Accident comes only months after a 21-year-old died in a fall from a 30-meter cliff in the Judean Desert

17 years after latest round of talks began on Red-Dead canal, Israel drags its feet, Jordan bans Israeli scientists from its side, and the iconic lake relentlessly contracts

Environmental class action suit says two Israel Chemicals plants allowed industrial, radioactive wastewater to contaminate aquifer and stream near Dead Sea

After hours of search efforts rescuers find body of 21-year-old Yerachmiel Yeshayahu, who plummeted off 30-meter ledge in Judean Desert

Thousands visit sites near the Dead Sea, where the weather service is warning of possible flooding due to expected rainfall accompanying rare 'medicane'

Scuffles break out between IDF soldiers and demonstrators in the West Bank; no reports of arrests

Heat hits 40°C in Tel Aviv, even higher near Dead Sea; heat wave blamed for massive wave of brushfires

Medics at crash scene forced to declare deaths of Amit Barlev and Hillel Lalum, who were returning from Dead Sea with a third friend, moderately wounded

New computer simulation and research helps scientists understand how salt makes its way down rather than up, providing a glimpse into formation of massive deposits around the world

Temblor said to measure 3.8 on the Richter scale, amid growing concern over Israeli preparedness