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View of neighborhoods in the city of Tiberias on December 17, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 8, 2018, 11:57 pm
Galilee struck by new earthquakes, rattling northern Israel
Tiberias opens emergency hotline for residents, evacuates 3 apartment buildings as wave of temblors continues
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 8, 2018, 5:47 pm
For second time in a day, weak earthquake hits Sea of Galilee
Tremor measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale follows nearly a week of temblors in northern Israel
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 5, 2018, 5:28 am
Fresh earthquakes send minor tremors through Israel’s north
Separate 3.2-magnitude temblors with epicenters near Tiberias recorded by seismological institute; no injuries or damage reported
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 4, 2018, 11:23 pm
Minor earthquake shakes northern Israel for second time in a day
4.3-magnitude tremblor also felt in Syria, Lebanon and in Gush Dan region; no injuries or damage reported
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 4, 2018, 7:00 am
Minor earthquakes rattle northern Israel
Temblor registering 4.1 on Richter scale centered in Sea of Galilee, followed by smaller tremors; no damage reported
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
June 16, 2018, 2:46 pm
Man run over by boat, killed in Sea of Galilee
In a separate incident ten-year-old boy hit by a jet ski and lightly wounded
By TOI staff
In this September 16, 2017, photo, a swimmer participates in the annual Sea of Galilee swim. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 22, 2018, 7:39 pm
‘Israel is drying out again’: Water Authority relaunches conservation campaign
Entering sixth year of drought, Israelis urged to limit water use as climate change, growing population strains resources
By David Sedley
Illustrative: Visitors at the Banias Nature Reserve in northern Israel on April 3, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 20, 2018, 4:40 pm
Israelis flock to national parks, beaches for Shavuot
With country racked by heatwave, Sea of Galilee in north and other water sites see large holiday crowds
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Fishermen from the kibbutz Ein Gev, seen on the fishing boat "Gil," on the Sea of Galilee, Northern Israel.May 7, 2017. (Maor Kinsbursky/FLASH90)
April 29, 2018, 7:19 pm
Frenzied silver fish filmed jumping out of Sea of Galilee
Video showing dozens of fish flipping out causes a stir; fisherman who filmed clip says he 'hasn't seen anything like it' in 30 years
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
December 26, 2017, 3:49 pm
Water comes out of the faucet
Irrigation as a stop-gap measure makes us forget how we used to turn to God to bring the rain
By Yonatan Neril
In this December 8, 2017, photo, people enjoy a spring water pool along the Dead Sea shore near the Israeli kibbutz of Ein Gedi. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
December 25, 2017, 12:58 pm
Lingering drought threatens Holy Land’s waters
Israel heading into fifth consecutive dry year, putting Sea of Galilee, Jordan River and Dead Sea at risk
By Oded Balilty and Ilan Ben Zion
View of the Sea of Galilee (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 19, 2017, 4:07 am
Parched Sea of Galilee to be replenished with desalinated water
Plans to pump purified liquids into freshwater lake will take almost 2 years to carry out, at an estimated cost of NIS 1 billion
By TOI staff
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
December 13, 2017, 1:43 am
Shrinking Sea of Galilee sees rising salinity, endangering water quality
Dropping levels of Israel's largest freshwater reservoir are forcing Water Authority to artificially pump out salts to maintain potability
By TOI staff
A man fixes a broken sprinkler in a field in the Hefer Valley. (illustrative photo: Gili Yaari /Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 6:25 pm
Israel pumps new water saving push, as Sea of Galilee dives to century low
Massive rise in use of desalinated water has lulled the public into complacency, says Water Authority, while the crisis in natural water sources is accelerating
By Melanie Lidman
Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 2, 2017, 10:00 pm
Thirsty Sea of Galilee sinking toward lowest level ever recorded
One of the worst droughts for a century has experts researching possibility of pumping desalinated water into the lake
By Melanie Lidman
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