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Kiryat Shmona

A view of Kiryat Shmona, February 12, 2026 (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
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Home prices in Kiryat Shmona are down 5-15% since 2023
‘The city is dead’: Israel’s north struggles to recover as war leaves uneven economic scars
By Zev Stub
In Kiryat Shmona and across the Galilee, shuttered businesses, slow returns and shifting demand for homes indicate a patchy recovery after more than two years of conflict
Lebanese soldiers and first responders inspect the site of an Israeli drone strike that reportedly killed the passengers of a vehicle on the Khalde highway at the southern entrance to Beirut on June 3, 2026. (FADEL itani / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 3:03 pm
IDF strike reported near Beirut, sirens blare in north after peace talks in DC
Two rockets, suspected Hezbollah drone shot down over Galilee Panhandle, morning after Home Front Command eases restrictions
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Israeli security forces and civilians at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel overnight caused damage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, May 30, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
May 30, 2026, 12:28 pm
Hezbollah rocket barrage targets Kiryat Shmona, hitting commercial center; no injuries
Some 15 rockets fired at northern Israel overnight, with most being intercepted; IDF issues evacuation warnings for several towns in southern Lebanon ahead of strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP
People inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on May 23, 2026. (KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)
May 23, 2026, 3:44 pm
IDF says it attacked Hezbollah sites, as at least 5 reported killed in south Lebanon
Military says overnight strikes targeted underground weapons production site in Beqaa and other infrastructure in Tyre, where state media reports ‘severe damage’ to a hospital
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Stav Levaton
Jewish world and real estate correspondent Zev Stub joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)
May 3, 2026, 2:37 pm
Daily Briefing May 3 – Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn’t fighting antisemitism
Reporter Zev Stub reviews latest on Golders Green stabbing, looks at economic status of Israel’s north and Haredi real estate development in south
By Jessica Steinberg and Zev Stub
Residents of Kiryat Shmona protest against the ceasefire with Hezbollah outside the United States embassy in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 19, 2026, 7:33 pm
Kiryat Shmona residents protest Lebanon ceasefire outside US embassy in Jerusalem
Northern municipality goes on strike, keeping education system and non-essential services closed, accusing government of abandoning the much-bombarded city in Hezbollah crosshairs
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Porat. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 19, 2026, 1:19 pm
IDF reservist killed, nine wounded by explosive in southern Lebanon amid truce
Sgt. First Class (res.) Lidor Porat, 31, dies as engineering vehicle rolls over bomb; military carries out strikes after incident; Lebanon reports repair work on bombed bridges
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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
Ruhama Cohen (left) and Simha Shimoni at a Mimouna celebration held at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel in the northern city of Haifa on April 8, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 9, 2026, 9:44 pm
‘I live alone and I can’t run’: Elderly from the north become social welfare hot potato
The Tzalir Fund has evacuated and is looking after 1,200 frontline residents, most of them 75 and over, in five hotels. Its funding will end on April 15. Will the ceasefire outlast their respite?
By Sue Surkes
Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026, amid Israeli attacks on military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror group. (AP/Hussein Malla)
April 9, 2026, 2:22 pm
IDF says it killed Hezbollah chief’s secretary as some 70 rockets fired from Lebanon
No injuries or damage reported in repeated attacks on Israeli border towns; IDF: 3,000 projectiles fired from south Lebanon since March 2, proving Beirut ‘lied’ about disarming group
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 4, 2026, 10:40 pm
IDF says soldier killed, another seriously hurt by ‘friendly-fire’ in southern Lebanon
Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar, 21, fatally shot during overnight raid; Israeli Air Force hits IRGC and Palestinian Islamic Jihad command centers in Beirut, renews strikes on Tyre
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
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel caused damage in Kiryat Shmona, March 24, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
March 29, 2026, 2:20 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 29 – Northerners feel grim amid war but firm on need to defeat Hezbollah
Reporters Diana Bletter and Sue Surkes discuss sense of isolation in Kiryat Shmona and Haifa, trauma help for Arab Israelis, and hospitals’ efforts to treat patients underground
By Jessica Steinberg, Sue Surkes and Diana Bletter
Security and rescue forces are at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck a house in Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, March 3, 2026.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
March 28, 2026, 5:42 am
Northern residents concerned IDF won’t be allowed to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah
With sirens and no time to reach shelters, those evacuated say they refuse to leave again, and those who stayed put during the last war struggle to keep their businesses afloat
By Diana Bletter
People injured in a Hezbollah missile strike on Kiryat Shmona arrive at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, northern Israel, March 23, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 27, 2026, 12:01 pm
As Hezbollah rockets fall, emergency medics in the north work double shifts
Working together around the clock, Druze, Christian and Jewish volunteers of Magen David Adom tend to the wounded near the Lebanese border, praying this war will be the last
By Theia Chatelle
Israeli security forces gather at the site of a Hezbollah missile strike that targeted a bus in the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
March 26, 2026, 12:51 pm
Anger mounts in northern communities as Netanyahu urges residents stay put
Northern municipal leaders lambaste state’s response to relentless Hezbollah rockets that are sending inhabitants fleeing; Netanyahu tells city chiefs to prevent the migration
By ToI Staff
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