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First responders at the scene of a shooting in Haifa early in the morning of July 2, 2026. (MDA)
Two more slain in Arab community, raising this week’s toll to nine
By ToI Staff
18-year-old gunned down in Haifa, two seriously hurt; hours later, 30-year-old shot dead in Reineh; watchdog figures show 149 homicides in Arab community since start of year
The scene of a car blast that left a man dead in the Haifa neighborhood of Kiryat Haim, June 30, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
June 30, 2026, 6:54 pm
Crime figure killed in Haifa car blast, Arab community’s 7th fatality in 3 days
Rabee Abu Haikal, a suspect in a 2023 double murder, targeted in city’s Kiryat Haim neighborhood as violence crisis persists
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 9:32 pm
Haifa oil refineries will close in 2029, says head of Haifa Bay development agency
Yuval Admon, working within the Prime Minister’s Office, says 2026 crucial for shortening timelines, while KKL-JNF boss pledges NIS 100 million for new parkland
By Sue Surkes
Fire pours out of a car that exploded, killing one, in Afula, northern Israel, on May 26, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
May 26, 2026, 11:16 am
Man killed in car blast in Afula, woman found dead in Haifa as crime wave sweeps Israel
Police don’t suspect nationalistic motive in Afula; husband of woman found dead in Haifa apartment reportedly among those arrested in suspected homicide case
By Charlie Summers
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (Menahem Kahana/ AFP)
May 18, 2026, 11:59 am
Haifa’s war on wild boars drops off the grid, as key oversight quietly disappears
Nature and Parks Authority has pulled out of joint project aimed at reducing human-wildlife friction, sparking fears that the city’s streets will become an unchecked hunting ground
By Aviv Lavie
People celebrate Israel's 77th Independence Day in central Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
April 12, 2026, 5:38 pm
Several cities nix Independence Day parties due to shaky Iran truce, Hezbollah war
Local government leaders recommend holding smaller ceremonies in lieu of large-scale events; Or Yehuda mayor says celebrating ‘as if nothing is happening’ is detached from reality
By ToI Staff
From left to right, Rajesh Pallava, Pallab Karjee, lab manager Guy Kamnesky, and Ashok Donthoju at the Ashraf Brik lab in the Shulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on March 24, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
April 10, 2026, 8:18 am
Undeterred by war, foreign students at universities learned what it means to be Israeli
As many international students stayed put despite constant missile fire, Israeli resilience became second nature – as did the routine of running from lab to safe room and back again
By Diana Bletter
The four fatalities of an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Haifa, April 5, 2026: (From left): Vladimir Gershovich, 73, his wife Lena Ostrovsky Gershovich, 68, their son Dima, 42, and his wife Lucille Jean, 29. (via Facebook)
April 6, 2026, 11:50 pm
Four members of the Gershovitz family identified as victims of Haifa missile attack
Tributes pour in for Lena Ostrovsky Gershovitz, a veteran acting teacher and doyenne of the theater community, killed alongside husband Vladimir, son Dimitri, and his wife Lucille Jane
By ToI Staff
Lebanese women enjoy the sea at a public beach in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
April 6, 2026, 1:59 pm
4.7-magnitude earthquake off Lebanon coast felt in northern Israel
No injuries or damage reported after quake, centered miles below sea level west of the coast of Tyre; Nahariya resident: ‘The floor moved. It was very strong’
By ToI Staff
Home Front Command search and rescue forces work amid the rubble of a residential building struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, April 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 6, 2026, 8:21 am
4 bodies found in wreckage of Haifa residential building hit by Iranian missile
Victims extricated in 18 hour-long search-and-rescue operation, complicated by presence of unexploded warhead, which would have caused far greater devastation; 4 lightly hurt as area targeted again overnight
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces and rescue teams work amid the rubble of a residential building struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 5, 2026, 10:40 pm
4 injured, 4 feared trapped under rubble in Iranian missile strike on Haifa building
One person in serious condition as rescue services search for 4 missing others, including elderly people and a child; 6 lightly hurt as Hezbollah rocket hits Deir al-Asad
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
People inspect a house damaged by an Iranian cluster bomb in Ramat Gan, Israel, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)
April 3, 2026, 4:55 pm
Iran fires multiple cluster munitions at Israel, wounding 1; Tehran claims to down US jet
Missile salvos rain munitions on central Israel, Haifa area causing damage; 2 American air crew members said missing, with rescue operation underway; UN to debate Strait of Hormuz plan
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A policeman looks at damage from a rocket impact in Kiryat Shmona, April 2, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
Hezbollah fires some 130 rockets at north on Passover; 4 lightly injured
2 men wounded when rocket hits Kiryat Shmona building, 2 more injured in northern town; IDF says over 40 Hezbollah operatives killed in Lebanon strikes and firefights
By Emanuel Fabian
A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 23, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
March 31, 2026, 5:23 am
3 UN observers killed within 24 hours in south Lebanon; IDF says it’s investigating
Probe to determine whether IDF or Hezbollah fire responsible, army says; 3 top Hezbollah operatives killed in separate IDF strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. Liran Ben Zion, 19. (Courtesy)
March 30, 2026, 2:43 pm
IDF soldier killed in Lebanon; blaze at Haifa refinery after Iran, Hezbollah missile attack
Sgt. Liran Ben Zion, 19, killed by anti-tank missile; 4 soldiers seriously wounded; 2 injured, one seriously in missile attack on north; Lebanese soldier said killed in IDF strike
By Emanuel Fabian, Sue Surkes, Agencies and ToI Staff
Lions rest after arriving at the Louis Ariel Goldschmidt Haifa Educational Zoo on March 26, 2026 (Courtesy)
March 30, 2026, 10:03 am
4 lions arrive at Haifa zoo amid species conservation efforts
3 females are named Khitab, Kahale and Kayana, while the male is called Marty; keepers herd them into protected area whenever rocket sirens sound in the northern city
By Diana Bletter
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