List of lighthouses in Israel

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{{Location map~|Israel | lat_deg =32 | lat_min =55 | lat_sec =9.43 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=35 | lon_min=3 | lon_sec=59.22 | lon_dir=E|label=Akko Light|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Israel | lat_deg =32 | lat_min =49 | lat_sec =22.36 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=35 | lon_min=0 | lon_sec=31.19 | lon_dir=E|label=Haifa Lee Breakwater Light|position=left}}

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| lat_deg =32 | lat_min =49| lat_sec =41.25 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34| lon_min=58| lon_sec=0.56 | lon_dir=E

| label = Stella Maris Light}}

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| label = Mikhmoret Light|position=left

| lat_deg =32 | lat_min =24| lat_sec =9.69 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34| lon_min=52| lon_sec=2.21 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Herzliya Light

| lat_deg =32 | lat_min =9| lat_sec =56.9 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34 | lon_min=47 | lon_sec=33.35 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Reading Light|position=left

| lat_deg =32 | lat_min =6 | lat_sec =12.86 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34 | lon_min=46 | lon_sec=37.11 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Jaffa Light

| lat_deg =32 | lat_min =3 | lat_sec =12.45 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34 | lon_min=45 | lon_sec=1.82 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Ashdod Light

| lat_deg =31 | lat_min =48| lat_sec =50.06 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34| lon_min=38| lon_sec=46.79 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light|position=left

| lat_deg =31| lat_min =41| lat_sec =6.93 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34| lon_min=33| lon_sec=22.04 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light

| lat_deg =31 | lat_min =38 | lat_sec =25.68 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34 | lon_min=31 | lon_sec=11.88 | lon_dir=E}}

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| label = Eilat Light

| lat_deg =29| lat_min =30| lat_sec =1.14 | lat_dir =N

| lon_deg=34| lon_min=54| lon_sec=54.78 | lon_dir=E}}

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The lighthouses of Israel are all located along its {{convert|273|km}} coastline.{{Cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/ | title=Israel | publisher=CIA World Factbook | access-date=2010-07-21}} Most of the Israel's coastline faces west on the Mediterranean Sea, with a short coastline at the southern tip of the country, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel's main ports are the Port of Haifa and the Port of Ashdod on the Mediterranean, and the Port of Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba. All lighthouses except Eilat Light are located along the Mediterranean coast, between Ashkelon in the south and Akko in the north. Israel's active lighthouses are maintained by the Israeli Shipping and Ports Authority, a statutory authority within the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety.{{cite web|author=|url=http://en.mot.gov.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=37|title=MOT - Shipping and Ports Authority|access-date=2010-07-21|date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903122303/http://en.mot.gov.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=37|archive-date=2017-09-03|url-status=dead}}

Based on historical, numismatic and archaeological evidence, archaeologists believe that the Romans built a lighthouse on an islet near the harbor entrance of Akko.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1095-9270.2011.00329.x | volume=41 | title=The Roman Lighthouse at Akko, Israel | year=2011 | journal=International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | pages=171–178 | last1 = Rosen | first1 = Baruch| s2cid=161171073 }} Remains of a colossal lighthouse mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus Flavius were discovered at Caesarea Maritima.[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/Underwater.html Underwater Exploration Along Israel’s Mediterranean Coast]

The lighthouses of Israel are included in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's List of Lights publication 113{{cite ngall|113||}} for the Mediterranean Sea and 112{{cite ngall|112||}} for the Gulf of Aqaba. They are listed by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office on volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals.{{cite book|title=Admiralty List Of Lights And Fog Signals vol. E Mediterranean, Black Sea and Red Sea|publisher=United Kingdom Hydrographic Office|isbn=978-0-7077-1770-8|date=2009{{ndash}}2010}} They are also listed on The Lighthouse Directory{{cite rowlett|isr|accessdate=2010-07-19}} and on the ARLHS World List of Lights.{{cite web|url=http://wlol.arlhs.com/index.php?mode=zones&zone=ISR|title=Lighthouses in Israel (7)|access-date=2010-07-25|date=|publisher=Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society |work=ARLHS}} The chart above follows The Lighthouse Directory's inclusion criteria, namely, it includes lightbeacons having a height of at least {{convert|4|m}} and a cross-section, at the base, of at least {{convert|4|m2}} (a lightbeacon is defined as a beacon displaying a light, where a beacon itself is a fixed, that is, not floating, aid to navigation).{{Cite rowlett|index|access-date=29 August 2011}} The listing is from north to south.