Kiryat shmona

Hapoel Beersheba leapfrogs Beitar Jerusalem back into first place

Beersheba will face second-place Beitar Jerusalem in its next league match.

MACCABI TEL AVIV teammates Dor Peretz (left) and Sayed Abu Farchi celebrate during their 4-1 Premier League victory over Ironi Kiryat Shmona on Monday night.
Tel-Hai, recently approved as the University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, announced a CAD $50 million donation from the Vancouver-based Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation. February 2.

Canadian foundation announces $50 million gift to new University of Kiryat Shmona

The government approved a multi-year plan to rehabilitate northern communities along the Lebanon border.

Gov’t approves multi-year plan to rehabilitate Kiryat Shmona, northern cities impacted by war

Residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona check missile attack damages at the city's Central Bus Station and Mall, Kiryat Shmona, Northern Israel on November 27, 2024.

Northern Israeli moshav head decries 'performative' cabinet meeting in Kiryat Shmona


Like in a restaurant, but as homemade as it gets: Ground meat with roasted eggplant on rice

A recipe from Estherika restaurant in Kiryat Shmona, which has reopened its doors. You’re invited to prepare it, but more importantly, you’re invited to come and show your support.

 Ground meat with roasted eggplant on rice

Seven municipalities in Israel's North hold delayed municipal elections

Residents aged 17 and up are eligible to vote in municipal elections, and there are 70,058 eligible voters for Tuesday’s election.

 An Illustration of ballot envelopes ahead of municipal elections.

Rebuilding the North: Ayalim Association's commitment to community development

“It’s important to show the world that something good is happening,” said CEO of the Ayalim Association Sigal Barzelay.

 Sigal Barzelay, CEO of the Ayalim Association: "It's critical to bring young people to the Negev and the Galilee."

Yeshiva students return to Kiryat Shmona, begin blood donations during severe shortage

Many of the yeshiva students have also volunteered to help in the rebuilding efforts and care for residents who were unable to evacuate.

 Kiryat Shmona Hesder Yeshiva students donating blood during a severe shortage, January 8, 2024.

Ganei Tikva, Kiryat Shmona municipalities team up to rehabilitate the war-damaged northern city

Lizzie Deleriche, the mayor of Ganei Tikva, said Kiryat Shmona had “endured painful and complex damage” and that all of Israel is responsible for one another.

 Cleaning up rubble in Kiryat Shmona as part of a joint effort between Ganei Tikvah and Kiryat Shmona.

Rebuilding Israel's North post-Lebanon ceasefire will take five years

Reporter's Notebook: Two weeks after the ceasefire, almost no one has returned to the North.

 Hezbollah rocket hit Metulla house, northern Israel, December 9, 2024.

'We are on our own': Israel's northern residents on their hopes and fears after the ceasefire

For 14 months, an end to Israeli military operations in Gaza was Hezbollah’s condition for ceasing its attacks, which have claimed the lives of 45 civilians in Israel’s North.

 KIRYAT SHMONA is still a ghost town. Shops are shuttered and unmanned military vehicles are scattered around Israel’s northernmost city.

Beyond the ceasefire: how Haifa and the north are navigating post-conflict challenges – opinion

A personal account of How Haifa and the North are rebuilding amid the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

 SOLDIERS IN Kiryat Shmona, last Wednesday, after the ceasefire with Hezbollah went into effect: The scars, both physical and emotional, may never heal, the writer laments.

Defense Ministry starts NIS 1.2 billion funding for safe rooms in the North

There are plans to build around 1,700 safe rooms in Kiryat Shmonah alone, and around 10,000 for the entire 0-5 kilometer area.

  THE MINISTRY of Defense building in Tel Aviv

Kiryat Shmona locals highlight city's destruction as ceasefire allows residents to return

Located near Israel's border with Lebanon, Kiryat Shmona suffered the highest number of damages among the northern communities.

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024