Northern Israel

Two injured, car destroyed by Hezbollah drone attack against northern Israel border town

The IDF confirmed that the incident was due to a Hezbollah drone that crossed into northern Israel, calling it a "violation of the ceasefire understandings by the Hezbollah terrorist organization."

An Apache helicopter fires a missile toward Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel, April 26, 2026.
An empty classroom

IDF Home Front restores security guidelines for northern border towns with Lebanon

AN IDF armored personnel carrier is seen near the concrete wall in Shtula, along the Israeli border with Lebanon, on Sunday.

What is Israel doing in Lebanon if the North is still not safe? - opinion

Firefighters douse flames in a field after a drone launched from southern Lebanon fell near Kibbutz Snir in the Upper Galilee.

Israeli families vow to stay in North: 'If we're not here, Hezbollah will be here'


Israeli spy for Iran, Moti Maman, petitions court after moshav rejects his residency

Mordechai “Moti” Maman, currently serving ten years in prison for spying for Iran, has been trying to register as a resident of northern Israel moshav Bustan Hagalil.

 Moti Maman, 73, accused of visit Iran twice and being in contact with Iranian intelligence, arrives for a court hearing at the court in Beersheba, September 19, 2024.

Bank Hapoalim, Paamonim launch free coaching program for northern evacuees

Bank Hapoalim, Paamonim launch financial coaching program for families evacuated from northern Israel.

Bank Hapoalim.

Lake Kinneret reaches dangerously low water levels as Israeli authorities decide to pump in water

The lake’s water level was measured at 213.19 meters below sea level.

Israelis enjoy at the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, during the Sukkot holiday, on October 13, 2025.

Multiple fires break out in northern Israel, investigators hunt for cause

The origin of the fires has not yet been determined and a fire investigator will examine the circumstances of the cases.

In a separate incident, firefighting teams from the Ashdod Regional Station responded on Wednesday to a large fire that broke out at an open waste disposal site in the northern industrial zone of Ashdod

Upper Galilee leaders warn bureaucracy, neglect can determine the future of Israel’s north frontier

Almost two years of displacement have left scars not only on infrastructure but on the very social fabric of northern Israel, and the question is no longer only how to rebuild.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Liberman warns Israel is ‘a step away’ from crime gangs becoming a homegrown Nukhba

Visiting the Galilee, Liberman vowed to fight extortion rackets battering northern businesses, calling for Shin Bet support, new laws, and a special court to combat organized crime.

Yisrael Beytenu head MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

Retired teacher returns to Kiryat Shmona to mark first day of school

President Herzog joins pupils in Kiryat Shmona as schools reopen following war-time evacuation. Enrollment drops by nearly 1,000 since 2023.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal visit Israeli kids on the first day of the school year in Kiryat Shmona, September 1, 2025.

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Protesters hold posters of Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, and assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, and Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, outside the UN offices in Sanaa, Yemen, August 3, 2024.

The famous Red Bus arrives in the north for the first time – here’s where you’ll find it

Nahariya launches the north’s first double-decker tourist bus with three routes: Family, northern border, and panoramic city tour. Service runs until the end of the summer vacation.

Tourist bus

The protection line: Safe rooms are not a luxury - opinion

Even today, more than 2.5 million citizens who lack a protected room inside their residence are dependent on public shelters.

 An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.