Ashdod

Record profits for Ashdod Port Company in 2025

Ashdod Port Company achieved a new revenue record of NIS 1,232 million, a 17% increase compared to the previous year

Ashdod Port
 Oxygen piping and regulator on the wall of an ambulance.

Police arrest oxygen tank supplier partner in connection with oil refinery deaths in Ashdod

An Israel Police officer is seen arresting a man on a highway in an illustrative

Court charges minors with theft, extortion, knife possession after attacking man they met on Grindr

The site of a hazardous materials accident at the Ashdod refinery, southern Israel. February 02, 2026.

Two women declared dead after suspected oxygen suit failures at Ashdod oil refinery


Your Taxes: Pirates of the Mediterranean

An operation by the Israeli Police and Israeli Tax Authority lasted over years and exposed tax evasion and money laundering running into nearly one hundred million Shekels.

 Ashdod Port

Police arrest five teenagers for robbing over six cars at Ben Gurion Airport

The suspects were revealed after investigators analyzed surveillance video from the parking lots of the airport. 

An El Al plane in Ben Gurion Airport

TAU researchers discover second-century BCE fortress at Ashdod-Yam

Excavations at Ashdod-Yam reveal a second-century BCE fortress destroyed in conflict, the Institute of Archeology at Tel Aviv University reported.

 Remains of structures at the archeological site of Ashdod Sea, on the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on September 2, 2019

The grand project is underway: 4,280 new apartments to be built in this city

The Israel Land Authority and Ashdod’s plan for the Southern CBD District adds 2,530 apartments, commercial areas, a government complex, public buildings, green spaces, and diverse housing.

 Ashdod port.

Terror shooting attack near Ashdod kills police officer, wounds four, attacker killed

Shooting terror attack on Highway 4 near Ashdod kills one, wounds several others to varying degrees, including one doctor.

 Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror shooting attack on Highway 4, near Yavne, October 15, 2024

'Jack Sparrow': Undercover operation leads to arrest of dozens in Ashdod port smuggling ring bust

Police specified that for 4.5 years, an undercover police agent, dubbed "Jack Sparrow," had been operating under the guise of a customs agent at the port.

Port of Ashdod

Affordable housing for young adults will be built at Ashdod's old stadium site

The Israel Land Authority issued a tender for 453 apartments in Ashdod under the "Target Price" program. The site will later include 1,000 units, towers up to 24 stories, commercial areas, and more.

 District A, Stadium Complex, Ashdod.

Darya Mosenzon to celebrate Al-Andalus and North African Jewish music in September concerts

Experience Darya Mosenzon’s unique take on Al-Andalus and North African Jewish music this September in Tel Aviv, Beersheba, and Ein Hashofet.

 Darya Mosenzon.

A historic event: Meet the venue designed with timeless elegance

For 17 years, Troya has remained at the top. A glimpse inside reveals why.

 Troya

'Speak quietly': Ashdod rabbis call for restrictive rules for women on public transport

Haredi women's rights activist Tzippy Lavi, Head of Government Relations for Nivcharot condemned the letter on X, formerly Twitter.

 Haredi woman in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 25, 2024.