Safed

Six injured as cluster munition fragments hit central Israel amid intense Iranian barrage

Meanwhile, United Hatzalah paramedics successfully performed CPR on a girl, including using a defibrillator, after she fell out of bed during a siren, intending to rush to a sheltered area.

|ByJAMES GENN
Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.
United Hatzalah volunteers respond to the scene of a rocket hit in Nahariya, March 16, 2026.

At least eight wounded after several waves of missiles from Iran, Hezbollah, including direct hit

A rocket directly hit in Nahariya, northern Israel, on Monday night, injuring at least seven, including six from smoke inhalation, while shrapnel fell in Jerusalem, including near al-Aqsa Mosque.

|ByJAMES GENN, FRAIDY MOSER
A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025

Two years on: Missing young girl Haymanut Kasau still not found

Kasau, nine at the time, has been missing since February 25, 2024. Urging further action, her parents have repeatedly said that not nearly enough has been done to find their daughter.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

The lake is currently 4.43 meters from its maximum level of 208.80 meters below sea level, according to the Kinneret Authority, and 23 centimeters below the bottom red line.

|BySIMON GRIVER/GLOBES/TNS

Safed’s chief rabbi nixes coed musical performance in synagogue

The Safed Municipal Council strongly criticized Eliyahu’s decision, calling it “astonishing and outrageous” and incommensurate with the consensus in the city.

AUGUST 29, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

This Week in Israeli History: 1929 Arab Riots

AUGUST 21, 2016ByEYTAN MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

Finding peace in the North through a Japanese weaving method

Since arriving in Israel in August 2008, the family has also tended goats, ducks, dogs, cats and a host of other creatures.

AUGUST 18, 2016ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Ja’el Batyah Hatch

A gleesome threesome

The Simply Tzfat trio is a mainstay at the annual Klezmer Festival.

AUGUST 11, 2016ByBARRY DAVIS
The Simply Tzfat trio

Safed, the magical city

An unusual juxtaposition of the holy and mundane.

AUGUST 4, 2016ByMEITAL SHARABI
The house of Moshe Castel

Galilee medical facilities in Safed produces first graduating class

Four veteran medical schools have relented from previously called the adding the facilities a ‘disaster’

JUNE 1, 2016ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Galile’s medical facilities first graduating class

Large fire breaks out in the North; no injuries reported

The fire, located in the Biriya Forest near the grave of Rabbi Yonatan Ben Uziel, did not cause any injuries.

APRIL 25, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Fire breaks out in the North

Grapevine: Mixed martial arts

Several martial arts events coming on up.

APRIL 20, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Karate (illustrative)

Not on my watch: IFCJ coordinator Shira Gergi’s battle to help society

One of Gergi’s latest projects was opening up a club in Kiryat Shmona for extracurricular activities for schoolchildren.

JANUARY 10, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ coordinator Shira Gergi

Rhythm implied

Jazz pianist Lenore Raphael performs here next week

OCTOBER 22, 2015ByBARRY DAVIS
Lenore Raphael