Road accidents

Palestinian crashes truck into police vehicle in West Bank, police officer injured

The driver of the truck attempted to flee the scene of the incident, police said, but was pursued by backup police forces and arrested along with a passenger in the truck.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police and Magen David Adom respond to a road incident in which one police officer was injured near Tapuah junction in the West Bank on February 23, 2026.
Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

At the defense’s request, the court delayed the start of Pesler’s prison sentence until April 15 to give her time to appeal. She is required to report to Neve Tirza Prison by 9 a.m. that day.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
MDA Ambulance

Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years

Additional reports pointed out that there were four other victims at the scene, two injured in moderate condition with injuries to the abdomen and limbs, and two injured in light condition.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
TRAFFIC IS HEAVY on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv earlier this month. 2024 ended with 439 road fatalities, an unusual jump in a year with less traffic, the writer notes.

Invisible costs of trauma and post-trauma: The economic plight Israel faces - opinion

National trauma is not a private matter; it spills into every sphere: our relationships, classrooms, clinics, and even the roads, and all of this carries a significant economic cost.

|By YIFAT REUVENI

November 5, 2015: Virtually silent

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

NOVEMBER 4, 2015ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Envelope

Speed kills

"Over the past few years there has been a gradual rise in the number of road deaths in Israel."

NOVEMBER 3, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Scene of car accident in Jerusalem, April 15 , 2015

November 4: A real fox

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

NOVEMBER 3, 2015ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Envelope

NGO: One person killed every day on roads

Or Yarok released the data on the occasion of National Road Safety Day, which occurs on Tuesday.

NOVEMBER 3, 2015BySHARON UDASIN
Traffic on the Ayalon Freeway is backed up as police seal off Hashalom interchange‏ in Tel Aviv

City Notes: Kinneret’s Shikmim Beach becomes disabled-friendly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015ByCOMPILEDTAMARA ZIEVE
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin at The Jazz Festival in Eilat

What's shorter than a nano second? Answer - the Israeli drivers fuse at a traffic light!

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015ByPHILIP BARNEA
The Jerusalem Post

Driving with ‘wrong’ type of music can be dangerous, says BGU psychologist

"The car is the only place in the world you can die just because you’re listening to the wrong kind of music.”

JUNE 23, 2015ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Psychology: Car accident therapy

Steps to avoid accidents and set a good example for children and teens while driving.

JUNE 8, 2015ByBATYA L. LUDMAN
Car accident

Traffic-related fatalities on rise for second year in a row

Over the last 12 months alone, 345 people – including 129 pedestrians – have died in car accidents on Israeli roads.

MARCH 9, 2015BySHARON UDASIN
Aerial picture of chain accident at Lehavim Junction in Negev

Grandmother of seven hit by bus; brain dead, her kidneys and liver taken for transplant

Deceased's wish to donate organs fulfilled by family; survived by seven grandchildren, with two more on the way.

JANUARY 8, 2015ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Grandmother killed in Bus accident, donates organs