Ofo ends service in Israel

Ofo, the Chinese bike-sharing firm, announced Sunday that it will stop operating in Israel at the end of July, just five months after it entered the country.

Ofo said it has decided to stop operating in Israel, as well as in other Middle Eastern countries, in order to focus on other regions of the world.

The company currently operates 500 bikes throughout the city of Ramat-Gan and 100 bikes on the campus of Bar-Ilan University, both located in the center of Israel.

Two weeks ago, Ofo stopped working at the Israeli Weizmann Institute of Science, after many users took the bicycles out of the institute to their homes. Ofo intends to donate its bikes in Israel to various charity organizations.