Kiryat Gat

Intel Corp.'s R&D center in Haifa. (Courtesy)

June 18, 2023, 4:36 pm

Intel to invest ‘unprecedented’ $25 billion in chip manufacturing plant in Israel

Netanyahu hails investment as largest ever by a global private company in the country; Kiryat Gat plant to hire thousands

By Sharon Wrobel

First responders at the scene of a car crash on Route 6 near Kiryat Gat on July 28, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

July 28, 2022, 9:22 pm

3 killed in deadly car crash on Route 6 in southern Israel

Paramedics say all passengers declared dead on site after being found inside ‘crushed’ vehicles

By Michael Horovitz

Construction of new residential buildings in the northern Israeli city of Harish, on January 15, 2019. (Flash90)

June 24, 2022, 6:10 am

Housing snapshot: 10 apartments and houses recently sold across Israel

Our regular behind-the-scenes look at properties purchased nationwide

By Danielle Nagler

Two wrecked cars involved in an accident along Route 6, north of the Kiryat Gat interchange, May 15, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

May 15, 2022, 9:04 am

Man fatally hit by car in southern Israel

Three others lightly injured in crash at the side of Route 6 highway

By Michael Horovitz

Raja Koduri, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, displays a wafer with Intel Arc high-performance discrete graphics hardware as part of a presentation during Intel Architecture Day 2021. The virtual event was held in August 2021. (Intel Corporation)

August 29, 2021, 3:55 pm

Intel previews biggest chip shifts ‘in generation,’ some developed in Israel

The semiconductor giant is rolling out new processors for PCs, named Alder Lake and built on hybrid architecture designed locally

By Ricky Ben-David

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger tours Mobileye's new headquarters building in Jerusalem on May 2, 2021 with Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua. (Courtesy: Intel)

May 2, 2021, 8:50 pm

Intel CEO Gelsinger sees ‘vibrant future’ with Israel for ‘decades to come’

Pat Gelsinger visits Israel, as US tech giant touts new $200 million Haifa R&D campus; says investing $400 million in Mobileye’s new facilities

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rain in the northern coastal city of Netanya, February 19 2021. (Flash90)

April 5, 2021, 7:01 pm

Winter carved country into two regions: Above-average rain, and drought

Climate change wreaking havoc, says expert, with winter preceded by sizzling summer, hottest September on record, completely dry October; most coastal rain fell in 4 large bursts

By Aviv Lavie

Screen capture from video of police breaking up a gathering in Kiryat Gat. Video blurred to protect identities. (Channel 12)

October 5, 2020, 10:51 am

‘I envy you’: Hasidic rabbi tries to sweet-talk cops dispersing his gathering

Leader of Kretchnif dynasty praises officer’s dedication to job, says it must be hard to break up Sukkot celebrations under virus rules, sends followers home… for a while

By ToI Staff

September 7, 2020, 12:09 pm

Intel Corp. names Israeli to second in command for global manufacturing

Daniel Benatar, the manager of Intel’s semiconductor plant in Kiryat Gat, will assume the highest-ranking position held by an Israeli in the firm’s manufacturing arm

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: People take cover during a rocket warning siren in Sderot, southern Israel, November 12, 2019. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)

February 6, 2020, 9:32 am

False alarm triggers sirens in south amid heightened Gaza tensions

Sirens heard in community of Yated east of the Strip, a day after mortar shells fired into southern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, on November 13, 2019. (Anas Baba/AFP)

February 5, 2020, 9:59 pm

Palestinians fire 2 mortars into Israel; IDF hits targets in southern Gaza

Shells land in open field in southern Israel; near-daily projectile fire and balloon-borne explosive attacks persist, with limited Israeli response

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with an IDF officer near the border with the Gaza Strip on March 28, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

February 5, 2020, 9:25 pm

Netanyahu said to warn a Gaza war is possible before March 2 elections

In sit-down with municipal leaders in south, PM says he won’t hesitate to act if rockets and airborne bombs persist; local officials said livid he only met with Likud members

By ToI Staff

Palestinian fishermen take to the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on June 18, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

February 5, 2020, 4:24 pm

Israel restricts Gaza fishing zone as cross-border attacks persist

Permitted area to be limited to 10 nautical miles, from 15, until further notice amid ongoing rocket fire, airborne explosive attacks

By Judah Ari Gross

Suspected explosive device connected to a bunch of inflated latex gloves flown from Gaza, February 5, 2020 (Israel Police)

February 5, 2020, 2:15 pm

Kindergarten staffers scramble kids to escape suspected Gaza balloon bomb

Attendants urge children to run inside building as airborne object is spotted moving toward their play area in community near Kiryat Gat

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Palestinian men prepare a flammable object to be flown toward Israel, near the Israel-Gaza border east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 18, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

February 3, 2020, 10:53 pm

Gazan balloons bearing bombs barrage border area, no injuries

Some devices explode, others dealt with by sappers; airborne assault briefly closes major highway, train line

By ToI Staff