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Elazar Yair Wilensky, killed in an explosion near the Lebanon border on October 12, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 10:01 am
Student killed in blast near Lebanon border ID’d as 9th grader Elazar Yair Wilensky
More than a dozen hospitalized, five kids in serious condition, as Education Ministry says the route it approved didn’t cross into restricted area, group may have gone off-trail
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
Ofra Yitzhaki, on piano, is the artistic director of the Kol Hamusica festival, taking place October 29-November 1, 2026, in the Upper Galilee (Ofer Moskovitz)
October 13, 2026, 5:25 am
Upper Galilee to remember its own at music festival
Concert to be held in memory of Ofer ‘Poshko’ Moskovitz at Kol Hamusica; Azrieli Hatikvah Project staging 11 shows in nine locations
By Jessica Steinberg
Eyal Greenwald, marketing manager of Kfar Blum Kayaks, stands in front of a sign that reads, 'We also missed the Galilee!' on Kibbutz Kfar Blum, in the Upper Galilee, on August 11, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 18, 2026, 9:55 am
‘There’s plenty of water in the river’: Israelis trickle north amid tourism drought
With IDF still in Lebanon, foreign tourists absent, and possibility of resumed war looming, business is down in Upper Galilee even as locals rally
By Diana Bletter
Six grader Alon Horowitz finds a rare 'Nicolo' stone, likely dating back at least 1,500 years, during a community excavation at Korazim National Park, in a discovery announced on June 1, 2026. (Korazim excavation team/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 1, 2026, 6:00 am
12-year-old finds ancient gemstone in Galilean Jewish village cursed by Jesus
Sixth-grader Alon Horowitz finds rare ‘Nicolo’ stone, likely dating back at least 1,500 years, during community excavation at Korazim National Park
By Rossella Tercatin
Security and rescue forces are at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck a house in Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, March 3, 2026.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
March 28, 2026, 5:42 am
Northern residents concerned IDF won’t be allowed to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah
With sirens and no time to reach shelters, those evacuated say they refuse to leave again, and those who stayed put during the last war struggle to keep their businesses afloat
By Diana Bletter
Curator Avi Ifergan from the Bar-David Museum in Kibbutz Bar'am on October 30, 2025, in front of two paintings by Noam Edry from her exhibit 'Red Day,' (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 3, 2025, 8:50 am
Kibbutz Bar’am curator returns to local museum amid tense calm on northern border
Avi Ifergan opens three new exhibits at the Bar-David Art and Judaica Museum, anticipating visitors to the collective community on the Lebanese border as the Hezbollah threat quiets – for now
By Jessica Steinberg
On her backyard terrace in Avivim, Limor Biton points to a hill in Lebanon and Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold, on November 26, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 27, 2025, 4:51 pm
‘We live in fear’: Northerners tense on 1st anniversary of ceasefire with Hezbollah
After the IDF assassinated the Lebanese terror group’s military chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai this week, inhabitants of border community Avivim say they anxiously await ‘retaliation’
By Diana Bletter
A photo published by Syrian state media shows damage to the Arida Crossing between northern Lebanon and Syria after overnight Israeli airstrikes, December 6, 2024. (SANA)
December 6, 2024, 2:47 pm
IDF strikes Syria-Lebanon border crossings used by Hezbollah to smuggle arms
Arida Crossing put out of service while other routes damaged in overnight attack; sirens sound in northern Israel, but army says it was a false alarm
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The site of a Hezbollah rocket impact that killed two people near Kiryat Ata in northern Israel on October 31, 2024. (Flash90)
November 1, 2024, 3:18 pm
One wounded in Hezbollah rocket barrage; IDF strikes hit Beirut for first time in days
30 rockets fired at Galilee region in latest barrage from Lebanon; IDF hits Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold overnight as Iran-backed group in Iraq launches drones at Israel
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Security and rescue forces at the site where a drone fired from Lebanon caused damage to a building in Herzliya, October 11, 2024. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
October 12, 2024, 3:00 pm
Hezbollah fires rockets, drones throughout Yom Kippur; Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV
Drone strikes retirement home in coastal town, no injuries; IDF orders more south Lebanon villages evacuated, faces rising world criticism for hitting UN position amid fighting
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Smoke rises from a fire that broke out as a result of rockets fired from Lebanon near Kibbutz Shamir, in the Upper Galilee, October 11, 2024 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
October 11, 2024, 3:39 pm
Foreign worker killed by unexploded ordnance in Galilee amid ongoing rocket attacks
Thai man dies and another injured in blast, apparently caused by a munition previously fired by Hezbollah; IDF intercepts several drones from Lebanon
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli anti missile system intercepts rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, in northern Israel, August 20, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
August 20, 2024, 1:10 pm
Hezbollah fires 115 rockets at Israel after IDF hits weapons depots in east Lebanon
None hurt in barrages; firefighters battle blazes sparked by impacts; Gallant: Israel’s ‘center of gravity’ gradually moving from Gaza to the northern front
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. First Class (res.) Valeri Chefonov. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 11, 2024, 7:16 pm
IDF reservist killed as Hezbollah launches wave of drone attacks on northern Israel
Several explosive-laden UAVs impact Western Galilee as others downed by air defenses over Upper Galilee, IDF says; man caught looting homes in evacuated northern town
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Military vehicles and cows are common sights in the Golan Heights, but are usually not seen together. (Uriel Heilman/ JTA)
May 7, 2024, 11:04 pm
Covering Israel’s war-torn north is an exercise in dodging danger
With the constant threat of missile fire from Hezbollah terrorists, life takes on a surreal quality as soldiers, checkpoints, warning sirens and evacuees become the new normal
By Uriel Heilman
Hermon CEO Refael Nave has been on military reserve duty since the outbreak of Israel's October 7 war. He's also a member of the security squad in his hometown of Neve Ativ, in the foothills of the Hermon, pictured here on April 4, 2024. (Uriel Heilman/ JTA)
April 21, 2024, 6:20 am
Israel’s canceled ski season reveals how war is wreaking economic hardship in the north
The only place in Israel to get regular snow, Mount Hermon had 400,000 visitors in winter 2022-23; under threat of Hezbollah rocket fire this year it saw the number plunge to zero
By Uriel Heilman
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