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Sunday, April 19, 2026
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Sunday, April 19, 2026
Health Ministry: All northern hospitals to resume aboveground operations amid ceasefire
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Hospital staff move operations back to above-ground facilities at the Galilee Medical Center, April 19, 2026. (Galilee Medical Center/Eli Cohen)
The Health Ministry says that following Home Front Command’s instructions and the assessment of the situation, it has directed all hospitals in the north to resume aboveground operations.
The ministry states that northern hospitals remain ready to resume underground operations within a few hours if necessary.
Prof. Masad Barhoum, CEO of Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, tells hospital staff that after 50 days of operating in protected underground areas, “your preparedness, resilience, and performance under relentless fire and fear along the front line are exemplary.”
He says the hospital remains vigilant, “as our preparedness may be tested again.”
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