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Screen capture from video of people being evacuated from Gaza Strip border areas in a Defense Ministry plan to move them to safer areas, May 9, 2023. (Channel 13. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 10, 2023, 10:02 am
Thousands of Gaza border residents evacuated by IDF as precaution
Defense Ministry activates ‘Gust of Wind’ plan, paying for those in greatest danger of rocket fire to be bused to other areas of country, put up in hotels
By ToI Staff
Pile of scrap white goods including fridges and freezers waiting to be recycled. (JohnDWilliams, iStock at Getty Images)
May 8, 2023, 9:48 am
Fridge recycling heats up, but most old appliances still end up in landfills
Lack of regulations or enforcement allows companies to fudge official reports and avoid paying for disposal, with goods still being smuggled to Palestinians for burning
By Sue Surkes
Screen capture from video showing banners of terror victims Yaakov Yisrael Paley, 5, and Asher Menahem Paley, 7, displayed on a residential building in Sderot, April 25, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 26, 2023, 8:13 am
Sderot building memorializes three pairs of siblings killed in recent terror attacks
In unity message for Independence Day, apartment block in southern border town displays images of the victims to highlight ‘we are all brothers in this country’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a special cabinet meeting in the southern city of Sderot on April 20, 2023. (Eliyahu Hershkowitz/Pool)
April 20, 2023, 10:18 pm
In Sderot, Netanyahu promises $440m to city after criticism of rocket response
PM vows further security support for southern communities, as well as funding to boost infrastructure and economy, after local leaders lashed government handling of Gaza attacks
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Multi-story residential buildings in Ashkelon, Israel, May 2022. (rglinsky via iStock by Getty Images)
April 20, 2023, 6:16 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Rocket damage to a house in the Israeli city of Sderot is seen on April 7, 2023. (Flash90)
April 7, 2023, 6:59 pm
Longtime Sderot residents plan exodus from rocket-battered city after home struck
Sherry Vazana says she always hoped to avoid such an incident but is now planning to leave; local leaders pan government, urge harsher action against terrorists
By ToI Staff
Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launched airstrikes following rocket fire aimed at Israel from the Hamas-run Strip early on January 27, 2023. (Mahmud Hams / AFP)
March 19, 2023, 3:15 pm
Residents of south, opposition MKs slam government’s lack of response to Gaza rocket
‘They’re again forgetting us,’ says Sderot man after another attack from Hamas-ruled Strip apparently goes unanswered; ministers mum on failure to retaliate
By ToI Staff
Undated photo of Ilana Swissa, director of a daycare center for infants who is suspected of violently abusing children in her care. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 19, 2023, 7:18 pm
Sderot daycare manager suspected of violently attacking infants in her care
Ilana Swissa, 54, named as suspect after she was arrested last month; police reportedly have video showing over 200 incidents of abuse at center in southern city
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)
February 5, 2023, 7:07 pm
IDF opens probe after rocket alarms ‘unnecessarily’ sound in Sderot, border towns
Military says machine gun fire detected, but apparently did not endanger civilians; one woman treated for anxiety; IDF walks back on Saturday drone interception claim
By Emanuel Fabian
Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City during retaliatory Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave, after rockets were launched at Israel, early on February 2, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
February 2, 2023, 3:24 am
Israel bombs Hamas sites in retaliatory Gaza strikes; rocket sirens sound in Sderot
Army says facilities storing chemicals for missiles and for manufacturing weapons hit; small armed group claims second volley of rockets in response to sanctions against prisoners
By Emanuel Fabian
Sderot-based TopGum develops gummy candies and nutritional supplements based on dietary fibers and natural ingredients. (Courtesy)
December 11, 2022, 7:22 pm
TopGum inks 5-year deal to develop gummy supplements for major international firm
Sderot-based manufacturer of dietary gummy supplements says its new partner markets and sells products in 200 countries
By Sharon Wrobel
Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir on a campaign stop in Sderot's open market on election day, November 1, 2022. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
November 1, 2022, 3:54 pm
It took 4 voting rounds to normalize Ben Gvir. By the end of the 5th, he’s a star
Once-fringe candidate stirs up election-day excitement in towns that have long been strongholds for other right-wing parties, indicating growing extremism within Netanyahu’s bloc
By Jacob Magid
Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan (Courtesy)
October 14, 2022, 11:45 am
Podcast: Nigerian-American filmmaker takes on Sderot and Gaza
Filmmaker Ose Oyamendan spent the better part of a decade filming documentary, “Other Voices,” in Israel’s Sderot and in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
This picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon shows Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on August 7, 2022 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 7, 2022, 10:03 pm
With Gaza ceasefire imminent, Lapid tells mayors Israel has achieved its goals
Rocket volleys continue into the evening during talk of truce; several rockets fired at Tel Aviv shot down; IDF strikes numerous targets belonging to terror group over the day
By ToI Staff and AFP
A reporter interviews a man (right) in the southern city of Sderot whose home was struck by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, August 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 6, 2022, 5:13 pm
Rocket hits Sderot home as family shelters in reinforced room
‘Thank God nothing happened to us’: No injuries in strike from Gaza, though father of two young children says ‘very significant’ damage to building
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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