Kiryat shmona

All city buses in Eilat and Kiryat Shmona will be replaced with electric buses

Egged and Transport Ministry will convert two more cities to zero-emission public transport by end-2026. By year-end, Egged will operate 900 electric buses in Israel, including 200 intercity buses.

Egged electric buses.
Israeli Kindergarten in Northern Israel

One-third of students not registered for school in Kiryat Shmona, mayor warns

Electric Egged bus.

All city buses in Eilat, Kiryat Shmona to be replaced with electric ones by end of 2026

Yoel Zilberman together with participants from Hashomer Hachadash Youth today in the Eshkol region.

Second Hashomer Hachadash youth conference opens with series of activities in the Gaza Envelope


Beyond the ceasefire: how Haifa and the north are navigating post-conflict challenges – opinion

A personal account of How Haifa and the North are rebuilding amid the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

 SOLDIERS IN Kiryat Shmona, last Wednesday, after the ceasefire with Hezbollah went into effect: The scars, both physical and emotional, may never heal, the writer laments.

Defense Ministry starts NIS 1.2 billion funding for safe rooms in the North

There are plans to build around 1,700 safe rooms in Kiryat Shmonah alone, and around 10,000 for the entire 0-5 kilometer area.

  THE MINISTRY of Defense building in Tel Aviv

Kiryat Shmona locals highlight city's destruction as ceasefire allows residents to return

Located near Israel's border with Lebanon, Kiryat Shmona suffered the highest number of damages among the northern communities.

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

After the ceasefire: Leumi is the first bank to reopen its branch in Kiryat Shmona

Just hours after the ceasefire in the North took effect, the bank reopened its doors, becoming the first to resume operations in the city.


The piano: Kiryat Shmona's witness to decades of sacrifice and resilience

The piano carried decades of history in its notes – her parents’ sacrifices, her family’s journey across borders, and the music that had once filled this space.

 The piano.

The price of war: How can we rediscover Jewish resilience in the face of despair? - opinion

At the end of the day, in this fractured reality, kindness is the only thing that can save us, kindness toward one another and, just as importantly, toward ourselves.

 DAMAGE IS examined last Sunday after a rocket was fired at Haifa from Lebanon the previous night. ‘This unfathomable reality hit my personal life last Saturday when a rocket struck frighteningly close to my house,’ says the writer.

IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorists Ahmad Mustafa Alhaj Ali, Muhammad Ali Hamadan in Lebanon

The terrorists who were responsible for numerous anti-tank missile launches toward Israeli territories.

 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 28, 2024.

Military says 190 rockets pummel North, three soldiers killed in Gaza Strip

Former national security advisor says lack of Israeli response to Iran "is surprising" • Israeli official: Cabinet to discuss response to Iran

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024.

Dvir Sharvit, Revital Yehud named as civilians killed in Kiryat Shmona rocket barrage

Two years ago, Yehud recovered from cancer and decided to move from Eilat to Kiryat Shmona, following her partner, Sharvit.

 Dvir Sharvit and Revital Yehud were named as the two civilians killed in the Hezbollah rocket barrage fired at Kiryat Shmona. October 9, 2024.

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.