Jerusalem, 10 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued a combined administrative cleanup order against Sheyret Yehuda Ltd., operator of a waste transit station in the Naham Industrial Area near Beit Shemesh.
The regulatory action follows a major fire on November 5 that produced dense smoke across Beit Shemesh and Mateh Yehuda.
Inspectors revealed it was the facility’s second unreported fire within a week, violating operating permit conditions. Environmental officers discovered four-meter-high unapproved piles of construction debris, yard waste, and illegal household refuse actively burning while trucks continued deliveries.
Air monitoring tests near Moshav Naham and a nearby school field detected hazardous levels of respirable particulate matter.
The order mandates an immediate halt to environmental hazards and air pollution under national clean air laws.