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NYX hotel and water park to replace Leonardo Inn Dead Sea

Fattal Hotel Group announced the project which will feature 182 rooms, private pools, a lifestyle resort, and a water park open to the general public, set to open in early 2028.

|ByWALLA! TOURISM
182 rooms, including 37 rooms with private pools. NYX Dead Sea Hotel
Stargazing in the Negev Mountains

The Perseid meteor shower is back: All the best places to watch shooting stars in Israel

One of the most impressive celestial shows of the year reaches its peak on August 12. But here’s a tip: Shooting stars can also be seen in the days before and after the peak.

|ByZIV REINSTEIN
Israelis hike at Nahal Hava in the Negev, southern Israel, January 30, 2026; Illustrative.

Tremors felt in southern Israel after magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Egypt, no damage reported

The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.4 and hit at a depth of 6 miles, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Macro close up of a yellow fever mosquito sucking blood on skin.

Israel urges mosquito control after West Nile virus detected in South

The Health Ministry and Environmental Protection Ministry urged the public to report mosquito hazards or sources of standing water in public areas to their local authority’s 106 hotline.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

From a local idea to a global brand inspired by the Dead Sea

Rooted in Israel and active in 55 countries, the brand pairs the Dead Sea’s name recognition with market-specific strategies abroad

MARCH 9, 2026ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH HB DEAD SEA MINERALS
"Once customers discover it, they tend to keep buying.”

The Dead Sea isn’t dead: A winter hike through Israel’s most misunderstood landscape

Embark on a breathtaking hike where rocky cliffs, hidden swimming pools, and stunning views of the Dead Sea await. Discover the unexpected beauty of a landscape that’s anything but boring.

MARCH 8, 2026BySUSANNAH SCHILD
ISRAEL’S DESERTS are the opposite of boring. From the dramatic cliffs of the Judean Desert to the vast craters of the Negev and all the way south to the Red Sea shores of Eilat, the natural terrain here is as varied and striking as anything in the country’s lush North.

Israeli researchers crack century-old mystery of cone-shaped vessels found near Dead Sea - study

The fragments had been excavated from the Teleilat el-Ghassul archaeological site near the Dead Sea in Jordan between 1931 and 1938.

MARCH 1, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Cone-shaped clay vessels, known as cornets, found across hundreds of sites in Israel and Jordan, February 27, 2026.

Pnei Kedem: Where the view hooks you - and the community makes you stay

FEBRUARY 26, 2026ByDAVID ROGELBERG
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Saved by a square: A rainy-day miracle at Jerusalem’s Hebrew Music Museum

When rain shut down Dead Sea plans, the Hebrew Music Museum turned a Birthright setback into an unforgettable Jerusalem experience.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByHOWARD BLAS
Kikar Hamusica: View of Jerusalem’s Music Square with its various restau rants and outdoor music performance spaces.

Israel's overlooked challenge: Environmental damage from two years of war - from the editor

As the war winds down, Israel faces a quieter crisis – environmental damage from Gaza to the Dead Sea, alongside long-neglected ecological failures now demanding urgent attention

JANUARY 27, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Visitors walk across salt formations along the receding shoreline of the Dead Sea, a stark sign of the region’s growing environmental crisis.

Seeing sinkholes: How the Dead Sea’s collapse became a tourist draw

How one of the region’s worst environmental disasters has become a popular tourist excursion

JANUARY 27, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Hikers trek past a cavernous sinkhole on the shores of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi.

Next years 'critical' for Israel's earthquake preparedness, Israel Katz warns

After two recent earthquakes, Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered a multi year plan to fortify strategic sites, upgrade warnings, and clarify emergency authority roles.

JANUARY 20, 2026ByAMIR BOHBOT
Israeli security and rescue forces take part in an earthquake drill at Ziv Medical Center, Safed, northern Israel, December 23, 2025; illustrative.

Israel's Dead Sea area trembles as 4.2 magnitude earthquake felt

"Immediately go out into the open," the Home Front Command advised those in the area. "If not possible, enter [a] protected room or stairwell."

JANUARY 15, 2026BySAM HALPERN
People enjoy a sunny day at the beach in the Dead Sea, on June 6, 2025.

Real quiet at the Dead Sea: The renovated spa that provides complete disconnection from the world

After a six-million-shekel renovation, the Oasis Spa Club Hotel unveils a renewed adults-only spa, featuring new treatments, calming spaces, and a quiet mineral designץ

DECEMBER 12, 2025ByMAARIV TOURISM DESK
Oasis Spa Club, Dead Sea.