Telephone numbers in Israel consist of an area code and a subscriber number. The dial plan type in Israel is closed, and "0" is the internal

Trunk prefix A trunk prefix is a digit sequence to be dialed before a telephone number to initiate a telephone call for the purpose of selecting an appropriate telecommunications circuit by which the call is to be routed. Making a domestic (national) telephone ...

in Israel. Israel's

country calling code Country calling codes or country dial-in codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in the networks of the member countries or regions of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The codes are defined by the ...

is +972. When dialing an Israeli number from inside of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, the format is :
"0 - Area/network operator code (A/N) - subscriber number (X)" When dialing an Israeli number from outside Israel, the format is :
"+972 - Area/network operator code (A/N) - subscriber number (X)" The Israeli telecommunication infrastructure includes the Palestinian telecommunication system.

History

In 1965, many Israeli phone numbers had 6 digits, but some had 5, according to the Tel Aviv-area phone book. There were ten area codes at that time: 02 Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh; 03 Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rehovot, Ashdod; 04 Haifa and western Galilee; 051 Ashkelon; 053 Netanya; 057 Beersheva and most of the Negev; 059 Eilat; 065 Afula, Nazareth; 063 Hadera, Zichron Yaakov; and 067 Tiberias, Zefat and eastern Galilee. As recently as the 1990s, most telephone numbers in Israel had 6 digits (without area code digit). Currently there are 5 geographic area codes and 2 more non-geographic area codes, and numbers has 7 or 8 digits (without area code digit).

Structure and format

The format for calls to landlines within the same area code is XXX-XXXX (7 digits subscriber number). For calls to a landline outside the local area, the area code is prefixed and the format becomes (0A) XXX-XXXX for calls to landlines, where "0A" is the area code. The format for calls to cellular mobile phones is 05N-XXX-XXXX, where "05N" is the mobile operator indicator. The format for calls to VoIP lines is 07N-XXX-XXXX, where "07N" is the VoIP operator indicator. When calling from outside of Israel, the leading "0" in area codes is not dialed, and the format is +972-A-XXX-XXXX for calls to landlines, +972-5N-XXX-XXXX for calls to mobile lines, +972-7N-XXX-XXXX for calls to VoIP lines.

International call prefix

For calling from Israel to another country: choose operator, and dial its international access code, then dial destination country code and then the rest of the local number. *00 or + – short code (only registered customers) *012 – 012smile service *013 –

013 NetVision Cellcom ( he, סלקום) () is an Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered on wireless service. Its current CEO is Avi Gabbay, who was appointed on 4 January 2020. As of June 2016, Cellcom h ...

service *014 –

Bezeq International Bezeq ( he, בזק) is an Israeli telecommunications company. Bezeq and its subsidiaries offer a range of telecom services, including fixed-line, mobile telephony, high-speed Internet, transmission, and pay TV (via Yes). History Bezeq was f ...

service *015 – Hallo 015 service *016 –

Golan Telecom Golan Telecom ( he, גולן טלקום) is a mobile network operator in Israel. It was founded in 2010 and offers a range of mobile phone and internet services to residential and business customers. In July 2011 the company won a tender to oper ...

service *017 – Hot Mobile service *018 – Xfone service *019 – 019 Telzar service

Area codes

Due to mobile number portability, a mobile phone with a prefix of one provider can be associated with a different provider.

Geographic area codes

When dialing within one of the geographical area codes (2, 3, 4, 8, 9) the prefix can be dropped (so instead of dialing (0A)XXX-XXXX you can dial XXX-XXXX). * In the geographic area codes, first digits of the local number are identifying service operator:

Cellular and mobile devices area code 05

Non-geographic nationwide area code 07

Non-geographic nationwide area code can be used by Landline and VoIP operators.

Special numbers

Special numbers include emergency and aid services, along with technical support and other provider services: 100 -

Police The police are a Law enforcement organization, constituted body of Law enforcement officer, persons empowered by a State (polity), state, with the aim to law enforcement, enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citize ...

101 -

Ambulance Service Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...

102 -

Fire Fighters A firefighter is a first responder and rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property, and the environment as well as to rescue people and in some cases or jurisdictions also ...

103 - Electric Corporation 104 -

Home Front Command The Home Front Command ( he, פיקוד העורף, ''Pikud HaOref'') is an Israel Defense Forces regional command, created in February 1992 in response to the lessons of the Gulf War,Police The police are a Law enforcement organization, constituted body of Law enforcement officer, persons empowered by a State (polity), state, with the aim to law enforcement, enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citize ...

information service 118 - Ministry of Social Affairs emergency service 1201 - Mental health first aid 1221 - Emergency Medical Response 1230 - Emergency Non-Medical Responsehttps://yedidim-il.org/ 1255 XXX - Hospital Information Center <only in times of emergency> *XXXX - (Star and 4 digits) Speed dial service 1234 - Bezeq-Card service (Bezeq lines only) 1455 -

Speaking clock A speaking clock or talking clock is a live or recorded human voice service, usually accessed by telephone, that gives the correct time. The first telephone speaking clock service was introduced in France, in association with the Paris Observ ...

- Time and date in Israel and around the world 142 -

Collect Call A collect call in Canada and the United States, known as a reverse charge call in other parts of the English-speaking world, is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party's expense. In the past, collec ...

144 - Telephone Listings Information 166 - Bezeq technical support 171 - Israel Post Office 199 - Bezeq customer service 164 - Bezeq business customer service 1 599 XXX XXX - Business Toll 1 700 XXX XXX - Business Toll 1 80X XXX XXX -

Toll Free A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefi ...

1 90X XXX XXX - Premium

Kosher numbers

Kosher phones and networks are essentially phones with

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rabbinical Rabbinic Judaism ( he, יהדות רבנית, Yahadut Rabanit), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Judaism espoused by the Rabbanites, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonia ...

approval that can be used for communication without entertainment functionality or connectivity. This is a line that has a pre-defined prefix and it is blocked to content that Haredi activists feel is not appropriate for their community. Such blocking includes cellular internet access, chat rooms,

SMS Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...

, etc. This does not mean that other phones are not

kosher (also or , ) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law. Food that may be consumed is deemed kosher ( in English, yi, כּשר), fro ...

according to Jewish law, as evidenced by the fact that a very large number - if not the majority - of observant

Orthodox Jews Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Jewish theology, Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Torah, Written and Oral Torah, Or ...

worldwide do not restrict themselves to "kosher" phones; rather the description "kosher" phones is a loose one, implying an added level of stringency accepted by some communities. The companies who provides "kosher numbers" allocated exclusive ranges for those lines, which are: +972 (A) 80X-XXXX -

Bezeq Bezeq ( he, בזק) is an Israeli telecommunications company. Bezeq and its subsidiaries offer a range of telecom services, including fixed-line, mobile telephony, high-speed Internet, transmission, and pay TV (via Yes). History Bezeq was foun ...

(When A = 2,3,4,8,9) +972 50 41X-XXXX - Pelephone +972 52 71X-XXXX - Cellcom, second range +972 52 76X-XXXX - Cellcom, first range +972 53 31X-XXXX - Hot Mobile, first range +972 53 41X-XXXX - Hot Mobile, second range +972 54 84X-XXXX - Partner, first range +972 54 85X-XXXX - Partner, second range +972 55 67X-XXXX - Rami Levy +972 55 71X-XXXX - Cellact +972 55 98X-XXXX - 019 Telzar +972 58 32X-XXXX -

+972 72 29X-XXXX - Partner ( 012smile) +972 73 724-XXXX - Veidan

References

External links

Israel Ministry of CommunicationPresentation of E.164 National Numbering For Country Code 972 (Israel), Update August 2007, Israel Ministry of CommunicationIsrael Ministry of Communications numbering program

Shortened business numbers
(star numbers) at the Israel Ministry of Communications
Change of 057 prefix to 053
{{Telephone numbers in Asia

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