Israel News
Emergency
Fires, floods, road crashes, building collapses and searches for missing people, and how Israel's emergency services responded to them.
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Emergency
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ZIM-operated container ship Contship Jet sinks in Black Sea, 18 crew rescued
A ship chartered by Israeli carrier ZIM sank off Bulgaria after an attack by unmanned craft, losing 421 containers; all crew members were brought to safety.
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Magnitude 7 earthquake in Tibet kills at least 16, injures 32
Boy, 8, critically injured by bus near Hura as police hunt the driver
Nine hurt as minibus overturns on Route 353 near Beit Shemesh
Worker, about 50, dies after fall at Beit Jann construction site
Man of about 50 dies after his car catches fire on Route 92 in the Golan
Israeli civilians set fire to storage container in South Hebron Hills village
Young child riding a scooter killed by bus on a Modiin Illit street
Man, 19, hospitalised with penetrating injuries near Shuafat checkpoint
Man, 35, seriously injured in Route 1 crash near La Guardia interchange
Israeli hurt in road accident near Beit Lid after clash, reports say
Man, about 30, seriously hurt in electric scooter incident in Netivot
Man, about 40, seriously hurt as two trucks collide on Route 6
Two workers die after explosion at Intel's plant in Kiryat Gat
Worker, about 30, dies after forklift accident at Bu'eine Nujeidat factory
Intel Kiryat Gat blast: one injured worker dies, two others seriously hurt
Bus driver, 61, killed in collision with truck near Mahanayim junction
Tel Aviv building collapse: police close junctions as search continues
Driver aged about 30 critically hurt in Ben Zvi Road crash in Tel Aviv
Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen oil sites as Houthis report two dead
Two-year-old girl dies after being hit by vehicle in Galilee
Driver, 71, lightly hurt after car hits a store at an Ashdod shopping center
Man, about 30, seriously burned in e-bike battery blast near Azriel
Israel sends drinking water and food to Playa Venao after Panama earthquake
Driver, 35, killed in collision with bus on Route 458 near Ma'ale Michmash
Man, about 30, killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 60 near Omer
Girl, 16, moderately hurt in farmland near Mount Avital, Golan Heights
Report: flydubai copilot acted alone, planned to crash jet into Tel Aviv
Woman about 70 killed by truck in Jerusalem's Rehavia; driver questioned
Two men in their 60s moderately hurt in Route 35 crash near Givati Junction
Light plane crash near Kafr Qara in Wadi Ara kills one man, injures another
Israeli rescue flights from Dubai set for Friday, delayed by security coordination
Bnei Brak nursing home fire injures at least 24, two seriously
flydubai rescue flight lands at Ben Gurion; one passenger taken to hospital
Flydubai passenger, 51, taken to hospital after rescue flight lands in Israel
Woman aged about 90 killed after being struck by truck near Bror Hayil
Eight-car pileup on Route 6 near Iron interchange leaves 18 lightly hurt
Worker, about 25, critically injured at Kiryat Ekron construction site
Man, about 30, killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 232 near Sderot
MDA medic clears sukkah decoration from eight-month-old's throat in Netivot
Leiter says son stabilised at hospital but life still in danger
Boy of 13 dies after being struck by car on Acre-Haifa road in Kiryat Bialik
Electric bicycle rider, about 30, killed by truck on Route 4 near Zichron Yaakov
Motorcyclist dies after crash on Route 50 near Atarot industrial zone
Boy of seven killed on Route 264 near Rahat; police open investigation
ATV rider, 41, hurt in rollover in open ground near Givat Yearim
Cyclist killed by stolen car; driver held on theft suspicion
Two men in their thirties killed in Route 310 crash near Givot Bar
Car and tractor collide at entrance to Golan moshav, about ten hurt
Tel Dan reserve fire contained after crews and aircraft halt spread
Missing Haifa swimmer found dead, identified as Yamam officer Itai Person
Haifa diver still missing; companion raised alarm, N12 reports
Iranian agency reports explosions near Jask and the port of Sirik
Shepherd, 16, hurt by tractor near Michmash; three suspects detained
Foreign worker in serious condition after Jerusalem building site injury
Amazon cargo plane overruns Miami runway and catches fire, five killed
Five injured in Route 99 crash near Snir, including a girl of 10
Ada Yonath, Nobel chemistry laureate and ribosome pioneer, dies
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Air and Sea Units Join a Search for a Missing Boy in Ashkelon
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Roads Shut at Jit and Kedumim as the Havat Gilad Fire Burns On
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Route 90 Shut to Eilat as Flood Fears Close Four Desert Roads
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A 3.7 Quake in the Galilee, on a Fault Israel Is Not Ready For
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Firefighters Deploy for 100 km/h Winds and Desert Flash Floods
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Israel's First Baby of 2026 Came at 12:01. Then the Calls Started
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A 128mm Downpour in Four Hours Floods Roads Across Israel
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A 5.1 Quake Off Cyprus, and a Reminder of Israel's Fault Line
