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IDF arrests three Palestinian suspects related to attack on Jewish West Bank hikers

Following the attack, Israeli settlers started a fire in one of the village's homes, according to Army Radio, with a 65-year-old Palestinian evacuated due to smoke inhalation.

 IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.
Zaydre Stu Gherman, 80, having climbed Masada.

A milestone birthday: 80-year-old Stuart Gherman climbs Masada

Eyal Keren, aged 58, and his son, Omer Keren, were from Koranit in the Misgav area of northern Israel, and were found dead during a hiking trip in Austria.

Israeli father and son found dead while hiking in Austrian Alps

 65-year-old Israeli citizen Ilya Rachitsky has been missing since Tuesday, launching a search and rescue effort nearly a week ago

Search ensues for missing Israeli-Ukrainian in Canada


In the heart of the Negev, where musicians and hikers meet

The 10-day musical journey will take hikers along the desert highlands between Sde Boker and Mitzpe Ramon before they head east to the Arava Valley.

The international group Tournee des Refuges

4 years after U.S. gap-year student dies on hike in Israel, guide speaks out

The death of American Ariel Newman on a hike in the Judean Desert in 2014 was a “terrible but unforeseeable tragedy," Josh Ettinger, the guide on the hike told the Jerusalem Post.

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Hike of the Month – Mount Arbel

The mountain has a very long human history. In the northern cliffs, the Arbel fortress is carved into the cliff.

Mount Arbel

20 Israelis rescued from flash floods in Negev

Police repeatedly called on the the public to refrain from traveling to the area.

An Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, December 27, 2017.

Exclusive: Prosecution asks High Court to close American hiker death case

New witness gives police mixed testimony.

MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Shvil Israel and Shmini Atzeret: Walking the path of contemplation

The special relationship between the Jews and God is one of responsibility and action, not privilege and exclusion, and Shmini Atzeret gives expression to, and celebrates, that singular bond.

Sunrise in Israel

Missing couple found thanks to SOS sign made of stones

The couple's family reported them missing on Monday after realizing they hadn't been in contact since setting off on their trip Sunday morning.

SOS sign made of stones

State Comptroller opens investigation into deadly school trip

During the raid, police confiscated documents and computers.

Illustrative photo of handcuffs

Exclusive: Israel to reopen case of American hiker’s death a second time after ‘Post’ exposés

The announcement came less than two weeks after the 'Post' revealed that the police had failed to interview two key witnesses even after the case was first reopened in July.

MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Arad: the city between two deserts

Ships of the desert at rest in Kfar Hanokdim.