International dialing access codes & telephone numbers in Israel.

Hebrew: קידומת טלפון בינלאומית

Israel has a very well developed and highly efficient telecommunications network. Competition between the national telephone company - Bezeq, the cable companies and mobile phone carriers is rife. All of them are competing for your business and there are many opportunities for good phone rates and internet, landline, mobile phone and TV packages. It pays to shop around.

Local Area Codes

Israel Local Calls

For calling between geographical areas, there are 5 local area code prefixes.

02	Jerusalem area
03	Tel Aviv & Central region
04	Haifa & Northern region
08	Beer Sheva & Southern region
09	Sharon region

Calling an Israel local land-line from within Israel

Local land-lines have 7 numbers

If for example, you are in the 04 area, and you need to call another number in the 04 area, just dial the 7 digit number - xxx xxxx

If, you are in the 04 area, and yopu need to call a number in another area, you need to add the prefix. So for example, if you are dialing from a 04 number to a number in 02 - the Jerusalem area, you need to dial

02 + xxx xxxx

Israel Mobile Prefixes

Local mobile phones are comprised of 10 digits as do new telephone land lines issued by cable companies.

050 xxx xxxx	Pelephone
052 xxx xxxx	Cellcom
053 xxx xxxx	Hot Mobile
054 xxx xxxx	Orange
055 22x xxxx	Home Cellular
055 66x xxxx	Rami Levy
055 88x xxxx	YouPhone
056 xxx xxxx	Wataniya - Palestinian territories
057 xxx xxxx	Hot Mobile
058 xxx xxxx	Golan Telecom
059 xxx xxxx	Jawal - Palestinian territories
072 2xx xxxx	VoB 012 Smile
073 2xx xxxx	Cellcom local calls
073 3xx xxxx	Cellcom local business telephone lines
073 7xx xxxx	VoB 013 Netvision
074 7xx xxxx	Orange local calls
076 5xx xxxx	VoB Bezeq International
076 88x xxxx	Bezeq local
077 xxx xxxx	Hot Cable Phone Service

Calling Abroad

When calling abroad from Israel landline, you need to dial the general international dialing code - 00 or if you are a registered client of any of the undermentioned telecommunication companies, you dial their international dialing code, as listed below - 012 or 013 etc.

	00	General International Access Code
	012	For clients of 012 Smile
	013	For clients of Netvision
	014	For clients of Bezeq International
	015	For clients of Hallo 015
	016	For clients of Golan Telecom
	017	For clients of Hot Mobile
	018	For clients of Xfone
	019	For clients of Telzar

Calling from Israel to a land-line abroad

You would dial as follows:

International Dialing code (00) + country code + area code + land-line number

For example a call to South Africa:

00 + 27 (country code) + 11 (Johannesburg area code) + XXX XXXX (land-line number)

For clients of the above-mentioned telecommunication companies, you would dial

013 + 27 + 11 + XXX XXXX

Note: if you are calling a toll free number from Israel to another country abroad (1-800 number for example), it is considered a special call and you will be charged according to the tariff of the phone company abroad

Calling from Israel land-line to a mobile number abroad

You would dial as follows:

00+ 27 (country code) + XX (mobile prefix, and drop the preceding "0") + XXXXXXXX (mobile number)

For clients of the above-mentioned telecommunication companies, instead you would dial

013 + 27 + XX + XXXXXXX

Calling from an Israel mobile number to a land-line or mobile number abroad

The mobile phone carriers are now offering attractive packages which include calls from mobile phones to land-lines or mobile numbers abroad which include unlimited calls to selected countries. Verify the precise details with your mobile phone carrier.

Useful Terminology

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Hebrew, English & Transliterations

English	Transliteration	Hebrew
Area code/prefix	Kidomet	קידומת
Cost of a call	Alut sicha	עלות שיחה
Hello, goodbye	Shalom	שלום
I have a call	Yeish li sicha	יש לי שיחה
International dialing code	kidomet bein leumi	קידומת בין לאומי
Land-line number	Mispar nayach	מספר נייך
Mobile phone	Telefon nayad (slang - mobeil)	טלפון נייג (מובייל
Mobile phone number	Mispar (telefon) nayad	מספר טלפון נייד
On-hold	B'hamtana	בהמתנה
Phone package	Chavilat sichot telefon	חבילת שיחות טלפון
Please call me	Na le'hitkasher eilay	נא להתקשר עלי
Telephone	Telefon	טלפון
Telephone number	Mispar telefon	מספר טלפון
Unlimited calls	Sichot le lo hagbala	שיחות ללא הגבלה
What is your mobile phone number?	Ma mispar hanayad shelcha?	מה מספר הנייד שלך
What is your telephone number?	Ma mispar hatelefon shelcha?	מה מספר הטלפון שלך