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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Lake Hula

Illustrative: A caveman holds a stone-tipped spear, ready to hunt animal preys. (iStock/Getty Images)
January 9, 2025, 10:44 am
Early man ate carbs and processed food 780,000 years ago, northern Israel site shows
Analysis of basalt tools from the Hula Valley shows that Stone Age humans gathered, extracted and crushed starches from acorns, cereals, legumes and aquatic plants
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: Agriculture Ministry inspectors at a coop on Kibbutz Rosh Tsurim, where bird flu was discovered, on March 8, 2011. (Gershon Elinson / FLASH90)
November 22, 2022, 11:37 pm
Bird flu found in northern Israel, same strain as catastrophic 2021 outbreak
Turkeys in slaughterhouse near Beit She’an are first cases of avian influenza this winter; surrounding farms quarantined as authorities look to prevent spread to wild birds
By Sara Serfaty
An undated photo of excavation work at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site near the Jordan River in northern Israel. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
November 14, 2022, 10:46 pm
Fish teeth found near Jordan River yield world’s earliest evidence of cooking
Israel-led team of researchers find that some 780,000 years ago, prehistoric humans used sophisticated methods to cook huge fish from Hula Lake, in what is now northern Israel
By Michael Bachner
Agriculture Ministry staff work in protective gear to clean up dead cranes infected with Avian Influenza (bird flu) from the Hula Lake Reserve in northern Israel, January 2, 2022. (Moraz Brom/Flash90)
January 7, 2022, 5:05 pm
Bird flu outbreak in northern Israel ebbs; no humans harmed, officials say
Agriculture Ministry notes ‘encouraging recovery’ over past two days; cleanup efforts at Hula Lake Reserve expected to finish next week ahead of migration season
By ToI Staff
People visit a promenade in the city of Tiberias, next to the Sea of Galilee on January 30, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
December 31, 2021, 7:15 pm
Expert warns avian flu to reach Sea of Galilee, posing danger to humans
But Health Ministry says tests have so far not found water to be polluted after flowing from Hula Lake Reserve, where 5,000 cranes have died
By ToI Staff
The carcass of a crane, infected by avian flu, at the Hula Valley Nature Reserve in northern Israel, on December 23, 2021. (Shlomit Shavit, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 27, 2021, 8:54 pm
Bennett holds security meeting on bird flu outbreak as disease continues to spread
PM consults with National Security Council on disease that’s ravaging wild and domestic birds in north, delivering what minister calls ‘worst blow to wildlife in Israel’s history’
By ToI Staff
The prehistoric archaeological site Jordan River Dureijat (Jordan River Stairs) on the shores of Lake Hula. (Prof. Gonen Sharon, Tel-Hai College)
November 24, 2021, 3:08 pm
Israeli researchers identify chilly transition to farming at end of last ice age
In first such model of region at time, study examines botanic remains in Hula Valley to build picture of fluctuations in climate, rain distribution that shaped agricultural society
By Stuart Winer
The new Hula Valley Reserve's visitors' center, officially opened on November 6, 2019. (Michael Huri)
November 7, 2019, 5:38 pm
State-of-the-art visitors’ center opens at Hula Valley Nature Reserve
At new building, named for former Canadian PM Stephen Harper, visitors will be able to experience flying like a bird
By Sue Surkes
White pelicans at Hula Lake in northern Israel (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 29, 2019, 2:05 pm
Thousands of pelicans stop over in Israel en route to Africa
Migrating birds flock to Lake Hula in the north of the country as they head to warmer climates
By ToI Staff
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