Kiryat shmona

25 ViZionaries: Raz Malka - No. 13

Co-founded Lobby 1701, a movement that shares the story of the North

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Raz Malka, co-founded Lobby 1701
MACCABI HAIFA Sports Director Lior Refaelov (left) and head coach Barak Bachar (right) outline the club’s rebuilding plans ahead of 2026/27 after last year’s tough season.

Maccabi Haifa F.C. begins rebuilding effort after disappointing season

Barak Bachar and Lior Refaelov say Maccabi Haifa has learned from last season and rebuilt its squad, staff and training structure for the new campaign.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the Jerusalem Summit, a conference on antisemitism and Christian support for Israel, at the Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2026.

As US-Iran peace prospects crumble, return to heavy fighting up to Trump, CENTCOM, Huckabee says

“I wouldn’t be overconfident if I were the Iranians that they will be able to make this work well for them,” Huckabee said.

|BySAM HALPERN
Chief of Police Daniel Levi at the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026.

Two suspects indicted for running human trafficking network in Haifa, Kiryat Shmona

The indictment came at the culmination of a year-long undercover investigation that began in July of 2025, after suspicion arose regarding the suspects using social media to recruit victims.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ

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.

'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.

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

Resilience in crisis: How Emunah and Israeli solidarity shine amid trauma - opinion

As we observe Tisha B’Av, a day that marks the breaking apart of the Jewish nation, we would do well to reflect on how our people today, under the darkest of circumstances, take care of one another. 

AUGUST 13, 2024ByMEIRA LERNER
A DINNER HOSTED by the Emunah Netivot branch, headed by Debbie Nagar, takes place with women from Kiryat Shmona.

We are all family here: Connecting with each other during wartime

It is in times of crisis that we realize how intertwined our lives are.

AUGUST 10, 2024ByHADASSAH CHEN
People take cover as a siren warns of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, into the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 19, 2024.

Finance Committee approves aid expansion for North

Compensation plans for residents and businesses in Israel's north have been previously criticized for providing financial aid retroactively.

AUGUST 7, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
A building in Kiryat Shmona that was hit by a Hezbollah rocket