An HTTP check from our Israeli nodes sends a full GET request — DNS resolution, TCP handshake, TLS negotiation, and first-byte response — and records the status code and response time. This is the most accurate simulation of what a user in the Tel Aviv area experiences when loading a page. For services using GeoDNS or CDN Anycast, the Israeli source IP (AS206446) determines which edge or origin is selected, making this check relevant for verifying that Israeli users are hitting the correct PoP.

Israeli users are typically served by CDN edges in Tel Aviv itself, or by nearby PoPs in Athens or Istanbul when local capacity is not available. Cloudflare, Akamai, and AWS CloudFront all have Israeli edge presence. If your CDN is routing Israeli traffic correctly, cached content should respond in under 20 ms from a local edge. Response times of 80+ ms from our Israeli nodes for CDN-served content suggest the Anycast routing is directing Israeli IPs to a European edge rather than a local one.

A non-200 HTTP response from Israel while other regions succeed can indicate WAF rules or geo-blocking applied to Israeli IP space. Some services apply stricter rules to Middle Eastern IP ranges for compliance or security reasons. AS206446 is a legitimate Israeli hosting provider registered with RIPE NCC, and should not trigger standard commercial WAF rulesets. If an HTTP block is observed from Israel but not from European nodes, checking the server's geo-IP policy or WAF rules against RIPE-registered Israeli ASNs is the correct diagnostic step.

Israel's internet infrastructure is concentrated in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, where the country's main IX facilities, data centers, and carrier hotels are located. IIX (Israel Internet Exchange) operates the primary peering fabric, used by domestic ISPs, content providers, and CDN PoPs. ISUOG serves as a secondary IX. Both are located within the Tel Aviv metro corridor, where the bulk of Israeli carrier and hosting infrastructure is physically housed. Petah Tikva and Netanya — the two cities hosting our probe nodes — are approximately 15 km apart and both fall within this metro concentration.

International connectivity from Israel exits almost entirely via undersea cables. The FLAG and SEA-ME-WE cable systems land at Haifa and Tel Aviv, providing primary capacity toward Europe through the Mediterranean. A secondary path runs overland via Egypt through the Sinai. The Tel Aviv-to-Frankfurt path runs approximately 50–60 ms on well-routed cable capacity. Tel Aviv to London sits around 60–68 ms. Tel Aviv to New York is approximately 125–135 ms over trans-Atlantic cable. These RTTs are competitive with Southern European locations, placing Israel within useful range of European CDN infrastructure.

Major Israeli carriers include Bezeq International (AS8551), which operates the main domestic fixed-line backbone, Partner Communications (AS12400), HOT Telecom (AS5486), and Cellcom. The commercial ISP and hosting market is served by additional providers including CLOUD LEASE (AS206446), which hosts both of our probe nodes. AS206446 is a cloud hosting and colocation provider with presence in Petah Tikva and Netanya, both served via Israeli domestic backbone with onward transit toward IIX and international gateways.

Israel has one of the highest average fixed-line broadband speeds in the region, driven by widespread fiber deployment and competitive ISP pricing. The Israeli market is unusually well-peered for its geographic location — proximity to Europe via undersea cable and active participation at IIX means many European CDN edges serve Israel with latency comparable to what Southern European users see. Akamai, Cloudflare, and AWS all maintain edge PoPs in the Tel Aviv region.

We operate two probe nodes in Israel — one in Petah Tikva and one in Netanya — both via CLOUD LEASE (AS206446). Having two nodes in the same AS and metro area means results are typically consistent, but running both simultaneously confirms that neither node has a local routing anomaly. For targets with Anycast or GeoDNS, both nodes should return identical or near-identical results given their geographic proximity and shared upstream.