Nahariya

Deputy mayor among 14 arrested in massive northern Israel corruption raid

Following the police's announcement, the Nahariya Municipality released a statement confirming that its personnel were involved in the investigation.

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Headquarters of Lahav 433 – The National Crime Unit in Lod, pictured August 6, 2025.
Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, May 30, 2026.

WATCH: People run for shelter as Hezbollah rocket barrage hits water near Nahariya beach

Hezbollah fired its first barrage of missiles against Nahariya in almost a month, with the IDF reporting that several projectiles were intercepted or fell into open areas.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Anti-missile batteries fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, April 11, 2026.

At least one woman wounded by Hezbollah rocket barrage launched towards Nahariya, MDA confirms

Six rockets were successfully intercepted, but the seventh hit a residence, injuring the woman inside, Magen David Adom said.

|ByJAMES GENN
A man inspects the site of the remains of a Byzantine church, which was damaged after a barrage of projectiles was launched towards Israel from Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, April 10, 2026.

Hezbollah rocket hits Byzantine-era church in Nahariya, damages protective structure

Originally destroyed by the Persians in 614 CE, the mosaic was painstakingly restored by the IAA over the course of two years, and officially opened to the public in 2022.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Nahariya hospital implants cardiac pacemaker in 102-year-old woman

Kafri has a birth certificate from the time of the British Mandate that was written in three languages: Hebrew, English and Arabic.

APRIL 9, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Rachel Kafri and Prof. Shaul Atar on her follow-up visit after implanting the pacemaker

900 employees at risk of layoff from Pratt and Whitney Israeli subsidiary

The factory in Nahariya will be closed in 2025 and the company said that it was being done due to financial considerations, following ongoing losses of the factory.

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Students enter the 2012 Big Apple Job and Internship Fair at the Javits Center in New York, April 27, 2012. The job fair was organized specifically for students from the various City University of New York (CUNY) schools.

46-year-old stabbed in Kfar Yasif, in critical condition

Medical teams that were called to the scene reported that the injured man was stabbed several times in his torso.

NOVEMBER 30, 2022ByWALLA!
Kfar Yasif

One dead, two injured in Nahariya shooting, hospital riot breaks out

Vasim Kiyal, an 18-year-old young man, was shot dead by a drive-by shooting from a moving vehicle that opened fire at a group of people at a public park in Nahariya.

OCTOBER 5, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV
Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting in Nahariya

A look at the synagogues in Nahariya, Israel

One gets the impression through the city’s synagogues that the communities live in the urbane present, though not without a healthy cognizance of their diverse roots.

OCTOBER 1, 2022ByJACOB SOLOMON
NAHARIYA’S HEICHAL Aharon Central Synagogue, with the offices of the city religious authorities adjoining.

15-year-old shot, seriously injured in Kfar Rama

The police began collecting evidence and opened an investigation into the shooting.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByWALLA!
Police car at crime scene

Impressive Byzantine mosaic restored 30 years after its discovery, made available for the public

Mosaic part of church complex destroyed and burned in the Persian-Sassanid invasion of 614 CE

APRIL 10, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Restoration of a spectacular mosaic floor from a Byzantine-period Christian basilica was recently completed in a residential neighborhood of Nahariya some 30 years after it was uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The 500-square-meter mosaic decorated with images of daily life.

Car explodes in Nahariya, seriously injuring two, related to gang wars

Police suspect that a car explosion in Nahariya was an attempted assassination of a relative of a senior criminal.

OCTOBER 22, 2021ByYOAV ETIEL/WALLA!
Scene where a car explosion went off in Nahariya, injuring two, October 21, 2021.

Police volunteer killed in Nahariya ramming, three shot dead over the holiday

A police volunteer died and an officer is in serious condition after a car-ramming in Nahariya • Three others were shot in crime-related murders over the holiday.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021ByELIAV BREUER
A policeman arrests a man accused of being involved in a car ramming in Nahariya on September 21, 2021.

Jacob Hotel: Israel welcomes a new chain

The new chain includes five unique hotels located in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Tiberias, Nahariya and Hadera.

JUNE 19, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Sea Life Nahariya