Telephone numbers in Israel
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Country Code: +972

International Call Prefix: 00 or 01x

Trunk Prefix
Trunk prefix
A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When the number is called from overseas, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the trunk...

: 0


Until the 1990s, telephone numbers in Israel had 6 digits (except in its early days), and until the 2000s, there were 8 area codes allocated to Bezeq
Bezeq
Bezeq, the Israeli company for communications, is a telecommunications provider in Israel.Until the mid-first decade of the 21st century when it was owned by the Israeli government, Bezeq had a monopoly on landline telephony and Internet access infrastructure...

, by region. Currently numbers have seven digits and Bezeq controls 6 area codes - 04 and 06 (Haifa and northern areas) were merged, as well as 07 (south) and 08 (Shfela).

Over the last few years with the influence of VOIP, long distance has been deregulated in Israel. According to the Israel Ministry of Communication one may port
Local number portability
Local number portability for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability for mobile phone lines, refers to the ability to transfer either an existing fixed-line or mobile telephone number assigned by a local exchange carrier and reassign it to another carrier...

 a VOIP number to land line carrier and vice versa giving some one the option to say have a northern number in the south of the country however one is still not allowed to port a number say from the north to the south of the country with the same kind of line (e.g., VOIP to VOIP or land line to land line). Mobile number portability between cellular providers was introduced in late 2007.

Format: +972 X XXX XXXX or +972 XX XXX XXXX

Access codes

  • 00 - International Access Code (For registered customers)
  • 012 - International Access Code (012 Smile service)
  • 013 - International Access Code (013 Netvision service)
  • 014 - International Access Code (Bezeq International service)
  • 018 - International Access Code (018 Xfone service)
  • 019 - International Access Code (019 Telzar service)

Area codes

  • 02 XXX XXXX - Jerusalem
    Jerusalem District
    The Jerusalem District is one of six administrative districts of Israel. The district capital is Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District has a land area of 652 km². The population of 910,300 is 67.8% Jewish and 30.6% Arab...

     Area
  • 03 XXX XXXX - Tel Aviv
    Tel Aviv District
    The Tel Aviv District is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents...

     & Central Area
  • 04 XXX XXXX - Haifa
    Haifa District
    Haifa District is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of six administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa...

     & Northern
    North District (Israel)
    The Northern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638  km² when both land and water are included...

     Area
  • 08 XXX XXXX - Lowland
    Shephelah
    The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level. The area is fertile, and a temperate...

     & Southern Area
  • 09 XXX XXXX - Sharon
    Sharon, Israel
    The Sharon Plain is the northern half of the coastal plain of Israel. Its largest city is Netanya.The Plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samarian Hills, to the east. It stretches from Haifa and Mount Carmel in the north to the Yarkon River in the south, at the edge of...

     Area
  • 050 XXX XXXX - Mobile
    Mobile phone
    A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

     (Pelephone
    Pelephone
    Pelephone is an Israeli-based telecommunications company, founded in 1986 as a joint venture between Motorola and Tadiran, today owned by Bezeq. It was the first company to offer mobile phone services in Israel. Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile...

    )
  • 052 XXX XXXX - Mobile (Cellcom
    Cellcom (Israel)
    Cellcom is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service...

    )
  • 054 XXX XXXX - Mobile (Orange)
  • 056 XXX XXXX - Mobile (Wataniya Telecom
    Wataniya Telecom
    For the airline go to Wataniya AirwaysWataniya Telecom was commercially launched in 1999 as the first privately owned telecommunications operator in Kuwait...

    , in the Palestinian territories
    Palestinian territories
    The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

    )
  • 057 XXX XXXX - Mobile (Mirs)
  • 059 XXX XXXX - Mobile (Jawwal
    Paltel
    Paltel Group or Palestinian Telecommunication Group is the largest private-sector company in the Palestinian territories, employing almost 2,000 people...

    , in the Palestinian territories
    Palestinian territories
    The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

    )
  • 072 2XX XXXX - VoB Service (012 Smile)
  • 073 2XX XXXX - Local Calls (Cellcom
    Cellcom (Israel)
    Cellcom is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service...

    )
  • 073 3XX XXXX - Local Business Telephone lines(Cellcom
    Cellcom (Israel)
    Cellcom is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service...

    )
  • 073 7XX XXXX - VoB Service (013 Netvision)
  • 074 7XX XXXX - Local Calls (Orange)
  • 076 5XX XXXX - VoB Service (Bezeq International service)
  • 076 88X XXXX - Local Calls (Bezeq
    Bezeq
    Bezeq, the Israeli company for communications, is a telecommunications provider in Israel.Until the mid-first decade of the 21st century when it was owned by the Israeli government, Bezeq had a monopoly on landline telephony and Internet access infrastructure...

    )
  • 077 XXX XXXX - Cable Phone Service (Hot
    Hot (Israel)
    HOT Telecommunication Systems Ltd. is a company that provides cable television, last-mile Internet access, broadband and telecommunication services in Israel. It also provides various data transmission services and network services at different rates, services to the business sector and other...

    )


The leading 0 trunk code is not dialled from abroad.

Special numbers

  • 100 - Police
  • 101 - Ambulance Service
    Magen David Adom
    The Magen David Adom is Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service. The name means "Red Star of David"...

  • 102 - Fire Fighters
    Firefighter
    Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations...

  • 103 - Electric Corporation
    Israel Electric Corporation
    Israel Electric Corporation is the main supplier of electrical power in Israel.IEC builds, maintains and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as the transmission and distribution networks....

  • 106 - Municipal Call Center most cities>
  • 107 - Municipal Call Center
  • 108 - Municipal Call Center
  • 109 - Municipal Call Center
  • 118 - Ministry of Social Affair's emergency service
  • 1201 - Mental health first aid
  • 1255 XXX - Hospital Information Center
  • 1212 XX XX - Telephone-Based poll and televoting
  • 1200 XXX XXX - Televoting
  • *XXXX - (Star and 4 digits) Speed dial service
  • 1234 - Bezeq-Card service (Bezeq lines only)
  • 1346 - Dial up access to ISP service
  • 1455 - Time and date in Israel and around the world
  • 142 - Collect Call
    Collect call
    A collect call in the USA and Canada or reverse charge call in the UK and other countries is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party's expense...

  • 144 - Telephone Listings Information
  • 166 - Bezeq technical support
  • 199 - Bezeq customer service
  • 164 - Bezeq business customer service
  • 1 700 XXX XXX - Business Toll
  • 1 80X XXX XXX - Toll Free

  • Note - The Israeli telecommunication infrastructure is available and used extensively in the Palestinian Territories
    Palestinian territories
    The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

     too.

Kosher Numbers

Some mobile plans include a large allocation of minutes to Kosher numbers, which are:
  • 050 41X XXXX - Pelephone
    Pelephone
    Pelephone is an Israeli-based telecommunications company, founded in 1986 as a joint venture between Motorola and Tadiran, today owned by Bezeq. It was the first company to offer mobile phone services in Israel. Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile...

  • 052 71X XXXX - Cellcom
    Cellcom (Israel)
    Cellcom is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service...

    , second range
  • 052 76X XXXX - Cellcom
    Cellcom (Israel)
    Cellcom is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service...

    , first range
  • 054 84X XXXX - Orange
  • 057 31X XXXX - Mirs

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