Traffic accident

11 fatalities in Israeli road accidents over the past week

In just the last week, 11 people have been killed in traffic accidents. Since the start of July, 35 people have died in car accidents, compared to 30 fatalities in June.

 Scene of deadly car accident between Palestinian and Israeli car in West Bank
 MDA Ambulance

Police officer arrives at crash scene in southern Israel, discovers son was killed

 The car of Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen upturned after an accident near the area where a suspected stabbing incident took place, after he visited the scene, in Ramle, Israel April 26, 2024

Police indict Ben-Gvir's driver for reckless driving and running red light - report

The scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 90 which left four dead, May 28, 2022

Four killed in traffic accident in Israel's south, two evacuated for treatment


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Motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run incident in Lod

A suspect, a resident of Lod in his thirties who reportedly committed the hit-and-run, was arrested after he turned himself in to the police the following morning.

 A police car at night

Israeli bus slides into ditch near Glilot, at least 20 injured

Documentation of the damage the bus took shows that the bus ended up upside down with extensive damage done to its right side.

 The bus that overturned on Highway 5, injuring 20 on July 4, 2023.

Ten Israelis injured in traffic accidents Thursday night

There were six traffic accidents all over the country resulting in varying levels of injury on Thursday night and early Friday morning.

 Car accident

Motorcyclist, 60, killed after being struck by car fleeing from police

A 60-year-old motorcyclist was killed this evening by being hit by a suspect vehicle that fled from police in Holon. MDA pronounced him dead at the scene.

 The scene of a fatal motorcycle accident in Holon

Sabotage causes freight train to derail in Russia region close to Ukraine

Operator Russian Railways earlier said around 20 wagons had come off the track due to "unauthorised interference". Snezhetskaya is just to the southeast of Bryansk.

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Grapevine: Emek oops

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Israel Postal Company mailbox

Women involved in just one-tenth of fatal road accidents - CBS

Israeli data shows that women constitute just 11% of victims in fatal road accidents.

According to the recently-published Central Bureau of Statistics Social Survey for 2019, among Jewish residents of Israel ages 20 and older, about half (49%) think there is sufficient parking in the area where they live

Nearly 20 people injured in car accidents in Israel, West Bank on Friday

The accidents occurred in Nabi Ilyas, Arad and Beit Hagai and have resulted in around twenty injuries.

 A crashed car is seen after the deadly accident on Highway 4 on October 10, 2021.

Cousin of BLM co-founder killed with taser by LA police forces

Keenan Anderson was a 10th-grade English teacher and a father of a six-year-old son.

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers in a car (illustrative).

These are the issues Israel's new 'national missions' minister must tackle - opinion

Making an appointment is based on available dates and times, and is not always convenient for the person who needs to come to a government office.

 NATIONAL MISSIONS Minister Orit Struck arrives at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem for a group photo of the new government, last month