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Saturday, February 28, 2026
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
Health Ministry tells hospitals to move operations to protected and underground areas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAs Israel and Iran launch strikes on Iran, the Health Ministry says it has instructed all of Israel’s hospitals to operate at the highest level of alert and move to protected and underground facilities.
The ministry says that outpatient care and elective procedures are cancelled, and that clinics will perform only urgent procedures such as dialysis.
Additionally, any patients who do not require hospitalization are to be discharged and sent home or to care facilities, and the public is urged to avoid coming to the hospital for non-urgent cases.
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