The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that the Ashkelon-Sderot train line was safe to reopen on February 1, nearly two years after the vital route was scrapped amid persistent rocket fire from Gaza.

19, 2025. (Abed Hajjar/AP) Israelis look at the ruins of Beit Hanoun from a hill in Sderot, Israel, on Jan.19, 2025. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times) Palestinians gather in Ramallah ...

High rises in the "Officers' Neighborhood" of Beit Hanoun overlooked the nearby Israeli city of Sderot. The neighbourhood contained rocket launching sites, anti-tank firing positions, booby traps, ...

SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - Hundreds of Israelis gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, some cheering and some in tears, as a giant television screen broadcast the first glimpse of the first three ...

Red Alert sirens were activated in Sderot at about 9 am Sunday morning, a half-hour after the ceasefire was scheduled to go into effect. The IDF stated, "Initial report - Sirens sounded in the ...

That attack, during which rampaging terrorists murdered at least 70 people in Sderot, was launched under cover of a barrage of thousands of rockets fired from Gaza across many areas of Israel.

"The ceasefire is something that I hope will work out," said Tomer Mizrahi, in Sderot, a town in southern Israel within sight of Gaza that was attacked on Oct. 7. "But as I know Hamas, you cannot ...

TEL AVIV/SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) -Thousands of Israelis gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, some cheering and some in tears, as a giant television screen broadcast the first glimpse of the ...