Last Updated on October 20, 2021
International and local 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.
Israel Local Calls – Area Codes
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 digits.
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 you 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 Phone 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 a landline from a mobile phone, use the area prefix; 03-xxx-xxxx
Calling Abroad from Israel
When calling abroad from an 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
To call 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
Calling a toll-free number abroad
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.
Telephone numbers for Israel’s Emergency Services
100 |
101 |
102 Fire |
Learn these useful Hebrew words & phrases
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 |
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