Negev
Three southern residents charged with drone-smuggling hashish to Jordan, bringing guns into Israel
According to one indictment, Ali and Wahel allegedly used off-road vehicles and drones to carry out six hashish-smuggling runs in December 2025, each involving roughly eight to nine kilos of hashish.
Israeli study finds plants absorb nutrients from airborne dust, challenging root-only theory
Negev governance crisis: Polygamy running rampant, contractors exposed to extortion
How the Negev desert became Israel's unlikely global tech powerhouse
Reporter's notebook: The road out of Israel runs through a grotty Egyptian office - feature
With flights grounded and missiles overhead, one journalist's wartime exit took him from the Negev desert to a shakedown at the Taba border crossing.
Collection of 7,000-year-old ostrich eggs discovered under sand dunes in southern Israel
The eggs were discovered near the remains of a campfire believed to have been connected to prehistoric desert nomads who collected, cooked, and ate the eggs at the site.
An Iranian missile wounded a doctor and baby, now 100 shelters are heading to the Negev
The move by the IDF Home Front Command comes after appeals by local council heads and residents to address the lack of protection in the area.
Several wounded in central Israel Iranian missile barrage, one killed from Hezbollah rocket attack
Earlier, a woman in her 30s was killed in northern Israel after rocket fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon. Two others were treated for mild injuries from broken glass shards, MDA reported.
Resilience on the frontlines: A year after returning to Kibbutz Dafna - opinion
In Kibbutz Dafna, life under sirens and rockets continues, but residents remain steadfast.
Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer
In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.
Home Front Command updates guidelines for southern Israel after strikes wound over 100
Schools will remain closed, in line with Education Minister Yoav Kisch's emergency Saturday ruling to cancel the return to in person learning on Sunday.
Lauder Employment Centers, Avi Balashnikov honored at Israeli quality conference
Awards highlight the centers’ contribution to employment, innovation, and economic resilience in the Negev and Galilee.
Standing Together activists place first shelters in unrecognized Negev Bedouin villages
In the span of a week during June, 2025, a funding campaign for the shelters had raised more than NIS 500,000 through small donations from thousands of citizens.
'Wealthy religous center': Mosaics, ancient Byzantine church discovered at Nitzana National Park
Dated to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (fifth to seventh century CE), the church is the sixth to be discovered at the site.
