Afula

Two separate vehicle accidents across Israel leave at least one dead, 14 injured

One person died and seven others were injured in a crash in northern Israel, and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 4.

 Magen David Adom teams at the scene of the car accident on Route 4 near the Holon Interchange. March 28, 2025.
Aviv Maor, one of the victims killed in a terror attack in Israel's north on December 26, 2025.

Father describes discovering daughter dead, 'covered in blood' after deadly Route 71 attack

Israeli security forces at the scene where a Palestinian terrorist was shot after carrying out an attack at several locations near the city of Afula, December 26, 2025.

Terrorist who killed two in Israel's North discharged from hospital, brothers arrested

Police apprehend terrorist who murdered two in combined terror attack, December 26, 2025.

Two murdered, two wounded in combined terror attack in three sites in northern Israel


Expansion and acquisitions: Carrefour opens four new branches within a month

Carrefour is opening four new branches in Afula, Netivot, Jerusalem, and Ofakim. Three of them will replace branches of the Shefa Birkat Hashem chain.

The new Carrefour branch in Yavne

Man in critical condition after being bitten by snake in Jordan Valley

MDA paramedics provided the man with life-saving medical treatment, which included oxygen and medication, and evacuated him in serious but stable condition to HaEmek Hospital in Afula.

 Red-bellied Black Snake. (illustrative)

WATCH: Gunfight breaks out in Afula, six arrested

The incident caused a huge panic among Afula's residents, who contacted security forces, with KAN reporting that they locked themselves in their homes.

Two criminals seen in the gunfight in Afula in northern Israel on April 4, 2025.

Debris and fragments cause damage in North following Hezbollah rocket barrages

Magen David Adom announced that a 58-year-old woman was reported to have been lightly wounded by shrapnel, and a 61 year old man was seriously wounded.

 Rocket shrapnel in the north on Tuesday 24 September 2024

Itamar Peretz to enlist in IDF's Battalion 13, honoring his late brother's legacy

Inspired by his late brother’s legacy, Itamar Peretz is set to enlist in the IDF’s Battalion 13, determined to honor his brother’s memory.

 Itamar Peretz with his parents.

Keto Brown Coffee: A keto restaurant thrives in an Afula liquor store - review

A ketogenic diet restaurant can be found in a loft suspended above a huge liquor store in small-town Afula. Unusual is too mild a word.

 MANY ITEMS that are traditionally made with wheat flour are here made from nut flours.

Afula teenager kidnapped and held for ransom in Jaljulya

The police's Central Unit conducted an intense intelligence effort in order to locate the teenager after receiving information about the incident in the early afternoon.

YAMAM officers in action (Illustrative)

16-year-old son of EMT saves life of collapsed woman

Shaked Masas had just finished an English class and was walking when he noticed the commotion, applying CPR he had learned to save her life.

Shaked and his father Yossi

10 cars burned, 7 injured as brushfire hits Gan Hashlosha National Park

Five people have so far been evacuated to Ha'emek Medical Center in light condition due to smoke inhalation, Magen David Adom reported.

Firefighters work to put out a brushfire near Gan Hashlosha National Park, July 3, 2021.

Arab nurse recites Shema Yisrael prayer for dying Hasidic patient

The Shema Yisrael prayer is considered by many the most essential prayer in Judaism.

People get vaccinated at the Clalit vaccination center in Jerusalem, January 3, 2020.