Kinneret

Evidence of lost baptismal rite stage uncovered in Byzantine era church near Kinneret - study

Additional discoveries made a the site included a bronze candelabrum and marble reliquary, both the largest of their kind to ever be found in Israel.

Ancient city of     Hippos looking east, with the cathedral’s location marked within the city, March 31, 2026.
Yinon Reuveni, one of the suspects of vandalizing the church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, hears his verdict at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court on December 12, 2017.

Israeli court orders extremist to repay NIS 2.5m. over 2015 Galilee church arson

An aerial view of the Kinneret. To the casual observer, the lake, also known as the Sea of Galilee, appears to be a rare environmental success story in an era of climate uncertainty.

Kinneret remains below red line despite above average rainfall this winter

Hikers trek past a cavernous sinkhole on the shores of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi.

Seeing sinkholes: How the Dead Sea’s collapse became a tourist draw


The International Carp Fishing Competition to take place in Galilee

Contestants are judged on the size/quality of individual catches, with the heaviest fish caught in the competition’s history measured 17 kg.

Two men fishing for carp in Israel's Sea of Galilee (Kinneret).

Hermon site opens to visitors as storm Carmel tapers off

The Mt. Hermon ski resort opened to visitors as storm Carmel tapered off on Thursday morning.

 Mt. Hermon ski resort, December 23, 2021

Storm Carmel: 25 cm of snow on Mt. Hermon, Kinneret rises 2 cm

Further rain and snowfall is expected from winter storm Carmel on Tuesday.

 Mt. Hermon, December 21, 2021

Snow falls on Mt. Hermon, Kinneret drops by half a cm

About five centimeters of snow accumulated on the upper part of the Hermon ski resort overnight.

 Snow accumulates on Mount Hermon, December 9, 2021

Vacationers flock to the Kinneret during holidays

Some 13,000 Israelis took advantage of the holidays to enjoy time outdoors on the banks of Lake Kinneret.

 Lake Kinneret

Fire breaks out in northern Israel, leads to electricity shortages

Bathers evacuated by a police boat due to a fire just north of the Kinneret, July 27th 2021.

Magdala Hotel – A modern resort on a historic site

Magdala is recognized as the birthplace of Mary Magdalene and the hotel was originally designed to host pilgrims.

The Magdala complex near Tiberias.

Pincus Rutenberg, the man who helped supply Israel with electricity

Known to the workers who built the hydro plant as "The Old Man of Naharayim," Rutenberg, who died in 1942, is not widely commemorated in Israel.

A portrait of Pincus Rutenberg, the man behind the Naharayim hydroelectric project

Israeli hotels, attractions open doors to residents from the South

Various hotels, attractions and resorts throughout Israel are offering discounted and free visits for residents living in Gaza border communities.

People enjoy and bath in the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) next to the city of Tiberias on June 23, 2015.

Does the Kinneret hold the secret of a 3,500 year old Canaanite murder?

According to two Israeli researchers, a submerged structure is key to understanding an Ugaritic myth and was identified as the remains of Moses’ sister Miriam’s biblical well.

Man walks towards an island that has materialized at the southern edge of the Sea of Galilee.