Majdal shams

Birthright Israel launches project to build gardens for Druze town two years after Hezbollah strike

The gardens will be built in four local educational institutions, with approximately 1,000 volunteers from the Birthright Israel Volunteer Program expected to take part.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Birthright Israel volunteers in Majdal Shams.
Memorial at Majdal Shams listing the victims of the rocket strike there.

Majdal Shams dedicates memorial park honoring 12 children killed in rocket attack

In addition to the 12 boys and girls, ages 10 to 16, who had been pronounced dead, thirty-four others were wounded as a result of the strike. 

|ByYOAV ETIEL
View of the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

IDF detains Israeli civilians who crossed into Syria, others who attempted to breach border

The IDF noted that it has identified a recent increase in illegal border crossing attempts into Syria, both successful and unsuccessful.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Soldiers and emergency workers treat a person injured by a rocket fired from Lebanon on March 23, 2026 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel.

As Hezbollah rockets fall, emergency medics in Israel’s North work double shifts

As missiles, cluster bombs, and Hezbollah rockets fall across Israel during the latest two-front war, MDA volunteers are often the first on the scene.

|ByTHEIA CHATELLE/JTA

Hundreds attend funeral of Sheikh Halabi against health guidelines

Body stolen from Safed hospital by community activists

OCTOBER 31, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE, TOBIAS SIEGAL, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Druze-Israelis protest the Nation-State Law

Druze town to receive new neighborhood due to housing crisis

"The planning was done with special care for the needs of the Druze community in the Golan Heights and while addressing the housing shortage."

JANUARY 24, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the Druze community holds Syrian and Druze flags as they sit facing Syria, during a rally marking the anniversary of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights in the Druze village of Majdal Shams. February 14, 2019.

Unknown sources fire on Israeli drone patrolling the Syrian border

No damage was done to the drone, but bullets and traces of damage were found in the Druse town of Majdal Shams.

FEBRUARY 8, 2018ByMOSHE COHEN - MAARIV HASHAVUA
An old IDF tank barrel from the Yom Kippur War looks out over the Syrian side of the Golan from a hilltop a few hundred meters from the border

Netanyahu to Druse leaders: Israel will remain out of regional anarchy

Both Netenyahu and the Druse leaders reaffirmed their commitment to prevent anyone from interfering with IDF soldiers carrying out their missions.

JUNE 24, 2015ByHERB KEINON, ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, BEN HARTMAN, YAAKOV LAPPIN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu