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Life in Limbo: Struggling Israeli evacuees find charitable support
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
They're staying in a cramped two-bedroom apartment that someone kindly made available. But the women's apparel store back in Ashkelon that she owns remains closed. After 52 days of war, the Wieners -- and thousands of other Israeli evacuees -- are stretched to their financial limits.
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Volunteers give first aid to Israeli agriculture in war time
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Many farms are located in evacuated areas near the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese border. Around three-quarters of Israel's vegetables were grown in the farms in Kibbutzim and Moshavim devastated by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
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Prolonged evacuation takes toll on Israeli families
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Some 1,26,000 residents of communities near the Gaza and Lebanon borders have been evacuated to central Israel, living in guest houses, hotels, or with families.
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Tablets become lifeline for Israeli children with special needs
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Special in Uniform has received thousands of requests for tablets, and in response, it launched an initiative pairing special children with donors around the world who gift them with a USD 50 tablet.
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Israeli troops hit 150 underground Hamas sites in Gaza: IDF
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Additionally, the IDF conducted airstrikes, targeting around 150 underground sites belonging to the Hamas terror group, resulting in the deaths of a number of Hamas terrorists.
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Barrage of rockets launched at Central, Southern Israel; Iron Dome interce
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A heavy barrage of rockets was fired at central and southern Israel late on Sunday night from the Gaza Strip. Sirens were heard in neighbourhoods along the Gaza border, as well as in Ashkelon, Ashdod, Rehovot, and Ramle.
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"Rocket fell on building, no shelter": Israelis narrate harrowing moments
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Ashkelon, like many other Israeli cities and towns, has been the target of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, leading to a dire need for safe havens for its residents.
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Sirens blare, people rush for cover as rocket barrage hits Israel's coasta
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As Israel's coastal city, Ashkelon, comes under rocket fire, the media contingent, including the ANI team, reporting on the violence, also rushed for cover.
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Indian diaspora in Israel expresses confidence in country's military, says
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A woman of Indian origin in Ashkelon, Israel, said: "Yesterday, a missile struck here, vehicles caught fire and there was a power cut in all these buildings...we feel that we are in danger but we believe in our Army...this is our home and we can't go anywhere...we want to live here peacefull
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Israel: Hamas launches barrage of rockets at Ashkelon, hours after warning
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hours after warning, terrorist group Hamas launched a rocket attack at the southern coastal city of Ashkelon in Israel on Tuesday, The Times of Israel reported.
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Hamas threatens Ashkelon with major rocket attack as Israel-Gaza conflict
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the ongoing conflict between Israel and terrorist group Hamas grows tense, the spokesperson for Hamas's Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, has threatened the Israel's coastal city of Ashkelon with a major rocket barrage in the coming hours, The Times of Israel reported.
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Israel adding three new public transportation hubs in South
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Israel’s Ministry of Transportation reported that three new facilities – large stations – for the operation of public transportation defined as being of “strategic importance” will be established in the southern cities of Be’er Sheva, Ashkelon and Ashdod.
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