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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

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Illustrative. Heatwave. (iStock by Getty Images)
April 21, 2025, 9:53 pm
Israel’s July temperatures over past eight years were 2.8°C higher than 1950-1979
In run-up to Earth Day, Taub Center also reports 1.8 degree jump in year-round average Israeli temperatures for period of 2014 to 2024, compared to 1950 to 1979
By Sue Surkes
Ma'ayan Assor, 25, (left) and Sahar Assor, 17 (right) who were killed when they were swept away in floods in southern Israel on April 10, 2023 (Courtesy)
April 11, 2023, 11:18 am
Brother, sister killed, woman rescued after flash flood carries them away
21-year-old survivor, spotted by IAF helicopter, in good condition despite mild hypothermia; authorities find bodies of siblings in swollen waters after day-long search
By ToI Staff
A rescue helicopter seen during a search and rescue operation in southern Israel amid flash floods in the Negev, April 10, 2023. The IDF says it rescued 26 civilians in southern Israel on Monday night. (Channel 12/screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
April 11, 2023, 1:55 am
Rescue services search for 3 missing in suspected flash flood north of Eilat
Trio loses contact with authorities while traveling in vehicle near Nahal Tzihor in Negev; 60 people rescued from flooding in southern Israel
By ToI Staff
A tree that collapsed near Kibbutz Ein Gev on the Sea of Galilee, moderately injuring an 18-year-old woman. (Magen David Adom, handout photo)
April 10, 2023, 6:31 pm
Teenage girl injured by toppling tree at Sea of Galilee
18-year-old suffers moderate head injury, is taken to hospital by helicopter; none hurt as large tree falls at preschool due to heavy winds
By ToI Staff
Planting trees is one way to offset carbon emisssions. Pictured is part of the Menachem Begin Park, Tel Aviv, named after former Israeli PM Menahem Begin, May 1 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 4, 2023, 5:46 am
How the ancient Jewish ‘new year for trees’ became an Israeli celebration of nature
Jews around the world will this week celebrate Tu Bishvat, a holiday that has gained particular significance in the Jewish state in marking the people’s bond to the land
By Shay Rabineau
Planting tree saplings at Aman, a rehabilitation center for women experiencing mental crises following sexual violenceת December 2020. (Courtesy, Venatata)
December 22, 2022, 1:54 am
Non-profit aims to bind society to natural world by planting 100,000 city trees
‘Venatata,’ currently running Tu B’Shvat campaign, has marshaled 15,000 volunteers, created gardens in 70 institutions for people with special needs
By Sue Surkes
Jason Sherman wanders through an Israeli pine forest in search of his tree, as seen in 'My Tree' documentary film. (John Minh Tran)
October 2, 2022, 1:44 am
In search of ‘his’ tree in Israel, a Canadian filmmaker unearths unsettling issues
After learning a sapling planted through JNF for his bar mitzvah is in a forest where once stood a Palestinian village, Jason Sherman asks himself if he is complicit in a cover-up
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: From left: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau plant a tree in memory of the death marches to the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, September 10, 2021. (Jens Schlueter/Pool Photo via AP)
July 21, 2022, 11:43 am
Trees dedicated to Holocaust victims chopped down at Buchenwald camp
‘Appalled at the deliberate attack on remembrance,’ memorial foundation says seven beeches were severed, one of which commemorated children killed at the Nazi camp
By AP
Israelis ride their bicycles on Rothschild Boulevard, in Tel Aviv, on June 20, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 23, 2022, 8:34 pm
Government agrees to plant 450,000 urban trees to help counter rising heat
PM, ministers present plan to cabinet after year’s work by inter-ministerial committee; trees to be planted along 30,000 km of roads
By Sue Surkes
An ancient tree along the Betzet Stream in the Western Galilee, northern Israel. (CarmelH1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
September 2, 2021, 12:45 pm
Israeli trees doing well, according to global assessment of 58,497 world species
Globally, 30% of trees threatened with extinction. Most of Israel’s 62 species classed are as being ‘of least concern’ with just one categorized as endangered
By Sue Surkes
Tobin Mitnick really loves trees, and wants you to, too. (Courtesy of Mitnick/ via JTA)
January 28, 2021, 2:30 am
TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu Bishvat very seriously
Tobin Mitnick entertains his 110,000 fans with interesting facts about vegetation near his LA home, but on the Jewish Arbor Day he’s stressing good deeds and connection with nature
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Several species of trees line Ben Gurion Boulevard. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 9, 2020, 10:42 pm
Trees in Israel poorly protected, says new report issued for Tu Bishvat
In run-up to Monday’s national tree planting holiday, Knesset study shows 40,000 licenses granted to uproot 376,000 trees over six years — most to make way for building
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Enjoying a walk in a KKL JNF Jewish National fund forest outside Jerusalem, April 21, 2011. (Miriam Alster/Flash90).
January 30, 2020, 5:01 pm
KKL-JNF launches online ‘click and plant’ project ahead of Tu B’Shvat
Two-week ‘holiday for trees’ promotion offers saplings at half price. For each tree planted, KKL will plant another on the Israeli side of the Gaza border
By Sue Surkes
The scene of a tree that was uprooted by strong winds in Eilat on March 30, 2019. (Magen David Adom)
March 31, 2019, 9:30 am
2 Jordanian men crushed to death in Eilat by tree uprooted by wind
Stormy weather also opens sinkhole in central city of Givatayim; Sea of Galilee rises 4.5 centimeters
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, his wife Paula, and the IDF Chief of Staff, arrive at the Tu Bishvat tree-planting ceremony at Shaar Hagai, 1949. (Courtesy GPO)
January 21, 2019, 4:26 pm
5 fruitful facts to sweeten Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees
From the Zionistic, to the kabbalistic, to eco-activistic, these bitesized historical tidbits may surprise you
By Yaakov Schwartz
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