Galilee

Council for Higher Education approves Kiryat Shmona University in effort to rebuild northern Israel

"The decision to approve the Kiryat Shmona University of the Galilee is a central step in the process of restoring and strengthening Kiryat Shmona," said Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

Council for Higher Education approves the Kiryat Shmona University of the Galilee.
Antiquities robbers arrested after damaging Roman-period cave in Galilee. January 19.

Antiquities robbers caught digging in ancient Roman burial cave in Galilee

Snow in the northern Golan Heights

Israelis eye quick northern getaways as Hermon snow looms this weekend

BUILT ACROSS low, two-story stone structures, Ayala is embedded within its environment rather than standing apart from it.

Isrotel expands its presence in the North with Ayala Hotel in Upper Galilee


'The same fate': Northern evacuees angered by IDF response to Tel Aviv rocket threat

Northern Israel evacuees express frustration over perceived neglect as IDF preemptively strikes Hezbollah targets threatening Tel Aviv.

People walk near a damaged residential building due to a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel, August 25, 2024

Poetic wings: Yossi Waxman's new exhibition in Ein Hod celebrates hebrew literary legends

Yossi Waxman's "Class Picture, Poets and Other Birds" opens August 17 at Ein Hod's Janco-Dada Museum, showcasing portraits of Hebrew poets with symbolic birds. The exhibit runs until October 15.

 A PAINTING OF Hanoch Levin by Yossi Waxman.

One in critical condition from rocket interception, several northern towns told to remain indoors

The Merom HaGalil Regional Council, in a statement, told residents they should limit their activity to indoors until further notice. 

 Firefighters work to extinguish wildfires following drone attack from Lebanon in the Golan Heights, on August 6, 2024.

Upper Galilee: A modern crisis echoes 1920's struggles - opinion

Upper Galilee faces a crisis echoing 1920, marked by isolation and danger. This article explores the historical parallels and calls for urgent renewal.

 THE LION statue in the Tel Hai cemetery, above the mass grave of fallen pioneers, is a symbol of the courage and strength that the pioneers possessed in 1920, and which we need today in order to return to Galilee, the writer states.

IFCJ donates $1.62M to strengthen medical infrastructure in northern Israel

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is donating $1.62 million to bolster medical infrastructure in northern Israel amid ongoing conflict.

 Tzafon Medical Center Trauma Unit.

Hezbollah drone attack on Israel's Galilee wounds 19 people

Hezbollah’s drone and rocket attacks injured 19 Israelis on Tuesday, damaging northern Israel and triggering IDF counterstrikes and investigations.

View of a large fire in open areas near Kadita, in the Galilee area, northern Israel, on June 12, 2024

Birds, turtles, and hedgehogs: This is how Hezbollah is destroying animal life in Israel’s North

Rocket and drone attacks have caused tremendous losses to the animal habitat, but you can help.

 Animals rescued by the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund Agamon Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

Israel has become blind to those suffering in the North - opinion

While all eyes are on Gaza and the south of Israel, the ongoing suffering of residents and business owners from the North is going largely unnoticed. 

 FIREFIGHTERS TRY to extinguish a forest fire that started from a Hezbollah missile fired from Lebanon, at the Biriya Forest, on June 4.

Hezbollah rocket of Iranian production kills 12 children in Majdal Shams, dozens wounded

According to military guidelines, the residents of several localities in the Northern Galilee were told to stay near shelters following the direct hit.

 Israeli rescue forces seen at the site of a Hezbollah drone attack in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.

Reimagining Israel’s North during wartime - comment

'Rockets are launched, destroying homes, causing casualties, fires, and significant property damage. This reality is shaping life today in the Galilee and the Golan Heights.'

 Smoke is seen from rockets fired from Lebanon, near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on June 1, 2024.