At A Glance
menorah
A menorah made from fragments of an Iranian missile that damaged the the Aleh Center for children with disabilities in Bnei Brak. The center reopened on Dec. 14, 2025. Photo by Aleh/TPS-IL
Ayayu Belete
Ayayu Belete holds a 1,300-year-old pendant featuring a menorah that she found during an excavation at Jerusalem's City of David on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL
Chanukah
Israelis light a menorah on the first night of Chanukah in Alei Zahav on Dec. 14, 2025. The eight-day holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks and the rededication of the Temple. Photo by Batya Sharabi/TPS-IL
Isaac Herzog
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at the funeral of fallen hostage Cpt. Omer Neutra at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery on Nov. 7, 2025. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL
Haifa
Haifa residents take advantage of a lull in Storm Byron to go outside on Dec. 11, 2025. Photo by Sharon Leibel/TPS-IL
Storm Byron
Lightning flashes over Sderot as Storm Byron battered much of the country with heavy rain and wind on Dec. 11, 2025. Photo by TPS-IL
Yeruham
Children playing in water fountains during a heat wave in the southern Israeli city of Yeruham on Jun 14, 2024. Photo by Gad Amiton/TPS
bronze coin
A bronze coin from the Asia Minor city of Side found at Horbat Bet Zecharia south of Jerusalem, where the Maccabees fought the Greek Seleucid army. Foreign mercenaries fighting with the Greeks were paid with such coins. Photo by Shahar Cohen/TPS-IL
quantum computer
Israel's first domestically produced quantum computer unveiled in Jerusalem on Dec. 17, 2024. Photo by Israel Innovation Authority/TPS-IL Quantum computers are particularly powerful for tasks like cryptography, optimization, material science, and simulations of complex systems, but they are still in the experimental stage. Quantum computing also ...
quantum computer
Israel's first domestically produced quantum computer unveiled in Jerusalem on Dec. 17, 2024. Photo by Israel Innovation Authority/TPS-IL
