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IDF helps Colombians find sufficiently safe homes, delegation deputy head tells 'Post' - exclusive

IDF officials told the Post that the disaster management and evaluation systems are designed to intake, track, and analyze damaged structures, especially in Cali, where most IDF efforts have focused.

IDF soldiers conduct operations in Colombia following the August 2026 earthquake, August 24, 2026.
View of the Jerusalem Light Train at the Mount Herzl train station, near where Epstein Tower will be built, August 18, 2024

Grapevine: More towers

A fire broke out in an underground parking garage at the construction site of the future BIG shopping complex in Petah Tikva, August 8, 2026.

Fire breaks out in Petah Tikva underground parking garage, firefighting efforts extend into night

ABC said that three Fire and Rescue teams were at the scene.

Seven injured, two hospitalized after building collapse in central area of Sydney, Australia


Israel’s priciest penthouse offered for the price of 128 million shekels

The penthouse is located in Hagag Brothers’ luxury project Port TLV Residence.

 Israel’s priciest penthouse at Port TLV Residence

Shikun & Binui: Helping to build the land of Israel since 1924

Tamir Cohen, Shikun & Binui’s CEO, recently shared his thoughts with the Jerusalem Post about the company’s role in building the state of Israel.

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Housing prices drop for first time in three years

Even though the inflation slowed down as well, consumer prices continued to rise - notably, the price of clothing and footwear jumped by 4.1%.

 View of office and apartment highrise buildings in central Tel Aviv, on November 27, 2017

In an earthquake, Israel's old buildings are sitting ducks - opinion

While Israel finally issued a serious earthquake standard for new construction in 1988, the older buildings which often sit on skinny columns are sitting ducks.

 THIS BUILDING in Bnei Brak, like many around the country, has a ‘soft story’ at ground level with skinny columns. Such buildings are particularly vulnerable to immediate collapse in the event of even a moderate earthquake, says the writer.

Israel postpones razing of east Jerusalem building following int'l pressure

The building, which houses about a hundred families, was issued a demolition order in 2015.

IDF demolition of terrorists' houses, August 9, 2017.

Will Jerusalem be changed by a skyline of new high-rise towers?

Jerusalem is being filled with towers of different heights, and many residents are claiming that there is no serious debate regarding the need for these towers.

 JERUSALEM’S HEBRON Road. Three more residential towers are slated to go up – two with 12 stories and one with 18 stories.

12-story scaffolding collapses in Jerusalem area, killing two

MDA, police and fire and rescue teams have been called to a collapsed scaffolding, injuring several people.

 Building in Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem that collapsed, killing two

2,500-year-old Etruscan temple discovered in Vulci, Italy

The temple was discovered during the Vulci Cityscape Project which intended to learn about the settlement strategies and urban structures of the eponymous city,

 The view from above shows the position of the newly discovered temple next to the Tempio Grande.

Sinkhole opens in Hod Hasharon parking lot

After an initial inspection of the building, it was discovered that several beams that hold the building up have been removed and there is a danger of it collapsing.

 Sinkhole opens in Hod Hasharon November 7, 2022.

Russia fighter jet crashes into apartments in city near Ukraine, killing 13

RIA news agency said the plane was a fighter jet and crashed during a training flight from a military airfield.

 Fire fighters extinguish fire in an oil depot that Ukraine's State Emergency Services say was caused by Russian strikes in Zhytomyr region, Ukraine March 7, 2022 in this still image obtained from a handout video.