Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Israel from abroad:

1) Obtain the lowest telephone call rate for Israel, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 972 + City Area Code + Local number

In order to make a phone call from Israel you will have to dial israel-exit-code (eg: israel-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Tel Aviv, Israel can be found at Time in Tel Aviv.

Israel’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Israel utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Israel are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in Israel.

These phone area codes are needed only if calling from outside the telephone code area. Nevertheless it is necessary when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Israel usually show geographical areas within Israel that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Israel is generally preceded in the dial string by the Israeli country code or the international access code for Israel ("972").

Phone Area codes in Israel in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Israel.