Kiryat shmona

West Bank man indicted for extortion, impersonation of IAF pilot, Mossad agent, illegal entry

A 51-year-old West Bank resident was indicted for extortion, impersonating a fighter pilot and Mossad agent, and entering Israel illegally.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
A police officer arrests a criminal; illustrative.
Soldiers and emergency workers treat a person injured by a rocket fired from Lebanon on March 23, 2026 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel.

As Hezbollah rockets fall, emergency medics in Israel’s North work double shifts

As missiles, cluster bombs, and Hezbollah rockets fall across Israel during the latest two-front war, MDA volunteers are often the first on the scene.

|ByTHEIA CHATELLE/JTA
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel caused damage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 23, 2026.

Gov’t approves millions for border cities in North under Hezbollah fire

The move is intended to “strengthen resilience and support community relief efforts, reflecting a clear policy: the enemy evacuates, while Israel’s residents remain strong in their homes."

|ByKESHET NEEV
United Hatzalah members at an Iranian missile impact site in Arad, March 2026

Two wounded after Hezbollah rocket shrapnel hits bus in Kiryat Shmona

According to Magen David Adom, a man in his 50s sustained a head injury from shrapnel while he was near the bus and is in moderate-serious condition. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS

The price of war: How can we rediscover Jewish resilience in the face of despair? - opinion

At the end of the day, in this fractured reality, kindness is the only thing that can save us, kindness toward one another and, just as importantly, toward ourselves.

NOVEMBER 24, 2024ByVARDIT SHTERENBACH
DAMAGE IS examined last Sunday after a rocket was fired at Haifa from Lebanon the previous night. ‘This unfathomable reality hit my personal life last Saturday when a rocket struck frighteningly close to my house,’ says the writer.

IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorists Ahmad Mustafa Alhaj Ali, Muhammad Ali Hamadan in Lebanon

The terrorists who were responsible for numerous anti-tank missile launches toward Israeli territories.

OCTOBER 10, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 28, 2024.

Military says 190 rockets pummel North, three soldiers killed in Gaza Strip

Former national security advisor says lack of Israeli response to Iran "is surprising" • Israeli official: Cabinet to discuss response to Iran

OCTOBER 10, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024.

Dvir Sharvit, Revital Yehud named as civilians killed in Kiryat Shmona rocket barrage

Two years ago, Yehud recovered from cancer and decided to move from Eilat to Kiryat Shmona, following her partner, Sharvit.

OCTOBER 9, 2024BySHAKED SADE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dvir Sharvit and Revital Yehud were named as the two civilians killed in the Hezbollah rocket barrage fired at Kiryat Shmona. October 9, 2024.

House in Safed suffers direct hit from rocket fire

Alerts were triggered in Safed as a result of dozens of rockets fired towards the city.

OCTOBER 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke trails are seen as rockets launched from Lebanon into Northern Israel are intercepted by Israeli anti missile system, as it seen from the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, October 9, 2024.

Two dead, eight wounded after barrage of 90 rockets pummel northern Israel

The Israel Air Force intercepted some of the rockets, while others fell in open areas, the military said.

OCTOBER 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security forces at the site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit a garage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, October 4, 2024.

Northern Israel's borderlands is under shadow of war - analysis

There was a time when this area would have been overrun by tourists, the wineries open and flowing.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Marjayoun, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on September 23, 2024. The Israeli military on September 23 told people in Lebanon to move away from Hezbollah targets and vowed to carry out more "extensive and precise" strikes against the Iran-back

Reporter's Notebook: Kiryat Shmona under Hezbollah rocket fire for 11 months of war

Israel is at a juncture today regarding the need to stop the Hezbollah threats along the border, and Israel's northern city is a microcosm of the challenges.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A burned home in Kiryat Shmona, one of hundreds of places impacted by Hezbollah's attacks over the last 11 months.

Hezbollah fires triple rocket barrage at northern Israel hitting Kiryat Shmona building

Hezbollah released a statement that the rocket barrage toward Israel was done as retaliation for an earlier Saturday Israeli strike.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Flares, fired from the Israeli side, burn in the sky as seen from Ramyah near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon, October 11, 2023 (illustrative).

IAF strikes Hezbollah terrorists, launchers in southern Lebanon

Firefighting teams are working to extinguish a fire caused by the rocket impact near Kibbutz Kfar Blum.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A POLICE vehicle drives on a road near Meron in the North as a forest fire rages after rockets were fired from Lebanon last Friday. Despite its claims, Hezbollah is clearly trying to provoke Israel into a broader conflict, the writer asserts.