Israel

News coverage about Israel accounts for 2.554% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (+1.0%). The average tone of this coverage is -2.58 — negative.

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Coverage share
2.554%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+1.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.58
negative
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Israel coverage volume: 91 days, latest 2.55% on 2026-10-040.002.55.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Israel coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.58 on 2026-10-04+50-5Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (5/day latest)

Protest events located in Israel: 91 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-10-040.00100200Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Diplomacy (219/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Israel: 91 days, latest 219.00 on 2026-10-040.0012502500Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coercion & force (66/day latest)

Coercive events located in Israel: 91 days, latest 66.00 on 2026-10-040.0010002000Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Israel, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 12% of the coverage about Israel came from outlets based in Israel — the rest was written from abroad (91,122 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Israel from domestic outlets (%): 91 days, latest 11.61 on 2026-10-040.0012.525.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Share of articles about Israel produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Tel Aviv (146)
  • Gaza (109)
  • Jerusalem (89)
  • Ben Gurion (14)
  • Gaza City (9)
  • Hebron (7)
  • Naama (5)
  • Maalot (3)
  • Kabri (3)
  • Eilat (3)
  • Hamam (2)
  • Ashkelon (2)

Places named in coverage about Israel on 2026-10-04 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Israel

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$610.8B
World Bank, 2025
Population
10.1M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
53.0%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
8.8%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
1,984
best estimate
Civilian deaths
496
within the above
Recorded events
866
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
1,265
originating from Israel
Refugees hosted
1,274
from other countries
Asylum seekers
29,682
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 35 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Monitored relationships

Each link opens the bilateral co-coverage dashboard for the pair.

Coverage share measures articles published by Israel-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).