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Carmel Forest

Native pines are restricted to the crests of hills in the Mount Carmel National Park, to help prevent fires, April 30, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 7, 2023, 9:14 am
Foresters hope year-round preparations will prevent wildfires this summer
Ahead of the annual fire season, teams have been busy in the Mount Carmel National Park in the north, the site of one of Israel’s worst blazes in 2010
By Sue Surkes
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 16, 2019, 7:41 am
Brazen boars hog Haifa
After ban on hunting enacted, residents of northern city say wild pigs block traffic, dig up public gardens and overturn large garbage bins
By Majeda El Batsh
High resolution image of 177,000 to 194,000-year-old Misliya 1 maxilla (Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna, Austria)
January 25, 2018, 9:01 pm
Jawbone fossil found in Israeli cave resets clock for modern human evolution
Dated to 170,000-200,000 years ago, bone is the earliest known record of Homo sapiens outside of Africa, and indicates long period of intermingling between human species
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A picture taken on November 27, 2016 shows smoke billowing near the northern Israeli city of Hadera following a wildfire. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
December 8, 2016, 2:30 pm
After raising $6m, JNF hits back at reforestation critics
Mere weeks after a wave of forest fires, the NY-based organization has already transferred $2m for firefighting equipment, including 23 trucks
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of firefighters extinguishing a forest fire, April 25, 2016. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
July 10, 2016, 1:02 am
Firefighters battle brush fire in Haifa neighborhood
Crews work to contain blaze raging in wooded area along Carmel ridge; no injuries or major damage reported
By ToI Staff
Israeli model Bar Refaeli in Jerusalem, June 18, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
September 24, 2015, 11:11 pm
Refaeli weds amid no-fly zone spat
Israeli supermodel ties the knot with importing magnate in no-cell phone wedding
By ToI Staff
Israeli model Bar Refaeli in Jerusalem, June 18, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
September 20, 2015, 1:29 pm
The sky not to be the limit for Bar Refaeli wedding
Celebrity model wanted to close air space over event to make room for drones, helicopters and a hot air balloon
By AFP
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, in Cannes in 2011. (Shutterstock)
September 18, 2015, 8:32 pm
Bar Refaeli gets no-fly zone wedding
Supermodel and her groom Adi Ezra have hired their own aircraft to record big day; Israel civil air chiefs agree to clear the skies for them
By ToI Staff
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