Sixteen injured in car accidents in northern Israel

All of those wounded were evacuated to Ziv Medical Center in Safed by Magen David Adom (MDA), the hospital's spokesperson confirmed later in the day.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

OCTOBER 23, 2025 18:29

Sixteen people were injured in two separate car accidents in northern Israel on Thursday.

All sixteen were evacuated to Ziv Medical Center in Safed by Magen David Adom (MDA), the hospital's spokesperson confirmed later in the day.

A wounded person from the scene of the anti-tank missile in Kfar Yuval, is brought to the Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat, northern Israel, January 14, 2024 — A wounded person from the scene of the anti-tank missile in Kfar Yuval, is brought to the Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat, northern Israel, January 14, 2024 (credit: FLASH90/CHAIM GOLDBERG)

Most were lightly injured in the accidents

Thirteen were injured in an accident between a bus and a truck at an intersection near Kiryat Shmona.

One of the 13 was moderately injured, and the rest, including six children, were lightly injured.

The remaining three were lightly injured in the second accident, which happened near Mahanayim, a kibbutz not far from Rosh Pina.