Traffic accident

Within two hours: Three bus crashes in southern Israel leave 37 injured, including IDF soldiers

Twenty-one people were injured near Mitzpe Ramon, 11 near the Nevatim junction, and another five near Ruhama.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Bus carrying IDF soldiers to base overturns near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, February 26, 2026.
Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

At the defense’s request, the court delayed the start of Pesler’s prison sentence until April 15 to give her time to appeal. She is required to report to Neve Tirza Prison by 9 a.m. that day.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
MDA Ambulance

Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years

Additional reports pointed out that there were four other victims at the scene, two injured in moderate condition with injuries to the abdomen and limbs, and two injured in light condition.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A bus overturns on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, January 16, 2026.

At least 27 injured as bus overturns on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat

None of the injured were evacuated for further medical treatment, according to the MDA paramedics, cited by Ynet.

|ByJAMES GENN

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.

MARCH 4, 2023ByGADI ZAIG
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.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JANUARY 9, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NATIONAL MISSIONS Minister Orit Struck arrives at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem for a group photo of the new government, last month

Deadly night on Israel's roads as three killed in collisions

JANUARY 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 90 which left four dead, May 28, 2022

One dead, 12 injured in car accidents across Israel

One of the injured is a three-year-old child, who was hit by a car.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Car accident on road number four.

One killed, one in serious condition after being struck by car near Tamra

Two pedestrians, a man in his 30s and a man in his 20s, were hit by a vehicle near the northern city of Tamra.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022ByWALLA!
MDA ambulance (illustrative)

Two children injured in separate traffic accidents in Israel

One child was moderately injured in Beit Shemesh, and another child was severely injured in a north Jerusalem neighborhood.

AUGUST 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli bus (Illustrative)

Public transport on Shabbat is a great idea - editorial

Let’s just hope that for Michaeli, this is more than just an election campaign slogan and that we’ll see some actual change.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
TRAFFIC PILES up on King David Street as the work goes on, and on.

Letters to the Editor, June 1, 2022: The other 99.9% 

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MAY 31, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Frequency of traffic accidents in Israel at a rise - CBS data

Recent years have seen an uptick in serious and fatal accidents, despite a general downward trend in the total number of traffic accidents.

MAY 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli drivers and roads are notorious for being among the worst worldwide.