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Man, 80, found dead after electric car fire in central Israel garage

Police suspect a single-vehicle crash sparked the blaze, which spread to other cars and filled a 20-story Rishon Lezion building’s garage with smoke

Meir Turgeman | 08.31.26

Tel Aviv suburb moves to keep outsiders off its beaches

Rishon LeZion’s deputy mayor wants to charge nonresidents NIS 150 to park at the beach on weekends, hoping to drive visitors elsewhere, ease severe congestion and give locals priority along the city’s limited coastline

Meir Turgeman | 08.22.26

Left: A surveillance camera captures the suspect entering the office building before the fatal shooting. Right: Emergency responders and police gather outside the office building in Rishon Lezion where the lawyer was killed

‘I heard a volley of shots’: chilling footage shows suspect calmly walking into lawyer’s office before fatal shooting

Police say alleged killer, 23, shot the Rishon Lezion attorney during a dispute over 15,000 shekels, then fled before surrendering and confessing

Meir Turgeman | 08.05.26

Lawyer shot dead in Rishon Lezion office; disgruntled client surrenders to police

Police say a Ramla man in his 30s confessed after a large-scale manhunt; investigators suspect he opened fire following a dispute over the handling of a traffic accident compensation case, but the gun has not yet been recovered

Meir Turgeman | 08.04.26

‘Surrogacy cost us 1 million shekels. Insane, but it changed our lives’

Yossi came out at 28 and vowed never to live a lie again; now he and Eli are raising twins, managing on one income and confronting the challenges of gay family life outside Tel Aviv while pursuing a mission to bring affordable culture to Israel’s periphery

Assi Haim | 07.28.26

'This is the Angel of Death!': man’s social media meltdown over ex proves costly

Family court orders 72-year-old man to pay his estranged partner 55,000 shekels after falsely accusing her on social media of trying to murder him

Ora Zimberg, PaskDin | 05.22.26

Israeli cities open shelters, prepare for next wave of Iran attacks

A day after Iran attacked the United Arab Emirates and Oman, Israeli cities are preparing for the collapse of the ceasefire and the possibility of renewed Iranian attacks

Roni Green Shaulov, Alexandra Lukash | 05.05.26

אייל ציונוב מתחזה של הרב דוד יוסף בטקס הדלקת המשואות בהר הרצל

Social media star who dresses like the Chief Rabbi: 'I am the Rishon LeZion of heaven, not the state'

Rabbi Eyal Tzionov, who was seen on the broadcast of the torchlight ceremony wearing a robe and a turban like the Sephardic chief rabbi, tells ynet: 'This is not clothing that belongs only to the Chief Rabbi. There were rabbis in the past who dressed like this'

Shilo Freid | 04.23.26

Tenders completed for 1,100 homes on former military base site in Rishon Lezion

Seven municipal tenders worth about $448M awarded for Park Hayam neighborhood near the coast; Gindi Israel, Azorim, PriOr and Davidson to build first phase on land vacated by Defense Ministry

Hila Tsion | 02.24.26

האם יוקם בית כלא לאסירים פליליים? מתחם איקאה ואזור התעסוקה בראשון־לציון | צילום: דוברות עיריית ראשון־לציון

Behind the IKEA: Rishon LeZion fights plan to build massive prison on prime central land

The planned facility would cover 260 dunams behind the IKEA store near the Sorek industrial zone, an area now surrounded by offices, major roads, rail lines and national infrastructure

Hila Tsion | 01.22.26

תושב ראשון לציון נעצר בחשד להצתת גן ילדים

Media personality arrested in suspected arson of central Israel preschool

Police say suspect identified by preschool staff after fire set along property fence; clothing matching security footage found at his home, but he denies all charges

Meir Turgeman | 09.11.25

הדיירים חוזרים לבתים במקום הפגיעה בראשון לציון

'We survived'—now comes the hard part for families whose homes were destroyed by Iran

'The tractor is destroying 34 years of memories,' said Liza Yazdi, as bulldozers leveled homes in Rishon LeZion hit by an Iranian missile; Dozens remain displaced, clinging to hope that promises of state support and compensation will be fulfilled

Meir Turgeman | 06.24.25

Yevgeniya Blinder identified as second victim in Iran missile strike on Rishon Lezion

Blinder, a nursing assistant in her 60s, killed alongside Israel Aloni, 73, in Iran’s missile attack on central Israel; over 200 injured nationwide in nighttime assault

Meir Turgeman | 06.14.25

'The door flew onto him': Iranian missile kills elderly man in Rishon Lezion, woman in Ramat Gan

Iranian missile strikes Rishon Lezion without prior alert, killing Israel Aloni and injuring 20; In Ramat Gan, Etti Cohen Angel killed and over 60 injured; her daughter called her 'a smiling, beautiful woman'; 7 IDF soldiers also hurt

Meir Turgeman, Shalev Kachlon, Lihi Gordon | 06.14.25

Israel Aloni among those killed in Iranian missile strike on Rishon Lezion

Direct hit between two houses on a residential street causes massive damage; several vehicles were completely destroyed and alongside Aloni, a woman was also killed; at least 20 others were injured

Meir Turgeman | 06.14.25