Ashkelon
Americannoun
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a city in southwestern Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea.
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an ancient city and modern archeological site north of Gaza.
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Adalah said the court in Ashkelon gave police an additional six days to question Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian national Thiago Ávila.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila were taken to court in the city of Ashkelon, according to Miriam Azem, international advocacy coordinator at the Israeli rights group Adalah.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Ashkelon is one example of a city trying to return to normal.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
They went through countless Russian checkpoints and by April 2022 arrived in Israel, where her husband’s relatives lived in Ashkelon.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
From the Egyptians it was borrowed by the Abyssinians; it was employed also for some centuries before and after the Christian era in the calendars of Gaza and Ashkelon.
From The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by Moore, George Foot
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