Car accident

Suspected criminal assassination attempt leaves two wounded after car explosion, fire in Jerusalem

Israeli media has reported the identity of the target, a prominent figure in Jerusalem's criminal underworld, convicted mobster Itzik Bar-Mucha.

Car catches fire in Jerusalem, October 6, 2026.
Israel Police officers respond to a car crash on Highway 6, September 29, 2026.

Some 18 injured in eight-car pileup on Highway 6 in central Israel, halting traffic

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.

Car crashes into residential building in Hadera, driver lightly injured, ramming attempt ruled out

As a passenger, you may have had no control over the crash - but you still have the right to seek compensation for what it cost you.

Can you sue if you were a passenger in a car accident?


One killed, one in serious condition after being struck by car near Tamra

Two pedestrians, a man in his 30s and a man in his 20s, were hit by a vehicle near the northern city of Tamra.

MDA ambulance (illustrative)

IDF soldier charged with causing car accident that killed Palestinian

A soldier in the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion has been accused of causing a deadly accident while driving a vehicle that had been confiscated.

Orthodox infantry soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion pray in the field

Letters to the Editor August 17, 2022: Keep your hands to yourself

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

19 people were killed on the roads this week, the carnage must end - editorial

Waze will only help you reach your destination if you keep your eyes on the road.

 Police and rescue personnel at the scene of where a bus lost control and plowed into a store in central Jerusalem, killing at least two people. August 11, 2022.

Road fatalities rise to 18 in a week with two deaths on Saturday

Rami Abu Alqian and Liron Barmi were killed in two separate incidents on Saturday in a particularly deadly week on Israel's roads.

 A 14-year-old pedestrian, Liron Barmi from shderot, who was fatally injured after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night in Petah Tikva

Victims of Jerusalem bus accident laid to rest

"It's a terrible loss. God sometimes takes a rose to atone for a generation," said the deputy mayor of Ofakim, Rabbi Avraham Deutsch.

The funeral of the victims killed yesterday a bus lost control and plowed into a bus station in central Jerusalem on August 12, 2022.

Jerusalem bus careens out of control: Mother, two daughters killed

The bus crashed into a bus stop on Jerusalem's Shamgar Street, hitting a number of pedestrians. At least three people were killed and several others injured.

 Police and rescue personnel at the scene of where a bus lost control and plowed into a store in central Jerusalem, killing at least two people. August 11, 2022.

Two Israelis killed in road accident in England

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 30s were declared dead at the scene of a hit-and-run road accident in Ramsgate.

British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Driving a car with uninsured driver's license in Israel?

Israel has a foundation for people who are hurt in accidents that is meant to ensure compensation for bodily harm when there is no insurance to supply it.

The scene of a road accident near Beersheba, April 20, 2021.

2 killed in deadly accidents around Jerusalem overnight

A bus driver lost control and swerved into two pedestrians, including a 70-year-old man who died of his injuries • Truck rams into a police cruiser and private vehicle, killing a 40-year-old man.

The aftermath of a deadly bus crash in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022