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Gray Cranes at the Hula Lake Park in the Hula valley in northern Israel, November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
March 10, 2026, 4:50 pm
War will not interrupt annual migration of millions of birds through Israel — expert
Even the conflict will not stop birds from rushing to get the best nesting spots in their usual breeding areas, says KKL-JNF chief ornithologist
By Sue Surkes
Agriculture Ministry staff work in protective gear to clean up dead cranes infected with Avian Influenza (bird flu) from the Hula Lake Reserve in northern Israel, January 2, 2022. (Moraz Brom/Flash90)
September 28, 2025, 4:03 pm
Hebrew U-led research team calls for global wildlife tracking to help curb pandemics
Biologging animals’ movement and temperature to spot diseases that spread from creatures to people said much more cost-effective in reducing human deaths than taking later measures
By Sue Surkes
On a misty day, gray cranes feed on a field not yet sown just outside the Hula Lake Park in northern Israel, December 22, 2024. Alex Kolomoisky/KKL-JNF)
December 23, 2024, 7:09 pm
Pioneering KKL-JNF laser beam tech aims to keep wild cranes off farmers’ fields
First-of-its kind system in world uses cameras, lasers and AI without harming birds; it’s set to debut next year at newly reopened Hula Lake Park, where crane numbers are down due to war
By Sue Surkes
Cranes arrive at the Hula Lake Park in northern Israel, October 4, 2023. (Inbar Shlomit Rubin)
October 4, 2023, 11:56 pm
First cranes of fall season arrive at Hula Lake nature reserve
Some 90,000 cranes expected to pass through or winter at northern lake, joining flamingos, cormorants, pelicans, raptors and other bird species at popular tourist site
By Sue Surkes
Nir Dekel (Courtesy)
April 24, 2023, 6:02 pm
Body of man missing in crane collapse found in sea after five weeks
Remains of Nir Dekel yet to be retrieved from beneath wreckage, with police citing ‘incredibly complex’ efforts to do so
By ToI Staff
Cranes fly in formation out of Israel and into Syria on the Golan Heights, December 14, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 21, 2023, 2:13 pm
Number of overwintering cranes in Hula Valley drops as authorities reduce feeding
After last year’s bird flu killed at least 8,000 gray cranes, the park is giving out less corn to control crowding; farmers now await compensation for expected damage to crops
By Sue Surkes
Police and Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene where the body of a man was found on a beachin Ashdod, March 15, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
March 15, 2023, 9:24 am
Body of man missing since crane collapse washes up on Ashdod shore
Naftali Edri, a retired electric company worker, had been fishing on pier when winds pushed lifting equipment into sea; authorities still searching for crane operator
By ToI Staff
Masada was the most popular site among tourists to Israel in 2022. (Yaniv Cohen, INPA)
December 7, 2022, 12:50 pm
New nature chief aims for tourists to see more of Israel’s national parks, reserves
With lengthy to-do list, Israel Nature and Parks Authority’s first female chief talks about new sites, continuing threats, and a plan to stop feeding cranes to avert bird flu
By Sue Surkes
The first cranes of the fall migration season arrive at the Hula Lake Park is northern Israel, October 11, 2022. (Inbar Shlomit Rubin, KKL)
October 11, 2022, 8:55 pm
First cranes of the fall migration season arrive at Hula Lake
Up to 90,000 of these birds are expected to pass through Israel this season, of which 30,000 to 40,000 will stay until March
By Sue Surkes
In this photo taken on October 15, 2017, a Great White Pelican prepares to land in the Mishmar HaSharon reservoir in the Hefer Valley, central Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 3, 2022, 5:49 am
Israel cutting back on feeding migrating pelicans to keep new bird flu outbreak away
After disease spread to wild birds last year, the INPA says feeding programs that concentrated them were part of the problem, though unclear if new policy will also apply to cranes
By Sue Surkes
Gathering the carcasses of wild cranes killed by avian flu at the Hula Lake Nature Reserve in northern Israel, December 27. (Hadas Kahaner, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 28, 2021, 5:07 pm
Grim cleanup of cranes that died of bird flu begins in Hula Valley Reserve
Agriculture Ministry appeals to residents of northern moshav at epicenter of H5N1 outbreak to keep stray cats — potential carriers of virus — from wandering around poultry sheds
By Sue Surkes
The carcass of a crane, infected by avian flu, at the Hula Valley Nature Reserve in northern Israel, on December 23, 2021. (Shlomit Shavit, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 23, 2021, 8:29 pm
A fifth of wild cranes in Israel thought to be infected with fatal bird flu
Authorities expect to have to clear 25 to 30 tons of crane carcasses after H5N1 virus spread from northern moshav, where farmers failed to report poultry deaths on time
By Sue Surkes
Car footage shows a metal cylinder detach from a construction crane, moments before crashing into the car of 24-year-old student Jonathan Deri on March 14, 2021. (Screen capture: Channel 12 News)
March 15, 2021, 4:11 pm
Man survives as 15-ton metal pole falls from crane onto his car
Student Jonathan Deri, 24, hails ‘miracle’ after sustaining only minor injuries in crash on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway
By ToI Staff
The site of a crane collapse in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2019. (video screenshot)
October 29, 2019, 6:51 pm
Worker killed, 2 others hurt in building accidents; crane collapses in Tel Aviv
Death is 39th construction-related fatality in 2019; no injuries as crane falls, though man says he narrowly escaped being hit
By ToI Staff
The Scene where a crane collapsed on a car in Kfar Saba on February 18, 2018, The driver, a 52-years-old woman died on the scene. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
February 18, 2018, 7:25 pm
Accessibility advocate killed in Kfar Saba crane collapse
Site manager, security manager and crane operator detained by police for questioning
By ToI Staff
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