Afula

Firefighters battle blaze near Beit She’an, northern Israel, as aircraft work to contain flames

Afula station commander Deputy Fire Chief Asher Biton said the combined work of ground crews and firefighting aircraft helped limit the spread of the blaze.

|BySHIR PERETS
Firefighters work to extinguish blaze near Beit Shean, May 19, 2026.
Magen David Adom paramedics treat a civilian who was shot by an off-duty soldier on Highway 6, January 8, 2026.

Soldier charged with premeditated murder after Highway 6 shooting

Prosecutors rejected the soldier’s claim that he acted in self-defense and asked the court to keep him in custody until the legal proceedings are completed.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, TOBIAS HOLCMAN
Magen David Adom teams at the scene of the car accident on Route 4 near the Holon Interchange. March 28, 2025.

Two separate vehicle accidents across Israel leave at least one dead, 14 injured

One person died and seven others were injured in a crash in northern Israel, and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 4.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Aviv Maor, one of the victims killed in a terror attack in Israel's north on December 26, 2025.

Father describes discovering daughter dead, 'covered in blood' after deadly Route 71 attack

“She was lying there as if she was asleep, so beautiful, covered in blood and unresponsive," Tal Maor told Yinon Magal and Ben Caspit on 103fm.

|By103FM, WALLA

Cycling: First day of Tour d’Israel marred by rider injury

Ronit Weissman helicoptered to Rambam Hospital; Ran Margaliot and Niv Livner win first stage.

MARCH 9, 2010ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
Tour d’Israel 311

4 minors suspected of raping girl

Northern girl feared to be subject to ongoing sexual abuse for 4 years since she was 10.

FEBRUARY 10, 2010ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
The Jerusalem Post