Car accident

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

One person died and seven others were injured in a crash in northern Israel, and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 4.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Magen David Adom teams at the scene of the car accident on Route 4 near the Holon Interchange. March 28, 2025.
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
United Hatzalah responded to a call after a man in his 50s was hit by the Jerusalem light rail in east Jerusalem on January 13, 2026.

Jerusalem man hit by light rail driver in training as storm causes widespread traffic accidents

A man in his 50s was evacuated to Hadassah-University Medical Center in serious condition after he was hit by the Jerusalem light rail hear the Shuafat light rail station.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Of those 450 victims, the highest number of people (32%) were driving their own vehicle, while pedestrians were also an important victim, representing 27% of the deaths.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

3 dead, 15 injured in car crashes across Israel on Saturday

Two people died and fourteen people were injured in two car crashes that occurred in the span of one hour on Saturday evening.

MAY 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a car crash near Lido junction, May 27, 2023.

Israeli child killed in truck hit and run as wave of violence continues

A 25-year-old resident of northern Israel was detained for questioning following the accident as he is suspected of having driven the truck in question. 

MAY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call on Highway 4 near Yavne where a truck was on fire on May 4, 2023.

Infant killed, several others injured in Israeli car crash

A one-year-old child was killed in the car crash on Israel's Highway 40. Six others were hospitalized, two of whom are in serious condition.

APRIL 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a serious car crash on Highway 40 in Israel's South that resulted in multiple casualties, on April 26, 2023.

Drunk driver who killed boy on Yom Kippur given 10 years prison

The boy was set to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah two months before he was killed. 

APRIL 24, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
The aftermath of the accident at Urim Junction on Highway 234.

Israeli mother of 11 killed in Ashdod car crash

MDA emergency services reported that they received a call on their 101 hotline about a woman who trapped under a vehicle, unconscious. 

APRIL 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police and rescue forces at the scene where a woman killed after being hit by car in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, April 16, 2023.

Grapevine: Road reminders

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 15, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

One Israeli killed, 33 injured in South Korea bus accident

The bus driver attributed the accident to a mechanical issue in the bus, according to Army Radio. 

APRIL 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Emergency service workers place a body, recovered from the capsized passenger ship Sewol, into an ambulance at the port in Jindo April 22, 2014.

Miracles are just the norm in Israel - opinion

Addressing a popular secular Israeli society that was skeptical of calling events miraculous, David Ben-Gurion said, “A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist."

APRIL 2, 2023ByURI PILICHOWSKI
YOUTH DEMONSTRATE near the Knesset, last month. The flag reads: ‘For the unity: Youth march together.’ Don’t bet against Israel, it’s been counted out many times, and always bounced back strongly, says the writer.

Bus slides off road near Haifa, passengers lightly injured

MDA and United Hatzalah paramedics provided medical care at the scene. 

MARCH 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bus slides off road near Haifa on March 22, 2023.

In first, Ed. Minister visits family of deceased schoolchildren in Shuafat

The children, aged three, four and eight, died after getting hit by a car on their way to school.

MARCH 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People crossing to the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem on October 9, 2022.