Traffic accident

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.

 MDA Ambulance
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

Police officers load the bodies of the victims who died in a road accident onto a truck at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapan, Guatemala, on December 27, 2025.

At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident

The scene of a car accident involving a minibus and a private car with injuries that were evacuated by Magen David Adom Ambulances, route 98, southern Golan Heights, September 29, 2025.

Man killed during car accident marks 450th death in 2025, making deadliest year in last two decades


Thousands mourn teenager Ari Nesher, who was killed in a hit and run

Nesher, the son of leading Israeli director, Avi Nesher, was eulogized by family and friends in a ceremony filled with music and joyful memories of his tragically short life.

Iris and Avi Nesher with their son Ari at the opening evening of the film festival in Haifa where Avi Nesher's new film "Another Story" was screened

Israel Railways hopes Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train to open soon

The high-speed train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem made its first test run in January 2018.

Transportation Minister Israel Katz stands next to the electric locomotive that hauled test train on January 15, 2018

Teenager run over and killed in Tel Aviv; driver suspected of DUI

Court extends remand of suspect

car accident fatal370

Calls mount for reining in Beduin camel owners after boy's death in crash

Camel accidents have taken the lives of fifteen people since 2008 and injured 350 others.

 Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

The road not taken

Despite having been modernized, stretched and multiplied, Israel’s highways are increasingly clogged, begging a public transportation overhaul that might take decades to mature

Cars come to a standstill as the light rail passes outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City

Israeli research shows connection between work environment, traffic accidents

A new study sheds light on the great influence a stressful work environment can have on increasing traffic accidents.

Tel Aviv traffic.

Pedestrian bridge collapses on Highway 4, one dead

A truck driver's vehicle was struck by debris when the pedestrian bridge collapsed.

An image from the Monday night pedestrian bridge collapse on Highway 4, between Givat Shmuel and Bnei Brak.

Only when someone famous...

Not so long ago, the pavement and the pedestrian mall were relatively safe places. Not any more.

WHERE WILL he ride it?

The danger of Israel's roads: Who is to blame?

After a decade of a steady decline in traffic fatalities, Israel has experienced a consistent rise for the past five years.

Tel Aviv traffic

Palestinian family’s account of helping Ma’aleh Levona crash victims

A Palestinian family’s harrowing account of helping the Ma’aleh Levona crash victims

THE AL-AZZEH FAMILY stands yesterday near the ledge where the bus fell in Lubban Sharkiya, south of Nablus. From left: Mahdi al-Azzeh Samih al-Azzeh, Samir al-Azzeh and Jamal al-Azzeh