Bat yam

Knife-wielding suspect charges police officers in criminally motivated attack in Bat Yam

The suspect was evacuated in serious condition to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon to receive medical treatment, according to medical sources.

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Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Police thwart attempted motorcycle theft in Bat Yam, arrest two suspects

Illustration of a daycare.

Prosecutors indict Bat Yam daycare workers over alleged assault of 14 toddlers

Right-wing activist Mordechai David arrives for questioning at a police station in Tel Aviv, in central Israel, on February 1, 2026.

Far-right activist Mordechai David barred from approaching Standing Together leader Alon-Lee Green


Man who employed Palestinian that murdered soldier sentenced by court

Judge says state must deter employers from hiring illegal Palestinian laborers, due to threat of "lone wolf" attacks.

Restaurant where Tomer Hazan worked

Catching the wave

HaGal Sheli in Tel Aviv and Bat Yam teaches at-risk youth how to surf.

HaGal Sheli in Tel Aviv and Bat Yam teaches at-risk youth how to surf.

Court gives former Bat Yam mayor Lahiani 8 months jail time on state appeal

48-year-old faces sentence on breach of public trust and fraud.

Shlomi Lahiani

Police call for public's help in search for missing 78-year-old, Avraham Cohen

Bat Yam resident is of slim build and about 5'9" tall with blue eyes and white hair; he was last seen wearing a blue jacket and light-colored pants.

Avraham Cohen

Border Police officer kills wife, self in Bat Yam

28-year-old shoots wife and then takes his own life; woman is an employee of the Israel Prison Service.

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Police: Bat Yam man murders brother over car price

Victim stabbed outside mini-market he owned by brother, after two fought over few thousand shekels difference in price of a used car.

Albert Ben-Sheetrit

Design Terminal opens in Bat Yam

Handpicked artisans at the new studio and retail facility also volunteer in local schools, teaching skills from PhotoShop to knitting.

Children’s designer Sarit Lulae 521

Egyptian court sentences Israeli to 2 years jail

24-year-old Andrei Pshenichnikov, a reported left-wing activist, sentenced to serve in prison after illegally crossing into Sinai.

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Hepatitis A outbreak reported TA, Bat Yam

69 reported cases of hepatitus A – almost 20 percent of them diagnosed in young drug-addicted and homeless men.

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3 arrested in suspected 2012 mob hit

The killing last September took place about a year after a string of murders in the Tel Aviv area.

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