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After a three-year closure due to war, Israel's northernmost community of Metula celebrates a first day of school, September 1, 2026. (courtesy)
September 1, 2026, 4:52 pm
‘That’s victory’: In battle-scarred Metula, a reopened school offers hope on the border
School is again in session in Israel’s northernmost community, after 65% of its residents came back to live amid telltale signs of war. It was a celebration three years in the making
By Diana Bletter
Ayala Ben-David, left, and Galia Handelman, librarians who work now in the temporary library in Shlomi since the regular library was destroyed by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2024, on May 27, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
May 28, 2026, 9:44 pm
As Israel widens war against Hezbollah, northern town of Shlomi hunkers down
While all residents evacuated due to Hezbollah attacks in 2023 have returned, the town’s ‘ordinary’ routine is disrupted by almost daily first-person view drones, rocket fire and explosions
By Diana Bletter
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
An undated photo showing destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim on October 7, 2023, near the Israel-Gaza border, southern Israel. (Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitation Fund)
April 9, 2026, 7:30 pm
Gaza border kibbutz redirects donations to help war-torn north
‘We feel what our brothers and sisters in the north are going through,’ says Kibbutz Nirim, which lost seven residents on October 7
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third from left, convenes a cabinet meeting on September 21, 2025. (Maayan Taof/GPO)
September 21, 2025, 5:50 pm
PM reports progress in talks with Syria as US official says security deal ‘99%’ done
Netanyahu tells ministers that crippling Hezbollah in Lebanon last year created previously unimaginable window of opportunity for future ‘peace with our neighbors to the north’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 8:47 pm
Most northern evacuees unlikely to return, comptroller says, blaming Netanyahu
Report blasts Prime Minister’s Office for failing to formulate and implement a long-term plan for border area’s reconstruction, after 60,000 evacuated under Hezbollah rocket fire
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Father Michael Assi after Sunday morning services at Mar Elias Church in Fassuta on March 23, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 31, 2025, 6:36 am
Christians in a northern Galilee village lean into their faith as they fear for the future
In times of peace or war, church bells sound in Fassuta every day, giving some residents a sense of hope while others worry about the next generation and a return to war
By Diana Bletter and Rossella Tercatin
Israeli military vehicles cross a cement barrier on the border between Israel and the southern Lebanese village of Dhayra, on February 17, 2025 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
February 18, 2025, 2:59 pm
Welcome to the era of the buffer zone
Whereas, in the past, Israel has semi-occupied adjacent territory, now it’s creating sterilized strips that potentially redefine its borders
By Amir Ben-David
Security forces speak to residents inside a cordoned-off area near a house hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Ein Hamifratz near Acre in northern Israel on October 19, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 5, 2025, 9:43 pm
Israel lays out NIS 3.4 billion plan to get northerners back home in March
Internally displaced for more than a year, returning residents will be eligible for assistance grants of up to NIS 25,360 per adult and NIS 12,680 per child
By Sharon Wrobel
People at the site of a damaged house following a missile attack from Lebanon, in Moshav Manot, northern Israel, August 25, 2024. (Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 9:43 pm
‘We don’t count’: Northern leaders complain military only acts when Tel Aviv is targeted
Three northern mayors vow to cut off contact with government, accusing it of ignoring 10 months of attacks along Lebanon border; homes in Acre, Manot damaged by rockets
By ToI Staff
An image grab taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on July 10, 2024, shows the Lebanese terror group's chief Hassan Nasrallah giving a speech from an undisclosed location in Lebanon. (Al-Manar/AFP)
July 17, 2024, 1:39 pm
Nasrallah threatens to fire rockets at Israeli areas not yet targeted by Hezbollah
In televised address, terror group leader cites reported spike in civilian deaths in southern Lebanon, denies rumors of ‘finalized agreement’ to halt ongoing deadly border violence
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
The damage to a home in Yir'on from a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile, June 10, 2024 (Fire and Rescue Service)
June 10, 2024, 3:39 pm
Northern home damaged by Hezbollah anti-tank missiles, drone shot down over Lebanon
Lebanese terror group claims responsibility as sirens blare in northern towns; IDF downs drones over sea; military probing failed drone interception near Cabri
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative - Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over the Golan Heights on May 16, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
May 31, 2024, 9:17 pm
3 lightly hurt in rocket barrage from Lebanon; air force shoots down drone over Acre
IDF says 15 rockets fired as Iron Dome shoots down missiles in Upper Galilee; Hezbollah says one dead, one hurt in alleged Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon’s Naqoura
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Soldiers inspecting the damage to a building in the northern community of Dovev, after it was hit by rockets fired from Lebanon, during an IDF tour, on May 27, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/ AFP)
May 27, 2024, 8:23 pm
Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at north after fatal IDF attack in south Lebanon
None hurt in barrages on Kiryat Shmona, Meron that terror group says are retaliation for Aynata strike that killed operative; recent IDF drill simulates ground offensive in Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from a rocket fired from Lebanon into northern Israel as it is seen from Kiryat Shmona, May 5, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 10, 2024, 4:28 pm
Northern residents plan to ‘disengage’ from Israel in Independence Day protest
Residents and communities to hold a series of protests against government’s inability to allow some 60,000 residents, evacuated due to border fighting, to return to their homes
By ToI Staff
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