Kiryat shmona

The team everyone abandoned: Ironi Kiryat Shmona, three years without home

Ironi Kiryat Shmona completes three years without a home or fixed routine, leaving club members furious: "Nobody cares about bringing us home."

A club source said angrily: “How can it be that restoring some sense of normalcy to this city through the club is not a top priority?”
Hunin castle just outside Margaliot and less than 1 kilometer from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Reporter's Notebook: Tourists visit northern Israel as sense of normalcy returns to kibbutzim

Impact site in Kiryat Shmona.

Businesses shocked in Kiryat Shmona: State demands $68 million return

Raz Malka, co-founded Lobby 1701

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Sixteen injured in car accidents in northern Israel

All of those wounded were evacuated to Ziv Medical Center in Safed by Magen David Adom (MDA), the hospital's spokesperson confirmed later in the day. 

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

President Herzog: Sport as beacon of hope in Kiryat Shmona

Meeting with 30 children from northern centers, including 10 from Majdal Shams, the Herzogs engaged in an open dialogue that touched on both challenges and hopes for the future.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, Andy Ram and First Lady Michal Herzog at the Israel Tennis & Education Center in Kiryat Shmona this week.

Retired teacher returns to Kiryat Shmona to mark first day of school

President Herzog joins pupils in Kiryat Shmona as schools reopen following war-time evacuation. Enrollment drops by nearly 1,000 since 2023.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal visit Israeli kids on the first day of the school year in Kiryat Shmona, September 1, 2025.

Ayalim Association boosts incentives in war-affected areas including Sderot, Kiryat Shmona

Ayalim opens registration with scholarships up to NIS 20,000 in Metulla, Kiryat Shmona, Sderot, and more student villages across Israel.

The Ayalim Association student village in Karmiel.

Where I’d go on a one-way ticket: A vision of Israel’s future - opinion

The Jewish future is not only worth seeing. It is worth building, and it begins with us.

CHILDREN RETURN to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in Kiryat Shmona, in March. ‘I would stand in Kiryat Shmona in the North and see how we rebuilt from heartbreak,’ says the writer.

KKL-JNF strengthens Israel’s war-hit communities with housing subsidies, new projects

In the pilot phase, housing will be developed in seven towns: Yeruham, Dimona, Arad, Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi, Acre, and Nahariya.

 KKL-JNF to launch young community hubs in the periphery, led by pre-military academy graduates driving post-war social recovery.

Northern Israel grapples with fears and the long road home - watch

As rockets fall silent—for now—residents, soldiers, builders, and entrepreneurs race to rebuild northern Israel, balancing trauma, hope, courage, and politics.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG is briefed on the security situation as he looks out at Lebanon from Metula.

Magen David Adom warns of blood shortage in Israel, calls for public donors

Donation stations will be deployed across Israel for the next two weeks for public donors.

 Magen David Adom Motorcycles

Ayalim Association is bringing students back to the north

Re-establishing their student village in Kiryat Shmona, Ayalim is offering a generous scholarship to a few lucky students.

 Members of the new student village of the Eyalim Association in the city of Kiryat Shmona

A full fridge: Tnuva to distribute dairy and food products to 2,000 families in Kiryat Shmona

Ahead of Passover, Tnuva is helping families return to Kiryat Shmona after 1.5 years. Each will get a food package worth hundreds of shekels, delivered home.

Asi Israelof at Tnuva’s logistics center with the coolers to be distributed to Kiryat Shmona residents