Kiryat shmona

Reservists Party opens HQ in Kiryat Shmona under Hezbollah fire, urges leaders to move north

The new headquarters is said to now serve as a hub for civic and political activity in the city and will operate an assistance command center for residents of northern Israel. 

Reservists Party opens headquarters in Kiryat Shmona, party leader Yoaz Hendel and members gather at the opening, April 13, 2026.
A police officer arrests a criminal; illustrative.

West Bank man indicted for extortion, impersonation of IAF pilot, Mossad agent, illegal entry

Soldiers and emergency workers treat a person injured by a rocket fired from Lebanon on March 23, 2026 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel.

As Hezbollah rockets fall, emergency medics in Israel’s North work double shifts

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel caused damage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 23, 2026.

Gov’t approves millions for border cities in North under Hezbollah fire


Ayalim Association is bringing students back to the north

Re-establishing their student village in Kiryat Shmona, Ayalim is offering a generous scholarship to a few lucky students.

 Members of the new student village of the Eyalim Association in the city of Kiryat Shmona

A full fridge: Tnuva to distribute dairy and food products to 2,000 families in Kiryat Shmona

Ahead of Passover, Tnuva is helping families return to Kiryat Shmona after 1.5 years. Each will get a food package worth hundreds of shekels, delivered home.

Asi Israelof at Tnuva’s logistics center with the coolers to be distributed to Kiryat Shmona residents

Israel recalibrating rules of war after Hezbollah rockets, strike in Beirut - analysis

Israel Katz issued a threat to Hezbollah, as he has done many times before. This time, however, the threat was not empty.

First responders work at the site of an Israeli strike in southern Beirut on March 28, 2025

IDF strikes Beirut building after two rockets launched at northern Israel

"When Hezbollah, Iran's terror proxy, fires on Israel, Israel must respond in Tehran," former prime minister Naftali Bennett wrote.

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli strike after issuing an evacuation warning for the area, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 28, 2025.

Revisiting Israel's North for the first time since war began - opinion

A warm feeling of recognition, admiration, and relief comes over me as I enter Israel’s third-largest city. Storms will thunder and roar greatly, but the anemones will always bloom.

 KIDS RETURN to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in Kiryat Shmona, March 9.

How a tennis complex in Kiryat Shmona helps provide support to a rebuilding community

Tennis, along with other sports and recreational activities, may be a fun and friendly way to attract the youth, but the social and educational programs are a major underlying focus of the ITEC.

 The overgrowth in the ITEC in Kiryat Shmona.

Returning home: A Kiryat Shmona family’s journey after a year of evacuation

Anna Livadenko, the mother of two young children from northern Israel, highlighted that the family did not have anywhere else to stay or a big family to lean on

 Kids return to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 9, 2025.

Schools open in Kiryat Shmona after 16 months of war

The schools were largely repaired with the help of volunteers from around the country who sent several weeks in the northern city.

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

After about a year: Shufersal reopens its second branch in Kiryat Shmona

Although it was damaged in attacks during the fighting, the Shufersal Deal Metsudot branch reopens in anticipation of the return of Kiryat Shmona residents and the surrounding area to their homes.

 After about a year: Shufersal reopens its second branch in Kiryat Shmona

Like in a restaurant, but as homemade as it gets: Ground meat with roasted eggplant on rice

A recipe from Estherika restaurant in Kiryat Shmona, which has reopened its doors. You’re invited to prepare it, but more importantly, you’re invited to come and show your support.

 Ground meat with roasted eggplant on rice