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Emek Hefer

Aerial view of Emek Hefer. (Guy Shmueli)
July 4, 2026, 10:44 am
Push for gas-fired power plants throws rural Israel into turmoil
Plan for up to 13 new stations to bolster country’s electric grid divides communities, as state puts sensitive land deals in hands of private entrepreneurs
By Sue Surkes
Dried up fishponds in Emek Maayanot, April 2026 (Courtesy)
April 19, 2026, 4:38 pm
Green in the valley: Israel’s abandoned fishponds are turning into a solar goldmine
In a pathbreaking deal, a project in northern Israel will generate clean energy, restore natural habitats, and share profits between local kibbutzim and the city of Beit She’an
By Aviv Lavie
Cliff collapse at Sidna Ali Beach in Herzliya, February 21, 2026. (Assaf Nissenbaum/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 26, 2026, 5:48 am
The way the kurkar crumbles? As deteriorating cliffs pose a danger, politics bogs down repairs
After part of a coastal rock face collapses in Herzliya, those tasked with protecting these ridges call for cash – and a single coordinating body to help them get the job done
By Sue Surkes
The measles virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
April 29, 2025, 10:50 pm
8 cases of measles diagnosed in Israel in past week, Health Ministry says
Diagnosed patients from Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Emek Hefer and Modiin Illit, six of them are unvaccinated
By Diana Bletter and AP
Resident of the central Israeli town Bat Hefer protest for improved security measures along the security fence on May 29, 2024, after Hamas terrorists fired at the town from Tulkarem in the West Bank. (Shahar Yaari/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 4:43 pm
Residents near security barrier protest ‘abandonment’ amid Hamas gunfire from West Bank
A Palestinian border breach and regular shootings at Emek Hefer towns since October 7 force a new wartime reality and fears of mass incursions
By Canaan Lidor
Eitan Yahalomi, 12, with his mother in Ichilov hospital on November 27, 2023, after being released by Hamas in a truce agreement. (IDF)
December 26, 2023, 11:05 am
Freed 12-year-old hostage says captors told him Israel had been destroyed
Eitan Yahalomi was also told his mother was abducted, and only found out she had evaded capture when he himself was set free
By ToI Staff
Or Scorcero, 15, who died after drowning in a pool, July 16, 2023. (Courtesy)
July 16, 2023, 5:46 pm
Teen drowns in swimming pool in central Israel
Doctors declare Or Scorcero, 15, dead a day after incident; parents donate his organs
By Michael Horovitz
Medics treat a man who was critically wounded in an apparent lightning strike in central Israel on January 12, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
January 12, 2023, 9:46 pm
Kibbutz member killed by suspected lightning strike while out walking dog
47-year-old Yaakov Meshek’s body found with burns by two children on Kibbutz Haogen in country’s center; shocked community remembers him as ‘nice person, loved by all’
By ToI Staff
Firearms are seen at a Haganah exhibit in Kibbutz Mishmar HaSharon in central Israel. Some 20 weapons were stolen from the site on September 10, 2022. (Hefer Valley Regional Council)
September 10, 2022, 7:26 pm
Thieves break into Haganah war exhibit, steal 20 decommissioned weapons
Police launch investigation to retrieve stolen 1940s firearms; secret weapons cache in Kibbutz Mishmar HaSharon was turned into a museum in recent years
By Emanuel Fabian
Asian citrus psyllid. (Agriculture Ministry)
January 26, 2022, 6:57 pm
Newly arrived bug threatens to decimate Israel’s citrus fruit industry
Sap-sucking Asian citrus psyllid identified in Emek Hefer region, prompting Agriculture Ministry to launch pesticide campaign; likely arrived on smuggled plant material
By Stuart Winer
Gilad Shalit marries Nitzan Shabbat on June 23, 2021. (Screenshot: Aviv & Tali Videographers)
June 23, 2021, 11:28 pm
Gilad Shalit gets married, 10 years after release from Hamas captivity
Former soldier, who was held prisoner in Gaza between 2006 and 2011 before being released in swap, ties knot with fiancé at small ceremony in central Israel
By ToI Staff
A collapsed section of coastal cliff in Ashkelon, southern Israel. (Courtesy, the Mediterranean Coastal Cliffs Preservation Government Company/Dr Roni Nehoray, GIS Director)
July 15, 2020, 12:19 am
Beachgoers in danger from collapsing cliffs as authorities drag feet — report
State Comptroller: 9 years after government approved defenses plan, few solutions implemented, disagreements over which bodies are responsible remain unresolved
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on March 25, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 10:40 pm
Hamas claims truce reached, but rocket fire, Israeli air strikes continue
No reports of Israeli injuries, as at least 30 rockets are launched towards Israel after 10 p.m. Monday
By Judah Ari Gross, Adam Rasgon and ToI Staff
A ball of fire bellows above buildings in Gaza City during Israeli strikes on March 25, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 6:34 pm
IDF bombs Gaza sites, including Haniyeh’s office, after rocket hits Israeli home
Israeli military says it conducted dozens of strikes on Hamas targets throughout the coastal enclave, 12 hours after projectile hits house in central Israel, injuring 7
By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand near a battery of the Iron Dome missile defense system deployed in Tel Aviv on January 24, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 5:23 pm
IDF deploys additional Iron Dome batteries after Gaza rocket levels Israeli home
Missile defense systems positioned throughout country after morning attack wasn’t intercepted; areas near Gaza border closed, public events canceled ahead of expected clashes
By Judah Ari Gross
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