aerial defenses intercepted a drone targeting the Upper Galilee region; Shrapnel from a drone that exploded in Nahariya causes damage to a pedestrian bridge leading to the city's train station

Yoav Zitun, Yair Kraus, Matan Tzuri | 10.29.24

The boys held a knife to his throat: Watch robbery attempt on Ashkelon taxi driver

Two 16-year-old boys arrested for attempting to rob a taxi driver in Ashkelon after they were seen in footage pulling out a knife and holding it to his neck; They were caught last week at the end of a police manhunt following the failed robbery

Matan Tzuri | 09.30.24

Ashkelon company to supply tank and APC components to IDF in $23 million order

Defense Ministry signs acquisition deal with Ashot Ashkelon to supply the IDF with tank and APC components for NIS 86 million; Amid the Gaza war, the company has pending orders amounting to $429.4 million

Navit Zomer | 08.22.24

Heroic Sderot mother shields children with her body as rocket sirens wail

Afternoon alarm in southern city caught Gilat Cohen and her 3 children returning from kindergarten; she stopped the car; her kids, knowing the drill, lay down, and she covered them for protection and recited a verse from Isaiah to stay calm

ynet correspondents | 05.13.24

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