(Amir Levy/Getty) Palestinians let out a ... between Israel and Hamas on Jan. 19, 2025. (Abed Hajjar/AP) Israelis look at the ruins of Beit Hanoun from a hill in Sderot, Israel, on Jan.19 ...

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that the Ashkelon-Sderot train line was safe to reopen on February 1, nearly two years after the vital route was scrapped amid persistent rocket fire from Gaza.

"The ceasefire is something that I hope will work out," said Tomer Mizrahi, in Sderot, a town in southern Israel within sight of Gaza that was attacked on Oct. 7. "But as I know Hamas, you cannot ...

His primary message: Put ... Sderot the “city of death”—prompting Beener to name his congregation City of Life. He wondered how Israel and the international community plan to root out ...