Afula

Soldier charged with premeditated murder after Highway 6 shooting

Prosecutors rejected the soldier’s claim that he acted in self-defense and asked the court to keep him in custody until the legal proceedings are completed.

Magen David Adom paramedics treat a civilian who was shot by an off-duty soldier on Highway 6, January 8, 2026.
 Magen David Adom teams at the scene of the car accident on Route 4 near the Holon Interchange. March 28, 2025.

Two separate vehicle accidents across Israel leave at least one dead, 14 injured

Aviv Maor, one of the victims killed in a terror attack in Israel's north on December 26, 2025.

Father describes discovering daughter dead, 'covered in blood' after deadly Route 71 attack

Israeli security forces at the scene where a Palestinian terrorist was shot after carrying out an attack at several locations near the city of Afula, December 26, 2025.

Terrorist who killed two in Israel's North discharged from hospital, brothers arrested


Second woman to head public general hospital

Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Korach will become director-general of Hadassah University Medical Center.

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First-Temple era findings destroyed near Afula

Antiquities Authority archaeologist: All signs point to Haredi attack, First-Temple era findings destroyed.

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Upper Nazareth man charged with girlfriend’s fiery murder

58-year-old man set fire to his girlfriend as she sat in their car, murdering her, according to indictment.

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Citynotes: Golan cattle thieves make off with calves

Kafr Kana girl dies after dental treatment; violence shuts down Haifa youth concert; blaze causes Afula retirement home evacuation.

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Sahara in the Galilee

A northern restaurant offers an authentic and delicious meal, as well as traditional hospitality

stuffed lamb neck from Sahara restaurant

Broken spoon sends toddler to ER

Three-year-old runs to sidewalk with plastic spoon in mouth, falls and cup of spoon breaks off, getting stuck in his throat.

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Afula doctor cools down cardiac arrest victim, saves life

The man, Raed Mahamid from Umm el-Fahm, was playing with his small daughter at home when he collapsed and lost consciousness.

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Mother’s pin nearly punctures baby’s lungs

Doctors say one false move could have caused it to puncture his lung, endanger his life; surgeons in Emek Hospital in Afula pulled it out.

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CITY NOTES: Hospital gets new sculpture garden

Emek Medical Center in Afula brings "art to the place where it is most needed."

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Organ donors create Petah Tikva ‘transplant marathon’

Families of 3 people who died in the last few days bring new hopes of life and health to four children and several adults.

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