Kiryat shmona

Hapoel Beersheba leapfrogs Beitar Jerusalem back into first place

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

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
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 donation, described by the institution as the largest in its history, will support the establishment of the “Roadburg Campus.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The decision was made in the weekly government meeting, which was convened in Kiryat Shmona. It was led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who vowed to invest billions of shekels in the area.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

Davidi said the ministers’ arrival in the north, more than two years after the war began, amounts to “a certificate of poverty” for the government.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI

Hezbollah fires triple rocket barrage at northern Israel hitting Kiryat Shmona building

Hezbollah released a statement that the rocket barrage toward Israel was done as retaliation for an earlier Saturday Israeli strike.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Flares, fired from the Israeli side, burn in the sky as seen from Ramyah near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon, October 11, 2023 (illustrative).

IAF strikes Hezbollah terrorists, launchers in southern Lebanon

Firefighting teams are working to extinguish a fire caused by the rocket impact near Kibbutz Kfar Blum.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A POLICE vehicle drives on a road near Meron in the North as a forest fire rages after rockets were fired from Lebanon last Friday. Despite its claims, Hezbollah is clearly trying to provoke Israel into a broader conflict, the writer asserts.

'The same fate': Northern evacuees angered by IDF response to Tel Aviv rocket threat

Northern Israel evacuees express frustration over perceived neglect as IDF preemptively strikes Hezbollah targets threatening Tel Aviv.

AUGUST 25, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
People walk near a damaged residential building due to a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel, August 25, 2024

Resilience in crisis: How Emunah and Israeli solidarity shine amid trauma - opinion

As we observe Tisha B’Av, a day that marks the breaking apart of the Jewish nation, we would do well to reflect on how our people today, under the darkest of circumstances, take care of one another. 

AUGUST 13, 2024ByMEIRA LERNER
A DINNER HOSTED by the Emunah Netivot branch, headed by Debbie Nagar, takes place with women from Kiryat Shmona.

We are all family here: Connecting with each other during wartime

It is in times of crisis that we realize how intertwined our lives are.

AUGUST 10, 2024ByHADASSAH CHEN
People take cover as a siren warns of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, into the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 19, 2024.

Finance Committee approves aid expansion for North

Compensation plans for residents and businesses in Israel's north have been previously criticized for providing financial aid retroactively.

AUGUST 7, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
A building in Kiryat Shmona that was hit by a Hezbollah rocket

Hezbollah rocket of Iranian production kills 12 children in Majdal Shams, dozens wounded

According to military guidelines, the residents of several localities in the Northern Galilee were told to stay near shelters following the direct hit.

JULY 27, 2024ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT, ELI ASHKENAZI
Israeli rescue forces seen at the site of a Hezbollah drone attack in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.

Schools in Israel's North may not reopen in time, Kisch says

The Israel-Hamas war and continued escalation on the northern border with Hezbollah has left students from the impacted area in disarray.

JULY 23, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Evacuees from the North at the Yehuda Hotel

Thief disguised as IDF officer arrested after targeting evacuee residences

A resident of Eilat posing as an IDF officer was arrested for multiple burglaries in Kiryat Shmona, and was found with stolen goods.

JULY 16, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Image of the 30 years old Eilat resident handcuffed and being led to one of the crime scenes.

Can an Israel-Hezbollah war be deescalated? - opinion

Every word and every second count; the time for a diplomatic solution is slipping away.

JULY 8, 2024ByFELICE FRIEDSON
HEZBOLLAH DEPUTY LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks at a rally in Beirut, supporting Palestinians in Gaza. He has reiterated that ‘if there is a ceasefire in Gaza, we will stop without any discussion.’