Assessing Ariel Sharon

Published on April 10, 2013

On the night of Jan. 24, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transported to Soroka University Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. Secured horizontally and face-up, he was passed slowly through an advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, which enabled UCLA psychology professor Martin Monti and a team of Israeli experts to perform an array of tests that lasted 90 minutes.

Palestinian prisoners riot in Israeli jails after inmate’s death

Published on April 2, 2013

Palestinian prisoners rioted in at least four Israeli prisons after the death of an inmate from cancer.

Man behind Iron Dome addresses Milken students

Published on March 13, 2013

Milken Community High School's middle and upper school students and teachers got a unique glimpse into the inner workings of some of the Israeli military’s most cutting-edge technology on March 7.

Israeli cities under fire after dozens of rockets fired from Gaza

Published on November 14, 2012

Sirens wailed across southern Israel as Hamas gunmen fired barrages of dozens of rockets from Gaza.

Netanyahu visits soldier injured on Gaza border

Published on October 30, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an Israeli soldier who lost his hand in an attack on the Gaza border.

Rockets from Gaza continue to bombard southern Israel

Published on October 29, 2012

Some 20 rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel on Sunday night and Monday morning.

Israeli soldier injured in Gaza border blast

Published on October 23, 2012

An Israeli soldier was wounded seriously in an explosion while on patrol near the Gaza security fence.

With rocket fire continuing, southern Israeli schools are closed

Published on March 15, 2012

Schools were closed in southern Israel again as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip continued to strike despite a cease-fire.

Israeli retaliatory strikes hit Gaza amid cease-fire

Published on March 14, 2012

Despite a cease-fire that has held for about a day, Israel's military struck two sites in Gaza in retaliation for attacks on Israel following a cease-fire announcement.

Netanyahu pledges decisive response as rockets slam southern Israel

Published on March 12, 2012

As southern Israel was barraged by rockets for a fourth straight day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was hitting back "strongly and decisively," and its Iron Dome anti-missile defense system was intercepting many of the rockets coming from the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians suspected of planning attacks arrested in Beersheba

Published on January 4, 2012

Two Palestinians suspected of planning to carry out attacks on Israeli civilians in Beersheba were arrested.

I was born in Beersheba, but am I really an Israeli?

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 22, 2011

Beersheba school hit, resident killed as Gaza rockets pound Israel

Published on August 21, 2011

A school in Beersheba was hit by a Grad rocket, one day after a city resident was killed as rockets from Gaza continue to slam into southern Israel.

U.S. to help Israel buy more Iron Dome systems

Published on May 26, 2011

The United States will help Israel buy four more Iron Dome short-range anti-missile systems, a Pentagon official said.

Iron Dome intercepts first missiles from Gaza

Published on April 7, 2011

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system for the first time intercepted rockets fired from Gaza. Ashkelon's Iron Dome intercepted two rockets fired Thursday on the southern Israeli city. The unit had been set up three days earlier.

Israel Buries Beersheba Bombing Victims

By Dina Kraft
Published on September 2, 2004

Again Israel turns to mourning the dead, but this time the list of those killed has been slow in coming. As the bombs used in suicide bombings become more sophisticated, producing deadlier and deadlier blasts, it takes more time to identify the remains of the dead.