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WATCH: Highway 60 reopens to traffic after bus catches fire, no injuries reported

An additional fire occured in Tirat Carmel later on Wednesday after an electric bicycle battery experienced thermal runaway, the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority said.

 Illustrative image of an Electra-Afikim bus.
Traffic at the entrance to Jerusalem. August 09, 2026.

Intercity buses, Israel Railways to be free on election day, Central Elections Committee decides

A Swiss flag is pictured in front of the Swiss city of Lausanne ahead of a June 14 vote on a proposal from the right-wing Swiss People's Party to cap the population at 10 million inhabitants by 2050, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 12, 2026.

Several people killed in bus crash near Alpine village in Switzerland, medical teams responding

Bus crash in Cape Verde, September 5, 2026.

Bus crash kills 25, mostly students in Cape Verde


Gur Hasidic community in Arad instructs students to ride busses according to gender

The notice instructed passengers to board through the rear door and sit at the back of the bus “in order to allow the students to travel separately.”

An Egged bus driving through Jerusalem

Norwegian teen takes a bus on an unauthorized cross-border drive into Sweden, caught on camera

The teenager was detained near Gothenburg, the Swedish police said. 

Norway Police. Ilustrative.

15-year-old takes city bus, drives 150km to bring grilfriend to school

The incident began early Friday, when the bus was taken from the depot of a transport company in Wiesbaden.

A bus. Illustration.

Passenger paid for an English bus ride with a coin dating back two millennia

The coin’s age and iconography identify it with Gadir, a settlement founded by the Phoenicians and considered Carthage’s first colony in Western Europe.

A London bus circles Trafalgar Square in London December 16, 2011.

Israel’s chief rabbis protest planned Shabbat public transportation

The letter was sent amid the ongoing Operation Roaring Lion, with the planned operations aiming to help stranded Israelis return home from Ben-Gurion Airport after landing.

Passengers seen at the Ben-Gurion Airport train station, August 17, 2025

Modi and Netanyahu announce deals, US wants Israel to strike Iran first

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

The new chief of the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, David Zini, participates in the state memorial ceremony for the 07 of October 2023 on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, 16 October 2025.

Within two hours: Three bus crashes in southern Israel leave 37 injured, including IDF soldiers

Twenty-one people were injured near Mitzpe Ramon, 11 near the Nevatim junction, and another five near Ruhama.

Bus carrying IDF soldiers to base overturns near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, February 26, 2026.

Free buses to run between Ben-Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv during Shabbat for first time

Na'im Besofash, a private bus initiative, will add a stop at Ben-Gurion Airport on line 711 to allow those who fly on Shabbat to easily and affordably reach Tel Aviv.

 Buses in central Jerusalem, February 12, 2025

Indictment filed against Jerusalem man over alleged attempt to burn minor on bus

The suspect, identified as Yaakov Yisrael Berkowitz, 31, allegedly poured gasoline on the 12-year-old victim following an earlier confrontation with his father.

View of the Jerusalem District Court on January 13, 2026.

Man who tried to light 12-year-old on fire initially planned kidnapping, police say

An initial investigation found that the suspect, a 30-year-old Jerusalem resident, boarded the bus on February 1 with a bottle containing a "flammable substance," intending some form of arson.

A BOTTLE which had been filled with flammable liquid and poured on a 12-year-old in an attempt to set him on fire.