Safed

WATCH: Rocket hits parking lot in Safed as Hezbollah keeps firing at northern Israel

The IDF confirmed that the incident in Safed was due to a direct hit and not due to shrapnel, as it was originally believed. More than 30 rockets were fired on Friday against northern Israel.

Parking lot damaged in Safed.
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United Hatzalah volunteers respond to the scene of a rocket hit in Nahariya, March 16, 2026.

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A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025

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Reopening in Safed

The management of Dan Hotels has reopened the Ruth Safed Hotel following the end of the war, unveiling renovations in the Rimon wing, including a facelift for the rooms.

  Shlomi Tahan and Ruth Kaplan

Police deepen search for missing persons, including Haymanot Kasau

“We are leaving no stone unturned. We pray for positive news and encourage anyone with relevant information to come forward," the Israel Dog Unit said.

 Pictures of the five missing Israelis.

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Father and son in a synagogue

Children in Safed find Mandate-era grenade, bomb squad called to the scene

A soldier on duty noticed children carrying a suspicious bag and intervened. He identified the item as an old grenade and quickly alerted the police bomb squad.

 Children in Safed find unexploded hand grenade

House in Safed suffers direct hit from rocket fire

Alerts were triggered in Safed as a result of dozens of rockets fired towards the city.

 Smoke trails are seen as rockets launched from Lebanon into Northern Israel are intercepted by Israeli anti missile system, as it seen from the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, October 9, 2024.

Israeli woman, 68, wounded by Hezbollah rocket blasts in Safed

Patients suffering from anxiety are being treated at the scene, an MDA spokesperson said.

 View of a house that was hit from a missile fired from Lebanon overnight, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, September 28, 2024

Hezbollah rockets hit house, crash on Highway 89 near Safed

Approximately 180 rockets were dismantled as the IDF struck several targets in southern Lebanon following Hezbollah's attack, the military reported.

 A member of a rescue team speaks to a man as rescue teams work to extinguish flames on a house following a rocket attack from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, September 21, 2024.

Fire erupts in Biriya forest after rocket barrage to Israel's North

Starting at 01:11 a.m. local time, sirens sounded in Safed, Biriya, Kerem Ben-Zimra, and Dalton, among other places.

Israel's Iron Dome intercepts Hezbollah rockets fired over northern Israel. August 25, 2024.

Snatched: Missing Ethiopian girl's friend witnessed kidnapping, father says

"A friend of Haymanot's gave an accurate description of a man with sidelocks who grabbed Haymanot, put her on his back, and ran away," Haymanot Kasau's father said.

 The discussion held at the the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs regarding the disappearance of Haymanot Kasau. August 7, 2024.

Gallant warns: Hezbollah may hit Israel harder than Iran

IDF to reinvade Beit Hanoun • Halevi promises quick response if Iran attacks Israel

 (L-R): IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, seen near the IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem in an illustrative.