A new immigrant from South Africa, Dr. Henry Sonnabend, was the first mayor. Then in 1958, South African Jewry transferred the entire Ashkelon project to the Government of Israel as a gift.

The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have taken responsibility for a drone that crashed near Ashkelon this evening. In a statement, the Houthis claim to have launched two drones at Israel, one at a ...

A bus struck two pedestrians this morning (Sunday) at a bus stop near the train station in Ashkelon, killing one. Magen David Adom (MDA) medics and paramedics provided medical treatment at the ...