Israel's northern border Headline

Reporter's notebook: Life blooms again as visitors return to Israel's northern border

Qedesh sits on the border of Lebanon. It is an ancient site dating to an era when this land was Canaan and later to the early Israeli Kingdoms. Later it became a Phoenician city linked to Tyre.

Young Israelis after completing their military service help a lychee farmer at sunrise during the peak of the harvest season at his lychee orchard in Moshav Almagor near the Sea of Galilee, June 25, 2026.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs at government meeting in Nof Hagalil approving a plan to develop North, Thursday June 11, 2026.

Netanyahu vows to restore security in northern Israel as gov't approves NIS 4 b. to help North

An Apache helicopter fires a missile toward Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel, April 26, 2026.

Two injured, car destroyed by Hezbollah drone attack against northern Israel border town

The government approved a multi-year plan to rehabilitate northern communities along the Lebanon border.

Gov’t approves multi-year plan to rehabilitate Kiryat Shmona, northern cities impacted by war


Upper Galilee leaders warn bureaucracy, neglect can determine the future of Israel’s north frontier

Almost two years of displacement have left scars not only on infrastructure but on the very social fabric of northern Israel, and the question is no longer only how to rebuild.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Hamas leadership reportedly in Turkey, IDF artillery moves into Lebanon

IDF names fallen soldiers • 13-year-old boy suffers blast wounds after rocket sirens sound in North • Metulla declared a closed military zone

Israel at War - Illustrative image of an Israeli F-35 fighter jet.

Restoring the honor of Avivim's synagogue and the dignity of those who lived in fear - opinion

Thousands of us were blessed to witness how the story that began on October 7 in defeat has come full circle.

 HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS, explosives, and military gear are found in a secret underground storehouse by the writer and his unit during the current Lebanon war.

Israel's High Court orders state to clarify northern evacuation decisions, aid plan exclusion

According to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's decision, communities located up to five kilometers from the border should be evacuated.

Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon hit an open area near the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, September 4, 2024

Hezbollah launches 35 projectiles to northern Israel, fires break out following barrage

Some of the projectiles were intercepted, while several others fell in the area of the Western Galilee. 

 A fire breaks out in an open area in northern Israel.

IDF deploys more reserve brigades to North as military preps for cross border ops.

The two brigades included the 6th and 228th brigades and were mobilized as part of recent tensions along Israel's northern border.

 IDF reservists simulate operational and logistical preparedness in northern Israel, September 27, 2024.

Israeli teams will continue meetings on US ceasefire proposals, Netanyahu says

The prime minister maintained that fighting in Gaza will continue until all war objectives have been acheived.

 Macron and Netanyahu (illustrative).

As Israel’s north battles Hezbollah, KKL-JNF works under fire to protect forests and communities 

Hezbollah’s attacks are setting forests, fields, and communities on fire daily. Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund is providing crucial staff, trucks and equipment. It needs support

  KKL-JNF Foresters

Northern Israel’s cities are caught in the crosshairs

Reporter’s Notebook: Bent but not broken, the Krayot need shelters.

 A burnt building stands in Kiryat Bialik after a heavy bombardment of Hezbollah rockets to the North, September 22, 2024.

Three wounded when houses hit in Kiryat Bialik during Hezbollah attack

Home Front Command personnel arrived at the scene and conducted searches in cooperation with the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Authority, MDA, and local authorities.

 Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo visits Kiryat Bialik in northern Israel, September 22, 2024.