Western Galilee

Israeli planning committees have advanced major urban renewal, industrial, and academic projects nationwide, including a new Kiryat Shmona academic campus, Western Galilee employment hub, and major housing initiatives.

It has been cleared for publication that Yonatan (Toni) Ephraim Klimian, 16, from Katzrin, is the teenager who died on Sunday in the disaster at Keshet Cave in the Western Galilee. The late Klimian was a student at the Yeshiva High School in Hispin. The Katzrin Local Council shared in the heavy grief of the family, noting that Yonatan died during a hike he loved and in the land he loved.