Kiryat shmona

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

In 2024 this area was a warzone. Most of the residents had been evacuated, including the entire city of Kiryat Shmona. Today, it’s hard to remember now how forsaken this place was during the war.

Hunin castle just outside Margaliot and less than 1 kilometer from the Israel-Lebanon border.
Impact site in Kiryat Shmona.

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Raz Malka, co-founded Lobby 1701

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 MACCABI HAIFA Sports Director Lior Refaelov (left) and head coach Barak Bachar (right) outline the club’s rebuilding plans ahead of 2026/27 after last year’s tough season.

Maccabi Haifa F.C. begins rebuilding effort after disappointing season


IDF strikes Beirut building after two rockets launched at northern Israel

"When Hezbollah, Iran's terror proxy, fires on Israel, Israel must respond in Tehran," former prime minister Naftali Bennett wrote.

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli strike after issuing an evacuation warning for the area, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 28, 2025.

Revisiting Israel's North for the first time since war began - opinion

A warm feeling of recognition, admiration, and relief comes over me as I enter Israel’s third-largest city. Storms will thunder and roar greatly, but the anemones will always bloom.

 KIDS RETURN to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in Kiryat Shmona, March 9.

How a tennis complex in Kiryat Shmona helps provide support to a rebuilding community

Tennis, along with other sports and recreational activities, may be a fun and friendly way to attract the youth, but the social and educational programs are a major underlying focus of the ITEC.

 The overgrowth in the ITEC in Kiryat Shmona.

Returning home: A Kiryat Shmona family’s journey after a year of evacuation

Anna Livadenko, the mother of two young children from northern Israel, highlighted that the family did not have anywhere else to stay or a big family to lean on

 Kids return to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 9, 2025.

Schools open in Kiryat Shmona after 16 months of war

The schools were largely repaired with the help of volunteers from around the country who sent several weeks in the northern city.

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

After about a year: Shufersal reopens its second branch in Kiryat Shmona

Although it was damaged in attacks during the fighting, the Shufersal Deal Metsudot branch reopens in anticipation of the return of Kiryat Shmona residents and the surrounding area to their homes.

 After about a year: Shufersal reopens its second branch in Kiryat Shmona

Like in a restaurant, but as homemade as it gets: Ground meat with roasted eggplant on rice

A recipe from Estherika restaurant in Kiryat Shmona, which has reopened its doors. You’re invited to prepare it, but more importantly, you’re invited to come and show your support.

 Ground meat with roasted eggplant on rice

Seven municipalities in Israel's North hold delayed municipal elections

Residents aged 17 and up are eligible to vote in municipal elections, and there are 70,058 eligible voters for Tuesday’s election.

 An Illustration of ballot envelopes ahead of municipal elections.

Rebuilding the North: Ayalim Association's commitment to community development

“It’s important to show the world that something good is happening,” said CEO of the Ayalim Association Sigal Barzelay.

 Sigal Barzelay, CEO of the Ayalim Association: "It's critical to bring young people to the Negev and the Galilee."

Yeshiva students return to Kiryat Shmona, begin blood donations during severe shortage

Many of the yeshiva students have also volunteered to help in the rebuilding efforts and care for residents who were unable to evacuate.

 Kiryat Shmona Hesder Yeshiva students donating blood during a severe shortage, January 8, 2024.