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Kochav Ya'ir

Security forces work at the scene of a terrorist shooting attack at the entrance to Tzur Yitzhak, in central Israel, on June 7, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
June 7, 2026, 3:09 pm
Israeli man killed, five hurt in central Israel terror shooting spree by Arab Israeli
Victim ID’d as Haim Kalomiti, member of civil defense squad; PMO says he engaged the terrorist, who rampaged in communities bordering West Bank; two men in serious condition
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Michael Eitan (1944-2024), a longtime Likud MK, is seen in the Knesset, March 30, 2009. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
November 9, 2024, 7:56 am
Michael Eitan, longtime Likud MK turned Netanyahu critic, dies at 80
Politically active since he was in university, Eitan served in Knesset for 28 years, but said in 2019 he could no longer vote for Likud, declaring PM betrayed party’s principles
By ToI Staff
The scene of a car ramming attack in Kochav Yair, early on April 3, 2024 (video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 3, 2024, 9:57 am
4 police officers hurt in suspected terror ramming in central Israel; suspect killed
Attacker named as Waheb Sabita, 26, of Tira; family says it warned police he had suicidal intentions and had been diagnosed with ‘mental disorder’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Image of testing tube for Dengue fever. (jarun011; iStock by Getty Images)
September 29, 2023, 1:03 pm
Israel man diagnosed with dengue fever after returning from trip to Mexico
Authorities carrying out extermination efforts against mosquitos within 100-meter radius of patient’s home, breeding spots within 300-meter radius
By Michael Horovitz and AFP
A child tumbles out of a car as it crosses an intersection near Kochav Ya'ir (screenshot)
July 24, 2019, 6:35 am
Child captured tumbling out of car as it crosses busy intersection
Motorists rush over to help the boy after he falls out of the moving vehicle in incident near Kochav Ya’ir
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an Israeli classroom (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
September 3, 2013, 3:39 am
Druze town places third in matriculation exam pass rates
Beit Jann trails only central towns of Shoham and Kochav Yair; ultra-Orthodox and Arab students record lowest test averages
By Adiv Sterman
Revving up for the dry run (photo credit: Dani Machlis/Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
September 12, 2012, 11:02 am
Student drivers race to Italy
Joint BGU and Bezalel teams design and build a car, from scratch, for an international automotive competition
By Jessica Steinberg
Avraham Ya'ir Stern (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
February 20, 2012, 4:40 pm
The rehabilitation of an underground revolutionary
Young people turned out in droves this year to mark the 70th anniversary of Avraham ‘Ya’ir’ Stern’s death
By Mitch Ginsburg
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