Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — In preparation for the cold wave and winter system expected next week, Israel’s Ministry of Welfare and Social Security is preparing to provide an immediate response to street dwellers by referring them to hotels across the country, fully funded by the ministry and without a deductible for the recipient of the service, with the aim of ensuring they have a roof over their heads and preventing danger to their lives.

The ministry has updated its guidelines for local authorities, according to which, in cases where there is no response available through the signs and existing welfare frameworks, street dwellers can be referred to hotels, according to professional judgment.

The guidelines, it said, also allow for providing assistance to street dwellers and homeless people who are not known to social services, in order to ensure that no one is left exposed to the cold and the elements.

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the data on overnight stays in tourist hotels, January-November 2025.

January-November 2025 – Original Data:

19.6 million overnight stays in tourist hotels in Israel (20.9 million January-November 2024):

16.9 million overnight stays by Israelis 86% of total overnight stays (19.2 million January-November 2024, 92% of total overnight stays)

2.8 million tourist nights – 14% of total nights (1.7 million January-November 2024, 8% of total nights)

Hotel room occupancy was 53%, compared to 61% in January-November 2024.

Room occupancy by district ranges from 39% in the Jerusalem District to 69% in the Southern District.

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — TASE Top 10 Indices Thursday, December 25, 2025

Index | Value | +/- Change in Value
TA-35 | 3,603.38 | -3.13%
TA-90 | 3,738.18 | -2.77%
TACombo – 90&Banks-5 | 3,858.67 | -3.35%
TA125 | 3,626.88 | -3.05%
Money Market | 465.08 | -0.02%
TA125-Value | 3,955.99 | -3.80%
TA Sector-Balance | 4,214.76 | -3.07%
All-Bond | 419.87 | -0.06%
Bond-CPI A | 421.15 | -0.13%
Tel-Bond 60 | 414.29 | -0.12%

Equity Turnover
(NIS Thousands) | | 4,106,735
Bonds Turnover
(NIS Thousands) | | 2,519,611

(NIS Thousands)

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Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the data from the” Labor Force Survey for November 2025.”

Seasonally adjusted data for November 2025 (compared to October 2025, among those aged 15 and over):

Percentage of the labor force – 63.1% (62.8% in October).

Employment rate (percentage of employed people out of the total population) – 61.1% (60.9% in October).

Percentage of unemployed in the labor force – 3.1% (3.0% in October).

Percentage of people aged 25-64 in the labor force – 81.7% (81.2% in October).

Employment rate among those aged 25-64 – 79.4% (79.0% in October).

The percentage of unemployed people in the labor force among those aged 25-64 – 2.9% (2.7% in October).

The percentage of employed people who usually work full-time, out of all employed people – 78.4% (78.1% in October).

Original data from November 2025:

In November 2025 (compared to October 2025, among those aged 15 and over):

Percentage of the labor force – 62.7% (62.4% in October).

Employment rate (percentage of employed people out of the total population) – 60.8% (60.4% in the previous month).

Percentage of unemployed in the labor force – 3.1% (3.2 in October).

Employment rate excluding those temporarily absent from work all week for economic reasons – 60.6% (60.2% in October).

Percentage of those temporarily absent from work all week by selected reasons: economic reasons – 7.0% (2.5% in October), military reserve duty – 13.8% (5.9% in October), other – 1.0% (0.5% in October).

Percentage of men temporarily absent from work all week by selected reasons: economic reasons – 9.5% (4.1% in the previous month), military reserve duty – 31.0% (12.3% in October), other – 1.7% (1.0% in October).

Percentage of Women temporarily absent from work all week by selected reasons: economic reasons – 5.1% (1.3% in October), military reserve duty – there were none (1.1% in October), other – there were none (unchanged from October).

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the data on revenue and employment in tourist hotels January-September 2025.

With the outbreak of the Iron Sword War on October 7, 2023, the hotel industry in Israel was required to adapt to significant changes. Hotels in risk areas were closed. Hotels in other areas were asked to respond to the Government’s plan to evacuate citizens from risk areas in the south and north, and to provide them with accommodation and hospitality services.

Revenue from tourist hotels amounted to 10.4 billion Shekels ($3.2 billion), at current prices, approximately 86% of the revenue was received from Israelis and 14% from tourists – 10.6 billion Shekels ($3.3 billion), 90% was received from Israelis and 10% of the revenue was received from tourists, in the corresponding period in 2024.

86% of the revenue was received from Israelis, 90% in the same period in 2024.

The average number of jobs per month (including jobs through staffing companies) was 42,000 – 38,000 in the same period in 2024.

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that on Thursday afternoon its surveillance and Air Control Center identified two drones that crossed from the west of the State of Israel in an attempt to infiltrate the country.

Following the identification, an Israel Air Force combat helicopter intercepted the two drones as they entered the country.

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Israel Meteorological Service issued a flood warning for rivers in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea from Saturday to Monday when Storm Cornela is expected to lash the country with heavy rain and winds. Authorities warned that entering riverbeds on foot or by vehicle during the floods is strictly prohibited due to life-threatening risks.

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority warned that approaching river edges is also dangerous because of potential bank collapses.

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — An advanced recycling facility for construction waste was inaugurated in Kedumim, within the Brown Park Industrial Zone. The facility, which cost 5.6 million Shekels ($1.7 million), is expected to serve the Judea and Samaria region and contribute to reducing landfill volumes, by sorting, processing and recycling construction waste and turning it into an economic and infrastructure resource.

The facility operates in a recycling-before-landfill format: the construction waste it receives undergoes sorting and recycling processes, and only residues that are not suitable for reuse are sent to landfill on site on a limited scale. The recycling products are used as raw materials for the construction industry and infrastructure, and are a central pillar of a circular economy.

Jerusalem, 25 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) reported that underground tunnels more than four kilometers long were destroyed and dozens of terrorists were eliminated in the Yellow Line area in the northern Gaza Strip to destroy above- and below-ground terrorist infrastructure in the Jabaliya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia areas in recent months .

In addition, the forces located approximately 10 mortar bombs hidden inside a children’s blanket in a residential building in the Beit Hanoun area.

The Yellow Line marks the areas where Israeli forces are continuing to operate under the Gaza ceasefire agreement: Israel controls everything to the east, north and south of the line and Hamas and other terrorists are prohibited from crossing it.