At A Glance
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
sling bullets
Cast lead sling bullets found at Horbat Bet Zecharia south of Jerusalem, where the Maccabees fought the Greek Seleucid army. The bullets may offer the first material evidence of the battles made famous by the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. Photo by Elad Zagman/TPS-IL
Dvir Raviv
On Dec. 10, 2025, Dr. Dvir Raviv of Bar-Ilan University holds a sling bullet found at Horbat Bet Zecharia south of Jerusalem, where the Maccabees fought the Greek Seleucid army. Photo by Elad Zagman/TPS-IL
Israel Bolivia
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) greets his Bolivian counterpart Fernando Aramayo in Washington where they restored diplomatic relations on Dec. 9, 2025. Photo by Shmulik Almany/TPS-IL
Israel-Thailand
Thailand’s Ambassador to Israel Boonyarit Vichienpuntu at Ben Gurion Airport on Dec. 9, 2025. Israel held a farewell ceremony before repatriating the remains of Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker killed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL
