Mount Hermon

Damascus condemns Israel Katz after visit with IDF soldiers on Mount Hermon

Katz's visit follows an IDF strike in Syria near Damascus on Saturday, which itself followed a larger strike on a military airfield on August 18.

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new settlement of Doran in the Mount Hebron region of the West Bank, June 16, 2026.
View of the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

IDF locates three Israelis who crossed border into Syria, transfers them to police for questioning

View of the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

Two arrested as settler activists organize repeated crossings into southern Syria

View of the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

Two Israelis caught by IDF after crossing Syria border, as Syria reports military raid in Quneitra


IDF takes over Syrian Hermon, strikes Syrian chemical weapons factory

The military also stated it would not get involved in any internal occurrences in Syria, provided that no forces in Syria endanger Israeli security interests.

 IDF troops operate in the Syrian area of Mount Hermon. December 8, 2024.

Feel at home: Initiatives and donations for evacuees

Helen Doron and Harel Group unite to support Israeli children facing challenges as the new school year begins.

  Sarit Shemesh chairman of Savion Women's Circle Group Helen Doron's English Study Kits Department

Israel’s canceled ski season reveals a ripple effect of war: economic hardship in the north

This winter, not a single paying visitor was able to visit the year-round attraction in northern Golan Heights.

 Israeli reserve soldiers belonging to the IDF Alpinist Unit, seen during a drill in Mount Hermon, northern Israel, February 7, 2024.

Israel's multi-front war: Developments from North to South - analysis

 Despite the quiet on the Gaza border and the harsh conditions on the Hermon, Israel is now deep into a five-month war that has no clear end in sight. 

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, March 20, 2024.

Israel's mountain guardians: The IDF reservists watching Hezbollah

These men are reservists who were called up on Oct. 7 to guard the northern border. They did their tour of duty in hot spots, got rest, and now have been sent to this land of ice and snow.

 FIRST SGT. LEOR, a reservist guarding Hermon, is originally from New Jersey; his son was born on October 8.

Docuseries on the Nephilim to be released: Giants from the Bible, proof in Golan Heights?

Unraveling a Biblical Mystery: Did the Nephilim Giants Exist? Investigating in the Golan Heights, Angels & Giants: The Watchers & the Nephilim docuseries delves deep.

  A ghost wheel in the Golan Heights and its connection to the Nephilim

Will Israel's April showers really bring May flowers?

Saturday night saw Mount Hermon covered with several centimeters of snow with the temperature dropping below zero celcius.

 View of the snow in Mount Hermon, in northern Israel, on March 29, 2022.

Israelis flood Hermon as ski season begins

Thousands of people went to the slopes of Mount Hermon as the ski season began.

 Israelis flooded the Hermon Friday

Hermon sees first snow as Israeli weather turns wintery

Temperatures are expected to rise slightly over the next few days before dropping again towards the weekend.

 The Hermon covered in snow.

History mystery: Roman-era column base found near Hermon in Israel

The column base is enormous and Israeli archaeologists can already tell that it was something out of the ordinary, but most of the facts remain a mystery.

 A massive Roman-era column base was found near Mount Hermon in northern Israel. What was it used for?