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. 

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.

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.

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.

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