Telephone numbers in Israel

Country	Israel
Continent	Asia
Regulator	Israeli Ministry of Communications
Numbering plan type	closed
NSN length	8 or 9 (landline) 10 (mobile)
Format	(0A) XXX-XXXX (landline) 05N-XXX-XXXX (mobile)
Country code	+972
International access	00 or 01x
Long-distance	0

Telephone numbers in Israel consist of an area code and a subscriber number. Thedial plan type in Israel is closed, and "0" is the internaltrunk prefix in Israel. Israel'scountry calling code is +972.

When dialing an Israeli number from inside ofIsrael, 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 thePalestinian telecommunication system.

In 1965, many Israeli phone numbers had six digits, but some had five, according to the Tel Aviv–area phone book.^[1] 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.^[2]

As recently as the 1990s, most telephone numbers in Israel had six digits (without area code digit). Currently there are five geographic area codes and two more non-geographic area codes, and numbers have seven or eight digits (without area code digit).

The format for calls to landlines within the same area code is XXX-XXXX (seven digit 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.

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 service
• 014:Bezeq International service
• 015: Hallo 015 service
• 016:Golan Telecom service
• 017:Hot Mobile service
• 018: Xfone service
• 019:019 Telzar service

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

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:

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

Special numbers include emergency and aid services, along with technical support and other provider services:^[8]

• 100:Police
• 101:Ambulance Service
• 102:Fire Fighters
• 103:Electric Corporation
• 104:Home Front Command (Information about how to act in war and earthquake)
• 105: Child Online Protection Bureau^[9]
• 106: Municipal Call Center <inmost cities>
• 107: Municipal Call Center <in some cities>
• 108: Municipal Call Center <in some cities>
• 109: Municipal Call Center <in some cities>
• 110:Police information service
• 118:Ministry of Social Affairs emergency service
• 1201: Mental health first aid
• 1221:Emergency Medical Response
• 1230: EmergencyNon-Medical Response^[10]
• 1255 XXX: Hospital Information Center <only in times of emergency>
• *XXXX: (Star and four digits) Speed dial service
• 1234: Bezeq-Card service (Bezeq lines only)
• 1455:Speaking clock: Time and date in Israel and around the world
• 142:Collect Call
• 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
• 1 90X XXX XXX: Premium

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Kosher phones and networks are essentially phones withHaredirabbinical 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, etc.^[11] This does not mean that other phones are notkosher according to Jewish law, as evidenced by the fact that a very large number—if not the majority—of observantOrthodox Jews 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 (When A = 2,3,4,8,9)
• +97250 41X-XXXX:Pelephone
• +97252 71X-XXXX:Cellcom, second range
• +97252 76X-XXXX:Cellcom, first range
• +97253 31X-XXXX:Hot Mobile, first range
• +97253 41X-XXXX:Hot Mobile, second range
• +97254 84X-XXXX:Partner, first range
• +97254 85X-XXXX:Partner, second range
• +97255 32X-XXXX: Widely Mobile
• +97255 67X-XXXX:Rami Levy
• +97255 71X-XXXX: Cellact
• +97255 98X-XXXX: 019 Telzar
• +97258 32X-XXXX:Golan Telecom
• +97272 29X-XXXX:Partner (012smile)
• +97273 724-XXXX: Veidan

• Israel Ministry of Communication
• Presentation of E.164 National Numbering For Country Code 972 (Israel), Update August 2007, Israel Ministry of Communication
• Israel Ministry of Communications numbering program(in Hebrew)
• Shortened business numbers (star numbers) at the Israel Ministry of Communications(in Hebrew)
• Change of 057 prefix to 053(in Hebrew)

• Telephone numbers by country
• Israel communications-related lists
• Telecommunications in Israel

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