Ashkelon, Israel

Ashkelon, Israel is a submarine cable landing point in Israel (coordinates 31.6695°, 34.5560°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Israel's international connectivity infrastructure.

Ashkelon or Ashqelon, is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Tel Aviv, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The modern city is named after the ancient seaport of Ascalon, which was destroyed in 1270 and whose remains are on the southwestern edge of the modern metropolis. The Israeli city, first known as Migdal, was founded in 1949 approximately 4 km inland from ancient Ascalon at the Palestinian town of al-Majdal. Its inhabitants had been exclusively Muslims and Christians, and the area had been allocated to Palestine in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine; on the eve of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the inhabitants numbered 10,000 and in October 1948, the city accommodated thousands more Palestinian refugees from nearby villages. The town was conquered by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time much of the Arab population had fled, leaving some 2700 inhabitants, of whom Israeli soldiers deported 500 in December 1948, and most of the rest were deported by 1950. Today, the city's population is almost entirely Israeli Jews. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Ashkelon, Israel

Cables landing at Ashkelon, Israel are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including EMC Subsea Cable Company Limited, Partner Communications Company. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Ashkelon, Israel, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include France, Greece, Israel, Saudi Arabia.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Ashkelon, Israel in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• EMC West-2 (2027) — EMC West-2 is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Israel, Saudi Arabia, France, Greece. Its 4 landing points at Ashkelon, Haql, Marseille, Tympaki bridge the networks of Middle East, Europe, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Israel Coasting 1 (IC-1) (2000) — Israel Coasting 1 (IC-1) is a domestic submarine cable network within Israel, connecting 7 coastal and island locations including Ashkelon, Haifa, Herzeliyya, Nahariyya, Netanya, and 2 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.