• Area Code: 1 digit (2 digits for special/mobile services)
• Subscriber Number: 6-7 digits

Area Code List

[6(3) means area code is 6, telephone numbers within that area code
 begin with 3, but 3 is not part of the area code as such - info
 from an Israeli directory.]

[The following domestic codes are not reachable from outside Israel;
no leading 0 is used before these numbers (some information based on
Jerusalem 1993 directory):

        100  police
        101  ambulance (Magen David Adom)
        102  fire
        106  "hotline" to the city council in many municipalities
        144  information
        155  "talking clock"
        166  repair
        171  telegrams
        174  wake-up call 1
        175  wake-up call 2
        177  toll free, home direct (e.g. 177+610 2727 is Australia direct)
        188  overseas calling operator (manual)
        198  Bezeq "hotline" fax number
        199  Bezeq general "hotline"

[Some areas changed local numbers from 6 digits to 7 digits in 1995.]

[Following are the standard area codes (0 dialed before these numbers
within Israel).]

        2    Bethlehem, Hevron, Jericho, Jerusalem, Ramalla
        2    much of West Bank area
        3    Ben Gurion Airport
        3    Tel Aviv/Jaffa, Ramat Gan (also Bat-Yam, Holon,
             Petah Tikva; officially "Tel Aviv/Jaffa and Gush Dan")
        4    Haifa, Naharia
        50   cellular mobile [analog "Pelephone" - Bezeq/Motorola]
        51   [was Ashkelon; now 7]
        52   cellular mobile [Cellcom - GSM format]
        52   [was Herzlia, Raanana, Sharon Junction; now 9]
        53   [was Netanya, now 9]
        54   [was Rehovot; now 8]
        56   Pay-per-call services (like U.S. 900)
        57   Pay-per-call services (like U.S. 900)
        57   [Beer-Shev'a now 7]
        59   [was Eilat; now 7]
        6    Nazareth (and north region), Safed
        6(3) Hadera
        6(5) Afula
        6(7) Tiberias
        6(9) Zefat
        7    Ashkelon, Beer-Shev'a [was 57], Eilat, Gaza strip
        8    Rehovot, Shefelah
        8(5) Ashdod [formerly 55, now part of Shefelah area]
        9    Herzlia, Netanya, Raanana, Sharon Junction

• 2000-2001? - changes to Israel numbering plan
  • Israel's Ministry of Communications, the telecom regulator, issued a press release on 10 January 1999 announcing it hired Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) for work towards the future numbering plan.
  • Approximately February 2000, announcements of area code changes were made in the press to take effect at some unknown date. The area codes in the following list exclude the initial 0 prefix as used domestically:
    • Subscriber numbers in Area Code 6 (north part of Israel) will be changed to Area Code 4 (Haifa). There is no word on what will be the future use of the Area Code 6 numbering range.
    • Area Code 50 (Pelephone cellular) numbers will be expanded from 6 to 7 digits, by prepending the digit 6. That is, +972 50 xxxxxx will become +972 50 6xxxxxx.
    • Area Code 51 (Pelephone cellular) numbers will be changed to Area Code 50, and the digit 7 prepended to the subscriber number. That is, +972 51 xxxxxx will become +972 50 7xxxxxx.
    • Area Code 52 (Cellcom cellular) numbers will be expanded from 6 to 7 digits, by prepending the digit 2. That is, +972 52 xxxxxx will become +972 52 2xxxxxx.
    • Area Code 53 (Cellcom cellular) numbers will be changed to Area Code 52, and the digit 3 prepended to the subscriber number. That is, +972 53 xxxxxx will become +972 52 3xxxxxx.
    • Area Code 54 (Partner-Orange cellular) numbers will be expanded from 6 to 7 digits, by prepending the digit 4. That is, +972 54 xxxxxx will become +972 54 4xxxxxx.
    • Area Code 55 is reserved for Partner-Orange cellular. While not active as of March 2000, any numbers that were to be assigned under this code will now be assigned under Area Code 54, with 7-digit subscriber numbers beginning with 5 (that is, of the form +972 54 5xxxxxx).
    • Area Code 58 (Cellcom cellular) numbers will be changed to Area Code 52, and the digit 8 prepended to the subscriber number. That is, +972 58 xxxxxx will become +972 52 8xxxxxx.
  • Notes on the above changes:
    • (1) Cellcom subscribers (Area Codes 52, 53, 58) have already been using the new 7-digit number format to call other customers within their service. This was in effect as of 1999.
    • (2) Area Codes 51, 53, 55 and 58, whose numbers will be consolidated under other Area Codes as above, will be assigned to new cellular competitors after an unspecified sterilisation period in which the codes remain vacant.
    • There are rumours of a conversion to a closed numbering plan - that is, there would only exist national subscriber numbers, which would be dialled in their entirety whether the call is local or long distance.

• Palestine has been assigned country code 970 according to various reports. The telephone network in Palestinian authority territory is expected to leave the Israeli +972 numbering plan. No details on permissive/mandatory dialling periods, if any.