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Kiryat Shmona
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With end to housing subsidies, evacuated northern residents return home, still unsettled
By
Diana Bletter
Now focused on rehabilitation, residents in Dovev and Kiryat Shmona scramble to fund projects, reduce distress among elderly and youth — and try to stop the country from ‘shrinking’
July 10, 2025, 7:59 am
With end to housing subsidies, evacuated northern residents return home, still unsettled
Now focused on rehabilitation, residents in Dovev and Kiryat Shmona scramble to fund projects, reduce distress among elderly and youth — and try to stop the country from ‘shrinking’
By
Diana Bletter
April 4, 2025, 9:29 am
While Israel aims for land border deal with Lebanon, history weighs heavy
Shaped by colonial ambition, hardened by war and haunted by Hezbollah, Israel’s confounding northern frontier hangs between relentless violence and tightrope diplomacy
By
Nava Freiberg
March 9, 2025, 5:34 pm
Northern mayor’s aide arrested for scuffling with education minister’s guards
Adviser to Kiryat Shmona’s Avichai Stern says he wanted to speak to Yoav Kisch about safety risks at schools that require repairs
By
Charlie Summers
and
Diana Bletter
February 19, 2025, 4:25 pm
In Kiryat Shmona, a city with no residents holds elections with no voters
Mayoral race, delayed for 15 months due to the war, takes place with almost 80% of northern border city’s uprooted residents scattered across Israel. Many of them won’t return
By
Shalom Yerushalmi
December 22, 2024, 10:38 pm
NIS 12 billion over 5 years: Israel’s plan for rebuilding the north comes into focus
While Minister Ze’ev Elkin claims, ‘We’ll build even bigger in the future,’ head of the Northern Contractors Organization counters: ‘There are simply not enough workers available’
By
Zev Stub
December 19, 2024, 9:37 am
Despite Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal, northern residents fear returning home
While the conflict is officially over for now, many Israelis near the border are wary of October 7-like attacks and future wars with the Lebanese terrorist organization
By
Uriel Heilman
December 9, 2024, 2:04 am
As Syrian regime falls next door, Golan town of Katzrin keeps calm and carries on
Residents of ‘The Capital of the Golan’ went about their business on Sunday, but some expressed uncertainty about the historical changes taking place a short car ride away
By
Gavriel Fiske
December 2, 2024, 4:34 pm
Residents returning to Israel’s decimated far north worry their neighbors won’t come home
Some members of Kibbutz Manara return to discover widespread damage; in Kiryat Shmona, a former mayor says there should never have been an evacuation at all despite the dangers
By
Diana Bletter
December 2, 2024, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 2: Day 423 – Haredi housing minister stirs pot with Gaza border visit
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses hostage talks and Goldknopf’s visit to the Gaza border; writer Diana Bletter reports on devastated northern towns
By
Jessica Steinberg
,
Tal Schneider
and
Diana Bletter
November 25, 2024, 11:15 pm
Security cabinet member signals Lebanon deal uncertain, amid pressure to oppose it
As northern mayors cast impending 60-day truce with Hezbollah as ‘surrender deal,’ Likud minister Dichter vows to oppose agreement if it is ‘copy paste’ of UN resolution from 2006
By
ToI Staff
November 25, 2024, 4:26 pm
Far right warns against emerging Lebanon ceasefire as Hezbollah barrages continue
Man lightly injured by rocket in Nahariya; IDF strikes across Lebanon hit 25 sites belonging to Hezbollah’s executive council
By
Emanuel Fabian
,
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
October 13, 2024, 1:10 am
Hezbollah fire doesn’t deter dedicated vets treating animals in war-torn Kiryat Shmona
Two veterinarians in the officially evacuated city keep their clinics open, at times forced to amputate the legs of dogs caught up in the terror group’s rocket attacks
By
Diana Bletter
October 12, 2024, 3:00 pm
Hezbollah fires rockets, drones throughout Yom Kippur; Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV
Drone strikes retirement home in coastal town, no injuries; IDF orders more south Lebanon villages evacuated, faces rising world criticism for hitting UN position amid fighting
By
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
October 11, 2024, 3:39 pm
Foreign worker killed by unexploded ordnance in Galilee amid ongoing rocket attacks
Thai man dies and another injured in blast, apparently caused by a munition previously fired by Hezbollah; IDF intercepts several drones from Lebanon
By
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
September 24, 2024, 4:49 pm
IDF strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah missile chief, as rockets pummel Israel
Lebanese authorities say 6 killed and 15 wounded in strike, some 560 killed since conflict spiked; IDF reservist moderately hurt by shrapnel
By
Emanuel Fabian
,
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
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