Yanir Yagna

One rocket causes minor damage to house in Sdot Negev Regional Council; IDF strikes Gaza tunnel on Sunday in response to rocket fire.

Crew of cruise ship Rio, anchored in Ashdod, have been holed up for the last two weeks.

Treasury decision comes after government cuts NIS 65 million in funding to the city over past three years, making it impossible to function properly, Sderot Mayor David Buskila says.

In the incident, more than 1.5 million liters of jet fuel leaked from a pipeline after earthmoving equipment ruptured a portion of the pipeline.

Man moderately to seriously hurt, another wounded lightly, after man attacks them with an ax near the Be’er Sheva municipality building; police have yet to identify attacker.

Family of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit mark five years since his capture by handcuffing themselves around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem; Gilad's father says 'it's time' to bring him home.

Dozens of activists block road leading to the prime minister's residence on the fifth anniversary of the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

On fifth anniversary of Shalit kidnapping, French president writes letter addressed directly to captured IDF soldier; calls on Hamas to release Shalit.

Hundreds gather in southern Israel and demand government accept Hamas deal; Shalit's grandfather: Inaction does more damage to Israel's morale than release of prisoners.

Man in his 50's found dead in his car in east part of Acre; victim known by police who believe his death the result of dispute between criminals.

The 47-year-old victim is said to have been well known in Dimona's community; police have yet to make any arrests in connection with the murder.

The high school student suspected of stabbing fellow classmate Phillip Gellar left the victim to bleed to death at around 4 A.M. Saturday.

Bedouin residents did not squat on the land, but were transferred there in 1956 by the direct order of the military administration in place at that time, but now, their lands lie within the master plan of the Be'er Sheva metropolitan area.

Three people died in two separate accidents on Friday, one near Lake Kinneret and the second in the Negev. And on Thursday, four people were killed when their car crashed into a tour bus near the Dead Sea.

Family and friends say Katsav is in high spirits following the Supreme Court decision to allow the former president to stay out of jail until his appeal on his rape conviction.

Four-year-old boy, his parents, grandfather killed when bus and car crash near Kibbutz Grofit in Arava; one-year old daughter in critical condition; driver of car allegedly lost control, veering into bus' lane.

The official noted that the IDF has invested tens of millions of shekels in intelligence efforts aimed at tracking down the location where Shalit is being held, but mostly in vain.

The number of hospital beds in the Negev is the lowest in Israel, the doctors are fewer and the shortage is expected to get worse over the coming years, according to a report prepared by the Center for Health Policy Research in the Negev at Ben Gurion University for 2009.

Israelis celebrate their country's 63rd birthday throughout Israel, attending ceremonies and going on hikes in honor of the day.

For the first time in more than 20 years, Kibbutz Yad Mordechai held its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day without any government funding yesterday, despite repeated requests for continued financial assistance.

Daniel Wipliech, 16, arrived at Soroka Hospital in critical condition.

President Shimon Peres and Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman shorten the prison sentence of four policement convicted of planting a bomb targeting an underworld figure; policemen are thankful but have 'mixed feelings' about release.

IDF responds to Friday's rocket fire with attack on Hamas outposts in Strip; PM welcomes move by U.S. Congress to allocate $205 million for Iron Dome rocket interception system.