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From L to R: Iman Khair and Hala Azzam, 13, in an undated photo published after they drowned in the Jordan River in northern Israel on June 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 27, 2026, 10:44 pm
Two 13-year-old girls found dead after being swept away by Jordan River
Hala Azzam and Iman Khair reportedly entered water in Galilee recreation area without adults present; intensive hours-long search included helicopter, elite rescue unit
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah operatives are seen in a major tunnel system near Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in footage published by the IDF on June 7, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2026, 11:12 pm
IDF reveals key Hezbollah command tunnel network near south Lebanon’s Beaufort
Hundreds of operatives were stationed in multi-level underground site, which includes water and electricity, anti-tank and anti-aircraft capabilities, an operating room
By Emanuel Fabian
In this undated photo, Arab women from northern Israel take part in a resilience building activity run by Mashabim. (Mashabim)
March 25, 2026, 8:19 am
Facing violence on all fronts, Arab Israelis are unprecedentedly open to mental health help
After 18 months of expanded activity in Arabic-speaking towns, the Community Stress Prevention Center in northern Israel starts to see stigmas breaking down, uptick in calls
By Sue Surkes
A 2,100-year-old sling bullet bearing a Greek inscription reading 'Learn' found at Hippos/Sussita in a discovery announced on March 15, 2026. (Michael Eisenberg, University of Haifa)
March 15, 2026, 10:22 pm
‘Learn your lesson’: Inscribed 2,100-year-old sling bullet found in the Golan
Artifact was possibly used by the Greek defenders of the city of Hippos against the Hasmonean army of King Alexander Jannaeus in 101 BCE
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: Workers tend to daily tasks on a farm in the Galilee. (Yossi Zamir /Flash90)
March 9, 2026, 3:15 pm
Nature society calls to freeze ‘land grab’ retroactively legalizing Galilee farm buildings
SPNI says Agriculture Ministry plan to legitimize illegal structures on lands equivalent in size to Tel Aviv-Jaffa includes areas in nature reserves, national parks, forests
By Sue Surkes
A hoard of bronze coins from the time of the Gallus Revolt (351-352 CE), the third Jewish revolt against the Romans, was discovered in a hiding complex lying beneath the ancient settlement of Huqoq in the Lower Galilee, in a discovery announced on September 18, 2025. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 18, 2025, 10:03 pm
Rare proof of Galilee’s forgotten 4th-century Jewish Revolt revealed in hidden coin hoard
22 bronze coins found secreted in Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee show Jews used subterranean hideaways during the little-known Gallus Revolt of 351 CE
By Rossella Tercatin
A wildfire burned through the archaeological site of el-Araj in the Galilee, which some identify as the New Testament town of Bethsaida, in July 2025, exposing several Roman structures. (Courtesy El Araj Excavation Project)
August 30, 2025, 9:16 am
Ruins revealed by wildfire boost Galilean site’s claim as New Testament’s Bethsaida
3-day blaze clears vegetation concealing parts of el-Araj on northern shore of Sea of Galilee, adding kindling to theory that location was hometown of St. Peter visited by Jesus
By Rossella Tercatin
A Roman-era gold ring found during archaeological excavations at the Sussita (Hippos) National Park in July 2025. (Michael Eisenberg)
July 25, 2025, 9:24 am
Roman-era gold jewelry found at Hippos testifies to wealth of city likely visited by Jesus
Although found out of context, unearthed ring and earrings shed light on ancient Galilean affluence in the first centuries of the Common Era
By Rossella Tercatin
Dror Miro, a fourth-generation coppersmith, holds his 'Rising Lion' plate he designed and made in the old city of Acre on June 16, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2025, 10:07 am
In the mixed Jewish and Arab city of Acre, residents push for a united front against Iran
The eerily quiet bazaar of the coastal Western Galilee city has been rocked by riots, COVID-19, and now another conflict – yet residents can’t imagine another home
By Diana Bletter
President Isaac Herzog (L) meets bereaved husband and father Raja Khatib in Tamra on June 18, 2025 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 18, 2025, 8:15 pm
Herzog visit ‘warms our hearts,’ say Tamra residents mourning 4 killed in Iran strike
President condemns reactions by some Jews who celebrated attack on predominantly Muslim city of 37,000. ‘The majority of Israelis want peace and coexistence,’ locals say
By Diana Bletter
Doaa Hmade (right), volunteer with the Home Front Command and Tamra municipality, stands on the street in Tamra where a Iranian ballistics missile struck a house, killing four women on June 15, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
June 15, 2025, 3:09 pm
Deadly Iranian missile ‘brought out the hatred’ inside Israel, Tamra residents say
Coexistence tested after video shows Jewish Israeli man cheering projectile that killed four in the Arab Israeli community near Haifa
By Diana Bletter
'Speeches Against Despair' will be performed at the Israel Festival on July 3, 2025 with actor Guri Alfi and Eli Haviv, actress Noa Koler, musician Noga Erez, actor Norman Issa, actress Maya Landsmann and others (Credit: Shir Greenblatt)
June 7, 2025, 5:32 am
Reflecting the times, Israel Festival to be held in north and south, as well as Jerusalem
64th edition of annual cultural event focuses on performances that reflect the ongoing war; no visiting performers in festival that used to host international participants
By Jessica Steinberg
Prof. Jacob Ashkenazi from the Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee as he cleans an inscription found in Horvat Hesheq, between Carmiel and Maalot, in 2018. (Prof. Jacob Ashkenazi)
April 20, 2025, 9:02 am
In early Christian Holy Land, private churches rose as acts of faith — and displays of power
During 4th-7th century CE, new research shows, Christian elites built numerous private churches, while Jewish donors appeared to pool their resources in a communal synagogue
By Rossella Tercatin
Dr. Jodi Magness from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as she excavates at Huqoq in the Galilee. Magness and her team began excavating the site in 2011 and concluded their fieldwork in 2023. (Jim Haberman)
March 15, 2025, 7:22 am
Could 1,600-year-old Galilee synagogue rewrite history of Jewish life under the Romans?
New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, suggests Jews in Holy Land still enjoyed ‘relative prosperity’
By Rossella Tercatin
Druze people wave near a border barrier in the northern Israeli village of Majdal Shams, as buses transporting visiting Druze men from Syria arrive, on March 14, 2025. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
March 14, 2025, 2:10 pm
‘New chapter’: Syrian Druze clerics enter Israel for first pilgrimage since 1948
60 clerics pray at tomb of Nabi Shuaib, the most important Druze religious site, are set to meet leader of Israeli community; other Syrian Druze strongly oppose trip
By AFP and ToI Staff
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