Kiryat Malachi

Israel sees more than 220 fires in one day due to heatwave

Fire and Rescue Commissioner Eyal Caspi signed an order prohibiting the lighting of bonfires and fires in open areas.

 A KKL-JNF worker at the scene preventing the spread of the forest fire June 2, 2023.
 Nurit Davidi, Principal, Ulpanat AMIT Dyckman Be’er Sheva, with Students

They returned home

 FROM LEFT: Shmuel Zakai, director, Ben-Gurion Airport, Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, US Ambassador Tom Nides and Esty Herskowicz, Israel manager, Delta Airlines, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the inauguration of Delta’s Tel Aviv-Boston route.

Grapevine June 1, 2022: A different Moshe has his say

Firefighters outside the Nestle ice cream factory in the Beer Tuvia industrial zone near Kiryat Malachi, February 28, 2019

Ammonia leak at Nestle factory in Southern Israel causes minor injuries


13-year-olds develop suit to help firefighters survive longer

“When we created the suit, we thought of the firefighters who have been fighting in the burning fire fields near Gaza vicinity in recent months”

YOUNG WINNERS of the Ta’asiyada Association’s national technological entrepreneurship competition pose in front of a model of their innovative firefighter suit.

A different operation, but the same exposed civilians in the South

Most of the residents still don’t have safe rooms in their homes, and many of the nearby shelters remain locked or strewn with garbage

An Israeli girl walks in a bomb shelter in the southern city of Ashkelon July 8, 2014.

A year on, residents of Kiryat Malachi building hit by rocket try to move on

Avraham and Haya Hager sat in their renovated living room, into which they were finally able to move back, five months after the rocket strike.

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Kiryat Malachi man hopes to become nation’s first Ethiopian-born mayor

Awake Mengistu says racism must first be fought locally, vows to move city past history of discrimination against Ethiopians.

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Kiryat Malachi Mayor guilty of sex charge

Moti Malcha charged with sexual harassment of two different women; commits to resigning in plea deal.

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Impoverished Families Celebrate Pesach with Meir Panim

While the ancient Israelites were miraculously able to rid themselves of back-breaking bondage and enter the Promised Land with the riches taken from their Egyptian taskmasters, hundreds of thousands of less fortunate Jews in modern day Israel, have had to rely upon the every-day miracles performed by Meir Panim’s angelic volunteers in order to celebrate Pesach

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Plans for Be’er Tuviya gas facility rattle locals

Residents unconvinced by developers assurances that operations will pose no risk to surrounding population.

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What are you dressing up as this Purim?

Leading relief organization, Meir Panim enables Israel’s neediest children to celebrate with joy.

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Kiryat Malachi mayor indicted for sexual harassment

According to the plea agreement, Malka will compensate complainants and will not run again for mayor.

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C'tee rejects Be'er Tuviya natural gas plant

Residents applaud decision, saying the plant, in an industrial area, is filled with hazardous materials.

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Reporter's Notebook: Capturing Pillar of Defense

JPost video reporter Hadas Parush talks about capturing the scenes of terror and destruction in the South.

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