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After a period we all wanted beauty – Israel’s top fragrance chain opens in the North

BEYONDSKIN by Lilit Cosmetics opens its fourth branch at Ofer Hakiryon Mall – bringing for the first time to northern Israel more than 20 of the world’s most coveted fragrance and beauty brands.

BEYONDSKIN new store, Ofer HaKiryon Mall.
An N12 News infographic detailing how the IDF Home Front Command could extend the warning time that Israelis have to reach shelter when Hezbollah fires rockets from Lebanon, March 27, 2026.

IDF Home Front Command to extend siren warning times for Hezbollah rockets

Israeli soldiers operate near the Lebanese border, in northern Israel, March 16, 2026

An existential buffer: To secure North, Israel must push Hezbollah beyond the Litani - opinion

Croissant, Dam in Majdal Shams.

The most surprising stop on the way to Mount Hermon: A bite you can't miss


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.

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

IDF: As northern security improves, need to discuss practicalities of residents returning to border

For much of the war, 60,000 displaced residents of the North slammed the government for forgetting them while the country's attention focused on Gaza, the South, and the hostages.

 People react at the scene where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, damaged a residential apartment building when it landed in Israel, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Yam, northern Israel, October 8, 2024.

IDF intercepts two surface-to-surface missiles fired from Lebanon

Earlier on Sunday, starting at 8:27 a.m. local time, multiple rocket sirens sounded in the Carmel area of northern Israel.

Israel, US carry out successful test of Arrow-3 missile over Alaska

'Light at end of the tunnel': Northern regional council head says IDF ops. offer hope

He noted the IDF's recent activities allowed the northern residents to see "in a visible time span of weeks, the return of life to the 200 thousand people who live here."

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

The Jewish New Year is unlike any other. Here's why

Beyond the headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

 Jacqueline Yocheved Hirsch, 87, and her sister, Marsha Rubkin, 89, both from Atlanta, recently made aliyah in the wake of October 7.

'All focus has moved North, the Gaza war is ending without the hostages,' says hostage family

Goren explained that he is worried that the hostages will be neglected and that state and public focus will move on from them.

 Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. September 25, 2024.

MDA's intensive care bus makes operational debut amid escalation in North

In this mission, nine premature babies were transported in the specialized bus — which includes seven beds and ten seats

 Inside view of the MDA intensive care bus. September 23, 2024.

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.

'The gloves are off': Beirut strike signals end of symmetry with Hezbollah, expert says

"Part of the decision is that there is no intention to continue playing this symmetric game that Israel has been playing with Hezbollah so far," Lt. Col. (res.) Yaron Buskila told Maariv.

 Civil Defense members work near the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 20, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 348?

Israeli officials hold situational assessment • Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani wounded • Harris calls for end to Gaza war

 An Israeli army battle tank moves at a position in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on November 1, 2023 amid increasing cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel as fighting continues in the south with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.