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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.
Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.

Six injured as cluster munition fragments hit central Israel amid intense Iranian barrage

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

At least eight wounded after several waves of missiles from Iran, Hezbollah, including direct hit

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

Two years on: Missing young girl Haymanut Kasau still not found


'We believe it will happen': Four months since the disappearance of Haymanot Kasau

Kasau , who two months ago turned ten years old, immigrated with her family from Ethiopia to Israel three and a half years ago and lived in the absorption center on Tzahal 9 street in Safed.

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

Reporters Notebook: Protecting the home front in northern Israel - exclusive

In an exclusive interview with 'The Jerusalem Post,' Home Front commander Lt. Col Eran Salmon compares the challenges Israel faces today to Israel’s second war of independence.

 IDF's Northern Command and the Home Front Command work closely together to protect Israelis in the North

Police search for missing nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau continues

"We are working very hard…to try to find some kind of clue to understand where Haymanot could be. We are scanning the absorption center and its surrounding area."

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

Hezbollah rocket hits entrance to Safed hospital, fails to detonate

The director of the hospital, Dr. Salman Zarka, wrote, "We are very lucky here. The missile did not explode. Otherwise, there could have been an incident with many casualties."

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IDF fighter jets engage in wave of attacks on Hezbollah after Israeli soldier killed

Several wounded soldiers were transferred to a hospital in Safed after rocket sirens sounded throughout the North.

 Israeli officials evacuate a person who was injured by a rocket that landed after it was fired from Lebanon, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Safed, northern Israel February 14, 2024

How the IDF combats Hezbollah's evolving threat in Israel's North

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: All it takes is a short break in the nasty weather to create a sense of danger and foreboding in significant portions of the North.

 Israeli artillery near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, January 15, 2024

Hezbollah chiefs, head of drone operations killed in Israeli strike on car

UAV warnings and rocket sirens sounded across Israel on Tuesday morning.

 Hassan Abeid al-Hussein Ismail, the head of Hezbollah's drone operations in southern Lebanon

Jerusalem Post to launch 'Ask the Doctor' podcast with Ziv Medical Center

Turning complex medical issues into something we can talk about.

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Galilee dreaming: Safed’s venerable Klezmer Festival turns 36 with a stellar lineup

This year’s edition is no. 36 – twice chai (life) – and takes place in the historic Galilee city between August 22-24.

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Ziv Medical Center gives care that rises above headlines, fear - opinion

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