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A coastal city in southern Israel, and the frequent target of Gaza rocket attacks.
IDF forces night operation in the West Bank, April 9, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 219?

 On Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a community center has a large banner calling to bring the hostages home. Seven people were kidnapped from the community, and five have returned.

Gaza border communities struggling to recover six months after evacuation

 Destruction of damaged facilities on Zikim Beach to allow for reconstruction efforts, April 4, 2024.

Reconstruction starts on Zikim Beach for the first time since October 7

 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

It’s hard for evacuees, even harder if Ethiopian – this NGO can help

 An ultra-orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot at a voting station, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024.

Bnei Brak, Ashkelon lead cities with highest municipal election voter turnout

 Smoke rises as seen from the broken fence in Kfar Aza where Hamas terrorists entered during the October 7tattack, in southern Israel, November 5, 2023

Hamas's secret plan to take over Israeli prison on October 7 unveiled

 Screenshot of an IDF video showing a strike that reportedly killed a terrorist who had recently fired a rocket at Ashkelon. February 17, 2024.

Instant karma: Israel kills Gaza terrorist within half hour of launching rocket

 ISRAELI FORCES outside the entrance to the south of Sderot, with Hamas to the west, on October 8.

Don't underestimate the millennials and zoomers of the Israel-Hamas War

 AVIVA SAYS her family benefits from Jerusalem’s ‘educational envelope.’

Families fleeing Ashkelon rocket, Hamas 'hell' live in Jerusalem hotel

 Leon Avigad, founder of the Brown Hotels Group

‘We need to open our hearts’

Renewing protection: 136 in the South, 3,257 in Tel Aviv

National Victory: New tenders for commerce and employment in Ashkelon

Gov't approves building 800 apartments with safe rooms in Ashkelon

 Ashdod Port

Israel's ship industry urges government to help with jump in war insurance

By REUTERS
 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

125,000 Israelis evacuated from their homes since start of the war

By Walla!
 An aerial view shows damage caused following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 11, 2023.

Jewish Agency to provide NIS 10 million to Gaza border communities

 Rocket impact in Sderot. October 13, 2023

Multiple impacts reported in Ashkelon, Sderot, no injuries reported

Rockets are fired towards Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, southern Israel

Hamas rocket directly slams into building in Ashkelon