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


Spring on the Hermon

To catch a glance of the beautiful late spring on the mountain, it is best to join the free guided hikes that the Hermon site organizes between June and August.

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Snow blankets Mount Hermon, rains shower Israel as winter returns

The Mount Hermon ski site was open for business, as was the Hamat Gader thermal spas.

Jerusalem's Old City throgh a rainy lens

Photo gallery: Winter in Israel means rain and snow

Between 1.2 and 1.5 inches of snow fell on Mount Hermon on northern Israel on Wednesday.

Snow on Mount Hermon on November 9, 2019

The human spirit: There's gold in those hills

We need a revolution in tourist sites on the Golan, in the same way that the once standard and prosaic chicken has given way to gourmet delights in Israel’s hotels and restaurants.

Skiers ride a ski lift on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border.

Five challenges for Israel if Syrian regime retakes Golan border region

In recent weeks the Syrian regime has launched a small offensive to isolate and retake several villages located near the Hermon.

Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Israeli Golan Heights, close to Israel's frontier with Syria November 22, 2017

Syria, Iranian proxies threaten military action against rebels on Israeli border

The Syrian army, backed by local militias a financed and equipped by Iran, have been escalating a fierce assault against Sunni rebels in an enclave in the foothills of Mount Hermon.

 A UN observation tower is seen overlooking Syria, next to the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights in Israel and Syria.

Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near northern Israel

Israel has been lobbying both big powers to deny Iran, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and other Shi‘ite militias any permanent bases in Syria, and to keep them away from the Golan.

An Israeli soldier directs a tank during an exercise in the Golan Heights.

Taly's Travel: Staying cool in the Galilee Panhandle

Free daily tours leave from the upper station, and the views of Syria and the Golan Heights are fantastic!

Cooking class at Adir Winery.

City Notes: Yazidi Nobel nominee will give first Israel address

The 24-year-old UNODC goodwill ambassador was kidnapped and held by extremist group Islamic State in August 2014 before she was returned to her home village of Kocho in Iraq’s Sinjar district.

Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad speaks to members of the UN Security Council