Kiryat shmona

All city buses in Eilat, Kiryat Shmona to be replaced with electric ones by end of 2026

Egged will replace Eilat's 40 buses and 20 of Kiryat Shmona's, bringing the total of buses operated by the company in Israel to 900.

Electric Egged bus.
Yoel Zilberman together with participants from Hashomer Hachadash Youth today in the Eshkol region.

Second Hashomer Hachadash youth conference opens with series of activities in the Gaza Envelope

Reservists Party opens headquarters in Kiryat Shmona, party leader Yoaz Hendel and members gather at the opening, April 13, 2026.

Reservists Party opens HQ in Kiryat Shmona under Hezbollah fire, urges leaders to move north

A police officer arrests a criminal; illustrative.

West Bank man indicted for extortion, impersonation of IAF pilot, Mossad agent, illegal entry


After about a year: Shufersal reopens its second branch in Kiryat Shmona

Although it was damaged in attacks during the fighting, the Shufersal Deal Metsudot branch reopens in anticipation of the return of Kiryat Shmona residents and the surrounding area to their homes.

 After about a year: Shufersal reopens its second branch 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