Israel's northern border Headline

As schools start in Israel, government pushes for teachers to move up north with NIS 60,000 grant

The grant is intended for teaching staff working in communities up to 9km from the northern border, and the may live up to 30km from the border.

Ofra Erlich teaching at Metula.
Young Israelis after completing their military service help a lychee farmer at sunrise during the peak of the harvest season at his lychee orchard in Moshav Almagor near the Sea of Galilee, June 25, 2026.

Reporter's notebook: Life blooms again as visitors return to Israel's northern border

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs at government meeting in Nof Hagalil approving a plan to develop North, Thursday June 11, 2026.

Netanyahu vows to restore security in northern Israel as gov't approves NIS 4 b. to help North

An Apache helicopter fires a missile toward Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel, April 26, 2026.

Two injured, car destroyed by Hezbollah drone attack against northern Israel border town


Gov’t approves multi-year plan to rehabilitate Kiryat Shmona, northern cities impacted by war

The decision was made in the weekly government meeting, which was convened in Kiryat Shmona. It was led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who vowed to invest billions of shekels in the area.

The government approved a multi-year plan to rehabilitate northern communities along the Lebanon border.

Upper Galilee leaders warn bureaucracy, neglect can determine the future of Israel’s north frontier

Almost two years of displacement have left scars not only on infrastructure but on the very social fabric of northern Israel, and the question is no longer only how to rebuild.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Hamas leadership reportedly in Turkey, IDF artillery moves into Lebanon

IDF names fallen soldiers • 13-year-old boy suffers blast wounds after rocket sirens sound in North • Metulla declared a closed military zone

Israel at War - Illustrative image of an Israeli F-35 fighter jet.

Restoring the honor of Avivim's synagogue and the dignity of those who lived in fear - opinion

Thousands of us were blessed to witness how the story that began on October 7 in defeat has come full circle.

 HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS, explosives, and military gear are found in a secret underground storehouse by the writer and his unit during the current Lebanon war.

Israel's High Court orders state to clarify northern evacuation decisions, aid plan exclusion

According to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's decision, communities located up to five kilometers from the border should be evacuated.

Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon hit an open area near the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, September 4, 2024

Hezbollah launches 35 projectiles to northern Israel, fires break out following barrage

Some of the projectiles were intercepted, while several others fell in the area of the Western Galilee. 

 A fire breaks out in an open area in northern Israel.

IDF deploys more reserve brigades to North as military preps for cross border ops.

The two brigades included the 6th and 228th brigades and were mobilized as part of recent tensions along Israel's northern border.

 IDF reservists simulate operational and logistical preparedness in northern Israel, September 27, 2024.

Israeli teams will continue meetings on US ceasefire proposals, Netanyahu says

The prime minister maintained that fighting in Gaza will continue until all war objectives have been acheived.

 Macron and Netanyahu (illustrative).

As Israel’s north battles Hezbollah, KKL-JNF works under fire to protect forests and communities 

Hezbollah’s attacks are setting forests, fields, and communities on fire daily. Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund is providing crucial staff, trucks and equipment. It needs support

  KKL-JNF Foresters

Northern Israel’s cities are caught in the crosshairs

Reporter’s Notebook: Bent but not broken, the Krayot need shelters.

 A burnt building stands in Kiryat Bialik after a heavy bombardment of Hezbollah rockets to the North, September 22, 2024.