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In this photo released by Hezbollah Central Military Media, Israeli military diggers work on the Lebanese-Israeli border next to a wall that was built by Israel facing the southern village of Kafr Kila, Lebanon on Dec. 4, 2018. (Hezbollah Military Media via AP)
December 5, 2018, 6:36 am
Analysts: Tackling tunnels is first step before IDF takes on Hezbollah missiles
Explaining Northern Shield op, Netanyahu says ‘only a small piece of the big picture’ of Israeli efforts to counter the Lebanese terror group has been revealed thus far
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot deliver statements to the press at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on December 4, 2018 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 4, 2018, 9:11 pm
Netanyahu: Hezbollah tunnels part of plan to capture ‘parts of Galilee’
PM takes aim at Iran, says ‘Northern Shield’ will continue until ‘outcome is achieved,’ dispels claim it was initiated to distract from his legal woes
By Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross
Mosaic depicting Jonah being swallowed by a fish, Huqoq synagogue. (Jim Haberman)
November 19, 2018, 4:21 pm
Newly revealed 5th century mosaics a kaleidoscope of Jewish and secular imagery
Archaeologist Jodi Magness started to excavate the Galilean village of Huqoq to put to rest a decades-old academic debate. Then she found mosaics and the site just keeps on giving
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Onions in the fields of Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel on May 28, 2018, after 200 kilograms of onions were stolen. (Galil Golan)
May 28, 2018, 8:51 pm
Hundreds of kilograms of onions swiped in kibbutz heist
Locals farmers slam authorities for failing to tackle wave of agriculture crime, which they allege is being carried out both for nationalistic reasons and money
By Michael Bachner
Guy Sagiv, left, and Guy Niv relaxing before the opening ceremonies of the Giro d’Italia in Jerusalem, May 3, 2018. (Ben Sales/JTA)
May 5, 2018, 2:21 am
Meet the first 2 Israeli riders to compete in Grand Tour of cycling
Guy Sagiv and Guy Niv raced in Friday’s Jerusalem opening of the Giro d’Italia, which is taking place in Israel for the first time
By Ben Sales
A pupil prepares the Sanhedrin Trail as a gift to the country on the occasion of its 70th year of independence. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 16, 2018, 12:29 pm
1,400-year-old menorah lamp, rare coin found as kids dig trail for Israel’s 70th
Galilee’s new, high-tech 70 kilometer interactive ‘Sanhedrin Trail’ is blazed on paths that were walked by great Jewish thinkers 1,900 years ago
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jullius Distillery's Akko Gin, made from a base of grapes, which renders it kosher for Passover (Courtesy Jullius Distillery)
March 28, 2018, 9:10 pm
Move over, slivovitz; here comes kosher-for-Passover aromatic gin
Galilee-based Jullius Distillery offers grain-free liquor that can be imbibed during the hametz-free festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Capture of antiquities theft suspect at Hurvat Dvora near Nazareth, December 12, 2017. (Nir Distelfeld/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 13, 2017, 6:56 pm
‘We were just hunting porcupines,’ claims antiquities robber
Twice in one night, Israel Antiquities Authority theft-prevention unit catch suspects excavating at 2,000-year-old sites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An Israel Railways train (illustrative photo: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 17, 2017, 4:03 pm
New Karmiel-Tel Aviv train line to open, with access for Israeli Arab towns
Pressure from equal rights group ensures that bus lines link Galilee Arab communities to stations for trains to the coastal hub
By Sue Surkes
Dueling Bethsaida excavations: (clockwise from top left) Bronze coin from e-Tell, team member at el-Araj, mosaics found at el-Araj, city gate at e-Tell excavation site. (courtesy)
August 7, 2017, 2:20 pm
Sites vie to be seen as Christianity’s ‘lost’ city of Bethsaida
Seeking the location of a myriad of New Testament miracles, excavations in area of important Second Temple-era town uncover conflicting finds
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of an Israel police car (Flash90)
July 23, 2017, 4:32 pm
Four soldiers arrested for shooting at house in Arab town
Haifa court extends arrest of suspects detained after shots fired in Rameh in the Galilee
By TOI staff
A fish swallows an Egyptian soldier in a mosaic scene depicting the splitting of the Red Sea from the Exodus story, from the 5th-century synagogue at Huqoq, in northern Israel. (Jim Haberman/University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
July 7, 2017, 5:22 pm
Earliest mosaic of Jonah and the whale found in Galilee synagogue
Artwork uncovered at Roman-era synagogue in Huqoq also shows building the Tower of Babel and a Greco-Roman calendar
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 20, 2017, 2:49 pm
Body of 25-year-old found in Sea of Galilee after 5-day search
Newlywed Natan Hajani disappeared after jumping off a boat for a swim during a weekend in the north of Israel
By Sue Surkes
Israelis try to enjoy the crowded beaches of the Sea of Galilee during the Passover holiday on April 26, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 31, 2017, 1:14 pm
Israelis crowd beaches, parks on Shavuot holiday
Tens of thousands flock to coast; two Sea of Galilee beaches closed due to overcrowding
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 19, 2017. (Olivier Fitoussi)
April 16, 2017, 2:12 pm
Netanyahu pokes fun at his own fluctuating coif
PM extols the colors of Israel’s spring landscapes, and of his famously fickle hair
By Stuart Winer
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