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Jezreel Valley

A 2,700-year-old tomb featuring a trove of ornate artifacts was uncovered at the Horvat Tevet site in the Jezreel Valley (northern Israel), as announced in a study published in the journal Tel Aviv in October 2025. (Rachel Lundeman - Courtesy of Omer Sergi and Karen Covello-Paran/Horvat Tevet Expedition)
December 18, 2025, 4:36 pm
Unearthed in last-ditch dig, one-of-a-kind tomb offers glimpse of Assyrian rule over Israel
Newly published findings from salvage dig near Afula detail discovery of burial pits where high official’s remains may have been interred along with dozens of opulent and rare artifacts
By Rossella Tercatin
Former Hamas hostage Shlomi Ziv tells the story of his ordeal and daring rescue at the Valley Train heritage site in the Jezreel Valley, July 27, 2025. (Shaul Rachamim)
July 28, 2025, 4:50 pm
After a year of silence, former hostage Shlomi Ziv publicly shares story of IDF rescue
Launching a series of talks Sunday evening, the Hamas captive taken from the Nova festival on Oct. 7 tells a crowd of hundreds about his grueling ordeal and the IDF’s daring extraction
By Tania Shalom Michaelian
Ariel view of the Horvat Tevet site, with the excavation areas outlined. (courtesy IAA, photo by Alexander Weigmann)
May 25, 2024, 3:24 am
Jezreel Valley graves cast light on waning Canaanite cities, waxing Israelite monarchy
Beeswax burial ritual at Horvat Tevet site reflects lingering influence during transition from Egyptian rule 3,000 years ago, which also shaped Israelite economics and agriculture
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative image of a mosquito (nechaev-kon; iStock by Getty Images)
September 13, 2020, 4:32 pm
West Nile virus found in Jezreel Valley
More signs of infected mosquitoes emerge as country set to enter holiday season; municipalities ordered to monitor the situation, take steps for pest control
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)
July 15, 2020, 1:51 pm
F-35 pilot grounded after causing sonic booms over north, startling residents
Military says noise was caused by fighter jet going faster than permitted during a training exercise
By Judah Ari Gross
A screen capture from video taken on October 5, 2018, of the aftermath of a suspected arson attack in the northern Israeli moshav of Bethlehem in the Galilee in which some 50,000 chickens were burned alive. (Screen capture: Twitter)
October 6, 2018, 12:22 am
50,000 chickens burned alive in suspected arson attack in northern Israel
Lawmakers denounce ‘agricultural terror’ as police open investigation into torching of 4 coops in Galilee farming community
By ToI Staff
Labor party MK Eitan Broshi, of the Zionist Union faction, attends the Knesset Plenary Hall session on July 18, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 29, 2018, 10:10 pm
Zionist Union MK suspended amid fresh sexual harassment allegation
Former female colleague of Eitan Broshi says he trapped her in elevator, touched her inappropriately 15 years ago
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
The ring found by gardener Dekel Ben-Shitrit thought to depict St. Nicholas with a bishop's crook. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 26, 2018, 1:27 pm
Galilee gardener digs up medieval ring bearing smiling St. Nicholas
700-year-old bronze band is emblazoned with image of patron saint of pilgrims, whose reputation for gift-giving turned him into Santa Claus in Christian West
By Sue Surkes
A picture taken in the northern Israeli Jezreel Valley on February 10, 2018, shows the remains of an Israel F-16 that crashed after coming under fire by Syrian air defenses during attacks against 'Iranian targets' in the war-torn country. (AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ)
February 11, 2018, 2:46 am
IDF: F-16 appears to have been downed by shrapnel
Military still investigating exact cause of the fighter jet crash to determine if it was indeed brought down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire
By Judah Ari Gross
August 27, 2017, 4:10 pm
Woman found dead outside charred car in northern Israel
Body badly burnt, but police don’t confirm she was the victim of an attack
By ToI Staff
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 4, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
December 8, 2016, 5:49 pm
Health levels in periphery lagging behind center: report
Health Ministry review shows mortality and infant mortality higher among Arab population; fewer doctors, nurses available in the north and south
By Stuart Winer
An Israel Railways train (illustrative photo: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 29, 2016, 10:56 pm
Restored northern railway sees historic maiden voyage
Train from Haifa to Beit She’an will open to public in October, 65 years after original line closed
By ToI Staff
A 16,500-year-old limestone palette engraved with a bird's head found at Ein Qashish in northern Israel. ( CC BY, PLoS ONE; A Unique Assemblage of Engraved Plaquettes from Ein Qashish South, Jezreel Valley, Israel: Figurative and Non-Figurative Symbols of Late Pleistocene Hunters-Gatherers in the Levant)
August 29, 2016, 2:43 pm
Millennia before writing, ancient Holy Land etchings tracked passage of seasons
16,500-year-old bird’s head carved into limestone plaque from Ein Qashish may be among oldest ritual objects ever found in the Levant
By Ilan Ben Zion
The bell-shaped blooms of the Lemon Mallee eucalyptus help pollination to flourish. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 11, 2015, 3:32 pm
Israel’s adopted eucalyptus trees are the bee’s knees
A countrywide plan to help pollination has increased Israel’s honey output, and may be the answer for bee problems in the US
By Jessica Steinberg
The scene of a car accident in the Jezreel Valley in which two teenage sisters were killed, September 1, 2015 (United Hatzalah of Israel)
September 1, 2015, 10:46 pm
Teen sisters killed, mother injured in car crash
Head-on collision in Jezreel Valley, northern Israel, also wounds fourth person after one vehicle veers into opposing lane
By ToI Staff
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