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Fattal announces 12 new hotels, luxury resorts and Dead Sea water park

Fattal Hotels plans to open 12 new properties across Israel by 2030, adding more than 2,000 rooms; The expansion includes luxury and boutique hotels, a Dead Sea water park and major renovations of existing properties

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 10.15.26

'Religious and secular live together here': Inside a mixed community near the Dead Sea

Roni and Raheli live in the mixed religious-secular community of Kedem Arava near the Dead Sea; she is religious, he left the faith, and together they built a desert inn that hosted filming for the new Givat Halfon movie

Assi Haim | 09.05.26

Earthquake hits Egypt and southern Israel: ‘Everything shook’

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake centered in Egypt was felt mainly in southern Israel, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

ynet | 08.03.26

Israel records hottest day in nearly a year as temperatures hit 44.7°C

The temperature measured at Sodom was the highest recorded in Israel since last August; forecasters expect a brief dip before heat and humidity intensify again later this week

Ilana Curiel | 07.20.26

Dead Sea level keeps falling, but Israel still has no rescue plan

State comptroller report says the Dead Sea is falling by about 1.15 meters a year, 11 of 12 northern basin development projects remain unfinished and Israel is still failing to prepare for mounting climate risks

Yaron Drukman | 06.30.26

Inside the 'secret river' of the Dead Sea: stunning but forbidden desert landscape

Drone photographer Arik Danino captured footage of the 'secret river' in the Dead Sea area, a man-made canyon from brine flows, a closed military zone off-limits for mines, sinkholes and Jordan border proximity, with sci-fi-like landscapes

Assaf Kamar | 06.06.26

Inside the sunken Dead Sea party boat that became a desert shipwreck

Decades ago, it hosted wild all-night parties on the Dead Sea, with music until sunrise and a dance floor shaking from the bass, until a storm swept the legendary 'Lot’s Wife' ashore, where it now lies abandoned in the salt desert

Assaf Kamar | 05.16.26

Secret, deceptive, reached by crawling through mud: Dead Sea’s hidden wildest spa

'When it reaches my waist, I suddenly feel trapped and ask for a rope'; dangerous trek through quicksand-like mud and freezing water leads to rare Dead Sea sinkhole where hot and cold springs meet, creating natural desert spa unlike anywhere else

Assaf Kamar | 04.24.26

עורב קצר-זנב עם אמצעי מעקב על גופו, במצפה שלם שבמדבר יהודה

The braver the bird, the shorter the life: Risk-taking ravens near humans pay deadly price

Israeli researchers found that risk-taking ravens in the Judean Desert are more likely to approach human activity, gaining food but suffering higher mortality, while cautious birds avoid people and survive at higher rates

Yogev Israeli | 04.20.26

The natural pool that stunned hikers vanishes

Generations knew Nahal David by heart, the same waterfall, the same shallow pool, the same short trail; An extreme winter flood created a spectacular new pool, then erased it, exposing how fragile and changeable the desert landscape really is

Assaf Kamar | 02.06.26

At the heart of every Medjool date is an ancient palm

A legal battle over industrial pollution led researchers to a startling discovery in the Arava: a wild palm grove thousands of years old, belonging to a rare species never documented here and linked genetically to every domesticated date we eat

Dror Feuer | 01.23.26

Salt deposits on the edges of the Dead Sea

Salt of the Earth: Israeli scientists turn Dead Sea waste into building bricks

Israeli research team develops brick made from recycled salt; this could be solution to dependence on polluting cement

Amnon Direktor, Zavit | 01.05.26

Chasing sunrise: 5 spectacular dawn hikes across Israel

There’s no better way to start the day than rising early, setting out before dawn and catching the sunrise; we’ve gathered five unique routes across Israel, from the coastal plain to the Dead Sea and the Eilat mountains, for an unforgettable start

Eran and David Gal-Or, Maslulim | 12.13.25

שני חשודים חדרו לישראל דרך הגבול עם ירדן

Bedouin gun smugglers attempt to ram IDF soldiers near Dead Sea; suspects shot

Israeli forces exchanged fire with a Bedouin arms smuggling cell after suspects tried to run over soldiers near the Jordan border; One suspect was moderately wounded; four were arrested

Ilana Curiel | 12.03.25

'We earned this': Dead Sea resident blames decades of neglect after site ranked world’s second-worst

Locals say a global study that labeled the Dead Sea a 'tourist trap' and the world’s second-worst attraction reflects their daily reality, pointing to decades of neglect that have left beaches inaccessible and nature reserves under strain

Alexandra Lukash | 11.18.25