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Bahá’í Gardens in Acre reopen to public after 2.5-year closure

The Bahá’í Gardens in Acre, a sacred site for millions and once drawing 200,000 visitors a year, will reopen Sunday after a 2.5-year closure due to a dispute with the city over its religious vs. tourism status; admission will be free

Yair Kraus | 10.17.25

Online bomb tutorials and extremist family ties: How a teen went from downloading ISIS guides to planning a bombing

Issa Madi, 18, from a family tied to extremist figures, is accused of building explosives and plotting to bomb a bus stop in Acre; prosecutors say his arrest prevented a mass-casualty attack; city vows resilience and support for security forces

Eitan Glikman, Yair Kraus | 09.30.25

ISIS sympathizer from Acre planned bomb attack on soldiers at bus stop

Issa Madi was in contact with Islamic State operatives; Shin Bet has detained 42 Arab citizens of Israel who identified with ISIS, and several local cells that planned attacks in Israel have been foiled since the beginning of 2025

Yoav Zitun | 09.30.25

Hezbollah rocket hits Acre kindergarten minutes after children leave | scenes of devastation

Shortly after Hezbollah chief concludes speech, terror group launches rocket barrage, striking empty kindergarten in Acre, causing significant damage to building; blast also damaged dozens of nearby homes, sparking renewed fears among residents

Yair Kraus | 11.20.24

Hezbollah fire targets major cities in Israel's north

Acre, Haifa, Safed and Tiberias come under rocket attack; Hezbollah claims shot down IDF drone over southern Lebanon using surface-to-air missile

Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari | 11.09.24

Heavy rocket fire targets Acre, Haifa and surrounding areas

Sirens activated in southern Israel's Arava Desert after missile fired from Yemen, intercepted by air defenses, military says; no injuries reported after at least 10 projectiles launched in Lebanon at north

Ynet | 11.08.24

Acre, Haifa Bay area come under Hezbollah rocket and drone attack on Sunday

Hezbollah targets northern Israel with rockets, drones

Military says two Hezbollah terrorists killed in strike on southern Lebanon’s Khiam; earlier, drones were launched at Golan Heights

Yoav Zitun, Eitan Glickman, Lior Ben Ari | 11.03.24

אלכסיי פופוב ז"ל נהרג מפגיעת רקטה בעכו, תיעוד מזירת הנפילה בעכו

Driver killed by Hezbollah rocket near Acre identified as Alexei Popov

Victim, 50, reportedly pulled his car to the side of the road and was critically injured by shrapnel to his upper body; his passenger, who ducked and shielded his head, sustained only minor injuries

Lior El-Hai | 10.19.24

Man killed by Hezbollah rocket strike near Acre

Another man wounded when shrapnel struck his car near coastal city, as barrage of 30 rockets launched in two-minute span, according to IDF

Ynet correspondents | 10.19.24

Rockets target Jezreel Valley, Carmel Mountain Range

Northern Israel including Haifa, Acre, under rocket fire

No injuries are reported in the early morning barrage after one projectile is intercepted by air defenses and another lands in an unpopulated area; overnight a hostile drone heads to the southern Arava desert and is intercepted over the Mediterranean Sea

Ynetnews | 10.17.24

War shutters ice cream, krembo factory in north, shortage of treats feared

The Strauss ice cream factory in Acre temporarily halts operations due to northern escalations, causing potential shortages of favorite treats like Krembo, though Unilever assures efforts being made to maintain supply across Israel

Meirav Crystal | 09.23.24

Hezbollah attack damages apartments and a kindergarten: 'Everything exploded and flew over us'

Hezbollah's intention to hit strategic targets in Israel was thwarted, but its attack damage many homes in Acre, likely from a failed Iron Dome interception; 'There was no time to get to the shelter, we hung on to the wall,' says mother of special needs child

Yair Kraus | 08.25.24

At least 5 hurt, one critically in Hezbollah drone strike on Western Galilee

At least three attack drones infiltrate Israeli airspace, according to Lebanese reports, in a heavy barrage of rockets, UAVs, one landing near the coastal city of Nahariya causing injuries; earlier IDF strikes town 30 km. (19 miles) north of Lebanon-Israel border

Yoav Zitun, Yair Kraus | 08.06.24

In dead of summer, iconic ice cream plant halts operations amid northern tensions

Preparing for possible Hezbollah retaliation after assassination of top commander, Strauss ice cream plant in Acre, which stores ammonia gas for operations, halts activities; officials say no ice cream shortages expected if shutdown lasts a few days

Yair Kraus | 08.01.24

Nearly 13,000 acres in northern Israel burned by Hezbollah rockets

Northern Israel is just as much of a battlefield as the south was after October 7, and perhaps even more so; As skirmishes with Hezbollah intensify, trees, agricultural lands and especially wildlife all end up paying the price; 'Restoration will take years'

Ilana Curiel | 06.16.24

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