Accident

Common causes of personal injuries and how to protect your rights

Learn the common causes of personal injuries and practical ways to preserve evidence, protect your health, and support your legal rights.

AUGUST 11, 2026|ByIN COOPERATION WITH LYTAL, REITER, SMITH, IVEY & FRONRATH

The right steps after an injury can protect both your health and your legal rights.

Five people injured in three-way car accident on Highway 508 in West Bank

Paramedics on the scene provided treatment to the victims, including three who had been seriously injured.

AUGUST 6, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

United Hatzalah paramedics respond to a multi-bus crash in Ashkelon on August 4, 2026.

Elderly woman killed, two other women seriously injured in Ashkelon multi-bus crash

The accident involved three different buses, police confirmed shortly after it occurred.

AUGUST 4, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YANIR YAGNA

A firefighting helicopter flies over wildfire near the village Agia Paraskevi, Greece, August 2, 2026.

Two dead after helicopters collide mid-air in Greece while fighting wildfires near Athens

The crewmembers of one of the helicopters lost their lives after the crash, while the crew of the second one left the scene with minor injuries, authorities said.

AUGUST 2, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, REUTERS

The legal landscape of bicycle accidents: Everything you need to know

AUGUST 17, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

Teen dies after fall from abandoned rooftop, another in critical condition

A 12-year-old girl died from her wounds, and another one is in critical condition after falling from a tall building in Rishon Lezion.

AUGUST 4, 2025ByHODAYA RAN

'An unfathomable tragedy': Man crushed by fallen tree at Shamir Medical Center

According to eyewitnesses, the man left the building to purchase a bottle of water when the tree suddenly hit him.

JULY 28, 2025ByDR. ITAY GAL

The entrance to Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), in Be'er Ya'akov, southeast of Tel Aviv on December 15, 2020.

Three people killed in train crash in Germany, police say

Several people were killed when a passenger train derailed in southwestern Germany near the town of Biberach, close to the border with France.

JULY 27, 2025ByREUTERS

Frontex’s Executive Director Hans Leijtens speaks to German and Greek border police during his visit at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, near Kapitan Andreevo, Bulgaria, February 29, 2024.

Ferry sinks near Bali, over 60 missing in choppy waters

Twenty people were rescued, many found unconscious after drifting in 2.5-meter waves.

JULY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ferry picking up passengers in Indonesia.

At least four dead, 30 missing after ferry sinks near Bali

KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java's Ketapang post late on Wednesday.

JULY 3, 2025ByREUTERS

Family members and relatives wait for updates on the search operation of at least 61 people who were missing after a ferry sank off the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, at Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java on July 3, 2025.

Father jumps overboard from Disney Dream to rescue daughter after she falls into sea

Crew praised for swift rescue after girl fell from fourth deck during photo.

JULY 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prosecutors charge six in death of archaeology student in excavation accident

'The cellar should not have been entered by persons at any time without the necessary safety measures,' stated the public prosecutor's office.

JUNE 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Leimen, Heidelberg, Baden Wurttemberg. Germany

From accident survivor to advocate – Advocate Dan Daniel Shai fights for victims like him

JUNE 26, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

Palestinian bus, truck collide on Highway 1, thirty injured and evacuated to West Bank

The injured have been evacuated to the West Bank, Magen David Adom said.

JUNE 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF