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No injuries or damages were reported.
The “BBC Arabic” video on the strategic importance of the Golan Heights used aerial footage of Tiberias.
The IDF was probing why air-defense systems failed to down the incoming projectiles.
Sirens sounded in Tiberias and several other communities in the predawn darkness and again due to the possibility of falling shrapnel. No injuries were reported.
More than 70 people visited E.R.s in northern Israel to get checked for Naegleria fowleri following the closure of a water park near Tiberias due to two recent confirmed cases.
“To have the IRONMAN Israel-Middle East Championship here in Israel ... is a true testament of the ability of sport to bring all peoples together,” says businessman Sylvan Adams.
The suspect is a resident of Yafia, a village in the Lower Galilee.
The goal? To expand the existing renovated center into a $20 million state-of-the-art Rambam Quarter. “The vision is that you’ll find your link to Judaism here, no matter who you are—religious, not religious, male or female, Sephardic or Ashkenaz. This is our link,” says Rabbi Yamin Levy.
The new branches in Akko and Tiberias represent the latest venues to mobilize the energy of Yad Sarah’s corps of 7,000-plus volunteers.
All eyes are on former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Tiberias Mayor Ron Kobi, though many developments will likely pop up between now and the Aug 2. deadline to submit party lists for the Sept. 17 elections.
A quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck Israel from the northern Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), about 6 miles northeast of Tiberias.