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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Acre

Illustrative: A handcuffed man in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi /FLASH90)
March 25, 2025, 11:54 am
Northern mayor and deputy arrested for suspected electoral fraud, bribery
Suspect is reportedly Acre Mayor Amihai Ben Shlush, accused of bribing voters in return for city hall positions, and tender contracts for fixers
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom emergency service paramedics arrive to the scene of a shooting in Acre on January 23, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
January 23, 2025, 1:11 pm
Man killed in Acre shooting potentially linked to underworld slayings
Victim, 57, said to be unintended target in attack, which may have been attempt to avenge double homicide in Nahariya earlier this month amid bloody clan feud
By Charlie Summers
Smoke rises by destroyed buildings from the site of an Israeli airstrike the previous day on the neighborhood of Mreijeh in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 23, 2024. (AFP)
October 23, 2024, 3:08 pm
Hezbollah targets central and northern Israel, as IDF expands Lebanon strikes to Tyre
Two long-range rockets intercepted as terror group says it targeted Glilot base near Tel Aviv; IDF strikes weapons caches in Beirut area, ground troops destroy tunnels near border
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Security and rescue forces at the site where a drone fired from Lebanon caused damage to a building in Herzliya, October 11, 2024. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
October 12, 2024, 3:00 pm
Hezbollah fires rockets, drones throughout Yom Kippur; Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV
Drone strikes retirement home in coastal town, no injuries; IDF orders more south Lebanon villages evacuated, faces rising world criticism for hitting UN position amid fighting
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Smoke rises from a fire that broke out as a result of rockets fired from Lebanon near Kibbutz Shamir, in the Upper Galilee, October 11, 2024 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
October 11, 2024, 3:39 pm
Foreign worker killed by unexploded ordnance in Galilee amid ongoing rocket attacks
Thai man dies and another injured in blast, apparently caused by a munition previously fired by Hezbollah; IDF intercepts several drones from Lebanon
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A car goes up in flames after exploding near a police station in the northern city of Acre, September 13, 2024. (Screen capture: X/Amar Assadi, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 14, 2024, 10:42 am
Man in his 30s seriously wounded in car explosion in northern city of Acre
Blast lightly injures 4 others, including man’s young child; shooting in Jisr az-Zarqa moderately wounds 2, including girl; Tibi: Police should be prosecuting this, not protesters
By ToI Staff
A picture taken from Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel shows an Israeli fighter jet firing a flare over southern Lebanon on May 16, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
June 10, 2024, 6:02 am
In first, Hezbollah tries to down fighter jets as border fighting further ratchets up
IDF says it struck cell that launched the anti-aircraft missiles; sirens sound early Monday in Acre, Haifa suburb as interceptors fired at ‘suspicious aerial target’ from Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A member of the Lebanese intelligence service stands at the site of an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the Aadloun plain area, between Lebanon's southern cities of Sidon and Tyre, on April 23, 2024. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
April 23, 2024, 5:11 pm
Hezbollah drones downed off coast of Acre, Nahariya, after IDF strikes kill 2 operatives
After two top members killed in south Lebanon, Hezbollah claims to target army base with explosive-laden drones in one of its deepest attacks
By Emanuel Fabian
A Hezbollah drone is seen near Acre in northern Israel, February 20, 2024.(Screenshot: X)
February 20, 2024, 8:31 pm
IDF says Hezbollah drone crashed in town near Acre; no sirens sound
Military probing circumstances of incident, a day after explosive UAV struck open field in Galilee; Gallant: Terror group’s ‘equations’ falling apart
By Emanuel Fabian
Baha'i worshippers in the Bahji Gardens in Acre. (Courtesy Baha'i World Center)
February 18, 2024, 1:14 pm
Decision expected in legal battle over ‘holy’ classification of Baha’i gardens in Acre
Bahji Gardens are closed to the public as Baha’i leadership battles city’s decision to lift tax exemption and charge community NIS 7 million a year for faith founder’s burial spot
By Nurit Malkin
Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted above a position across the border near Kibbutz Dan in northern Israel on November 7, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
November 7, 2023, 3:31 pm
Barrage of 20 rockets fired at north from Lebanon; IDF shells targets in response
Earlier, IDF strikes Hezbollah cell about to fire anti-tank missile; Biden envoy Amos Hochstein visits Beirut, says ‘restoring calm’ along border is of ‘utmost importance’ to US
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli man looks at a small crater and damaged vehicles in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on November 6, 2023. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
November 6, 2023, 8:39 pm
Northern towns bombarded as 30 rockets fired from Lebanon; IDF shells launchers
Hamas claims responsibility for firing 16 projectiles, triggering sirens in Nahariya, Acre and nearby towns; Kiryat Shmona urges remaining residents to evacuate due to attacks
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An ambulance at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2023, 9:49 am
Arab man shot dead in Acre, 204th victim this year
Paramedics find body of man on city’s Jerusalem Street with gunshot wounds
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of the water aqueduct leading to Acre, August, 2023. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 7, 2023, 7:10 pm
Local officials say Acre historical aqueduct is crumbling, but government won’t fix
Mateh Asher Regional Council reportedly searched for an official agency that would take responsibility for engineering project, but none was willing
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of new residential towers in Beit Shemesh, April 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
August 25, 2023, 6:03 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
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