1 adult, Sep 25 to Oct 1, 2026. Cheapest overall wins. Flight duration capped at <6h (nonstop or 1-stop). Prices refreshed 22 Sep 2026. Window now starts Sep 25 (was Sep 27).
Includes flying direct from Berlin (BER) and taking a bus to a nearby airport first; only Prague (PRG) has a competitive sub-6h connection to TLV (see excluded airports below). Cheapest overall: Sep 25, Prague, nonstop, 3h45m, €137 / ₪474. A new date added this round, so there's no prior price to compare. Cheapest direct from Berlin: Sep 25, 26 and 27 are all tied at Bluebird nonstop, 4h20m, €174 / ₪602. Since v1.3 (15 Sep): Berlin Sep 27 fell sharply (€207→€174, down €33) and Oct 1 also dropped (€432→€374, down €58). Prague's later dates moved the other way: Sep 30 jumped (€437→€514, up €77), Sep 29 rose (€361→€399, up €38), Sep 28 rose (€252→€298, up €46). Every row that was tracked before carries its v1.3 price struck through; rows marked "new" are dates added in this update.
Rate/fares are live off Google Flights just now, 1 adult, economy. ILS conversion at 1 EUR ≈ ₪3.46 (22 Sep 2026 rate); reconfirm at checkout. Checked-bag fees not verified; Bluebird/Israir/Smartwings are low-cost carriers, bags are almost certainly extra. Bus fare is FlixBus's advertised "from" price, not a locked quote.
Top 8 cheapest options found, Sep 25 to Oct 1, sorted by price. All under 6h flight time. Refreshed 22 Sep 2026; struck-through price is what this exact date cost in v1.3 (15 Sep), where it was tracked then.
Nearby airports checked and excluded: Leipzig (LEJ, about 2h05m bus) and Dresden (DRS, about 2h25m bus) were your named examples, but neither is actually a 4-5h bus ride; they're much closer. More importantly, neither has an economy-class flight to TLV under 6h; cheapest sub-6h options were €930+ business class. Nuremberg (NUE, about 4h15m bus, genuinely in your 4-5h band) and Wrocław (WRO, about 4h30m bus, also genuinely in-band) both route through hubs with 8h+ layovers, and no viable sub-6h fare was found at either. Only Prague (PRG, about 4h20m bus) has real direct low-cost service to TLV. (Not re-checked since v1.2; this is a structural gap, not one that moves week to week.)