Highway 90

Emergency services halt search for five missing people near Beit Zayit Dam

The IDF received over 100 reports about the vehicle, which was spotted driving through floodwaters near the dam. 

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
Emergency service volunteers, together with Jerusalem District Police and other forces, are searching for five people last seen in a Jeep driving near Beit Zayit Dam.
Intersection of the Ketura Junction and Malakhi Junction flooded along Highway 40.

WATCH: Flash flooding causes highways to close to and from Eilat

Police updated late on Saturday that Highway 90 and the northern entrance and exit to Eilat reopened, but the section of Highway 90 between the Arava Junction and Neve Zohar remained closed.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Damaged car flipped by gas station theives in car chase, November 18, 2025.

One dead, five in custody after gas station thieves' getaway car flips in police chase

The thieves attempted to steal a gas station safe in Dimona on Monday night, after robbing another gas station on Highway 90 in the Arava earlier that night. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 90 which left four dead, May 28, 2022

Four killed in traffic accident in Israel's south, two evacuated for treatment

Traffic accidents have killed 218 Israelis since the start of 2024, this was a 22% increase compared to the same period last year and was the highest of the last decade.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

10 fast charging stations for electric cars will be built on Highway 90

Afcon will establish the new stations, with a grant of NIS 500,000 from the Energy Ministry. Where will you find them and when are they expected to start operating?

APRIL 21, 2024ByUDI ETZION/WALLA!

3 dead, 15 injured in car crashes across Israel on Saturday

Two people died and fourteen people were injured in two car crashes that occurred in the span of one hour on Saturday evening.

MAY 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a car crash near Lido junction, May 27, 2023.

Four dead in fatal car accident in Israel's south

A 65-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy were all killed in a car accident on Highway 90 on Saturday afternoon.

MAY 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 90 which left four dead, May 28, 2022