Search Results

Jerusalem, 19 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Geological Survey of Israel reports that an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 occurred in the area of the Hula Valley and Sea of Galilee at 3:40 PM.

Jerusalem, 19 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — In a crackdown on tax-evaders in northern Israel, authorities seized 12 vehicles and uncovered illegal weapons overnight, the tax authority and Israel Police said.

Raids took place in the areas of Nazareth, Illut, and Yafia.

During the operation, police recovered a Carlo-type automatic weapon and packaged ammunition after a suspicious object was thrown from a suspect’s home.

Jerusalem, 26 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — A combined terrorist attack was carried out in northern Israel today.

According to initial police estimates, the assailant, an Arab from the city of Qabatiya in Judea and Samaria, intentionally ran over and fatally injured with his vehicle a 68-year-old man in Beit She’an. He then fled the scene and stabbed a 19-year-old woman outside Kibbutz Ein Harod, who was also lifeless when she was found.

The terrorist was shot by a passing civilian near Maanot Junction in Afula and taken to an Israeli hospital, where he is being treated. His condition is described as moderate.

(This is a developing story)

Jerusalem, 26 November, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Four buses were set ablaze overnight in multiple locations across the northern Israeli city of Shfar’am in what firefighters said on Wednesday appeared to be a coordinated act of arson.

Fire and rescue teams were quickly dispatched to the scenes and managed to contain the flames, preventing damage to nearby vehicles and buildings. No injuries were reported.

Authorities are investigating potential criminal motives behind the simultaneous outbreaks.

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection inform the public, hikers, and regional and local councils about abnormal results from water sampling conducted to assess pollution levels in streams in the north. Bacterial tests on samples collected on November 11, 2025, showed that several streams in the north exceeded the Ministry of Health’s recommended limit (400 fecal coliforms per 100 mL), indicating the presence of water contamination.

Results obtained:

• Hatzbani–Rumi Bridge: 450; Hydroelectric Station: 440; Jordan River Outlet: 700.
• Jordan River – Yosef Bridge: 1,200; Lehavot HaBashan Bridge: 2,000; HaHamisha Bridge: 1,100; Huri Bridge: 1,000; Mtsad Atarat: 800; Arik Bridge: 750; Yehudiya: 500; Zaki: 550.
• Jilbon: 1,300.
• Meshushim Pool: 1,100.
• Tzalmon–Haruv Pools: 2,100.
• Kziv–Ein Tamir Pool: 1,700; Dalavim Pool: 650; Ein Hardalit: 550.

Given these results, entering these streams may be dangerous until sampling results are stable and within safe limits:

• Hatzbani—from Rumi Bridge to the Jordan River outlet.
• Jordan River—from Yosef Bridge to the outlet to the Sea of Galilee.
• Yehudiya.
• Zaki.
• Jilbon.
• Meshushim Pool.
• Tzalmon – Haruv Pool.
• Kziv – Ein Tamir Pool, Dalavim Pool, and Ein Hardalit.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has not identified a known source of pollution in the streams.

Under normal circumstances, sampling is conducted every two weeks by inspectors from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority at fixed points in northern streams (Upper Galilee, Golan, and Western Galilee). Sampling points represent waterfalls, pools, or stream segments. The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection continue to monitor and will provide updates as necessary.

Quarterly water sampling results for streams across Israel can be viewed here.

Jerusalem, 30 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Nature and Parks Authority inspectors detained three fishermen Wednesday in the Rosh Hanikra-Achziv Sea Nature Reserve for using a drone to fish, a method prohibited in protected areas. Marine inspector Ziv Nader said the men used rods with rollers and a drone to catch Atlantic sardines, unaware they were in a nature reserve.

Fishing with drones is permitted only outside reserves under a sport fishing license. The technique can endanger sharks, turtles, and other marine life.

The fishermen expressed regret, and a case has been opened against them for harming protected natural values.

Jerusalem, 27 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — After months of delays, the Knesset Finance Committee on Monday cleared NIS 1.2 billion ($370 million) earmarked for northern Israel’s post-war recovery.

The funds, held up by the Finance Ministry’s reluctance to provide legal details, will aid communities affected by Hezbollah’s daily rocket attacks, which forced roughly 60,000 residents to evacuate. The allocation supports towns within two kilometers of the Lebanese border and helps restore business and municipal life up to nine kilometers away.

This release is part of a wider five-year plan approved in October 2024, which budgeted NIS 15 billion ($4.6 billion) to rehabilitate and develop the north, though much of that funding has yet to be distributed.

Jerusalem, 29 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety is promoting the establishment of seven advanced transportation terminals (hubs) in the north and Haifa.

To that end, the National Planning and Building Committee (NPB) approved today (Monday) four large-scale plans by the Ministry of Transportation and the Ayalon Highways Company, for the construction of infrastructure facilities and integrated public transportation terminals (hubs) in Acre North, Neot Carmel, Tirat Carmel South and the Science Junction in Yokneam.

The new terminals will allow, among other things, adding bus lines, increasing the frequency of trips, improving the working and rest conditions of drivers, and expanding the national electric bus network with advanced charging stations, said the Ministry.

Jerusalem, 1 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israeli Police raided an illegal gambling den in Nahariya, authorities said on Monday.

Investigators confiscated dozens of computers, DVRs, internet routers, records, and thousands of shekels suspected to be linked to gambling.

A man and a woman, aged 49 and 66 and residents of Ma’alot and Nahariya, were detained for questioning.