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Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

View of the Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), on January 30, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 22, 2025, 5:02 pm
Israel says Iran was behind Yom Kippur cyberattack on hospital
Attack initially blamed on Eastern European hacker group was part of wider Iranian effort to infiltrate Israeli computer systems, warns National Cyber Directorate
By ToI Staff
View of the Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), on January 30, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 2, 2025, 11:33 pm
Leak of patient records feared as Israeli hospital hit by cyberattack demanding ransom
Russian-speaking cybercrime group thought behind attack on Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, with ransom message addressed to ‘Bibi and Sara’; hackers said to demand $700,000 in 72 hours
By ToI Staff
The scene were two girls fell from the roof of an abandoned winery in Rishon Lezion, August 3, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
August 4, 2025, 8:56 am
Two teen girls plummet from roof of Rishon Lezion building; one dead, second badly hurt
Youngsters climbed to top of abandoned winery, fell to the ground; pair reportedly ascended same building 2 weeks ago, but police were able to convince them to come down safely
By ToI Staff
Police on the scene of a deadly shooting in Lod on December 29, 2023. (Screenshot/Israel Police)
December 30, 2023, 12:40 am
9-year-old boy and his 20-year-old uncle shot dead in Lod
Third person moderately wounded as shooting brings total number of Arab Israelis slain in violent crime so far in 2023 to 232
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene where a 2-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Lod, December 28, 2023. (Israel Police)
December 28, 2023, 3:50 pm
2-year-old stabbed to death in front of his mother in Lod; suspect heard ‘voices’
Mayor says detained man is mentally ill; bystanders reportedly pin down attacker until police arrive
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of an assailant, bottom right, stabbing a pregnant woman in Lod, November 30, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 30, 2023, 1:34 pm
Pregnant woman stabbed to death in front of her kids in Lod; unborn baby also dies
Father and brother arrested on suspicion of murder; doctors perform emergency C-section in effort to save victim and child, but neither survives
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 23, 2023, 9:20 am
Man shot dead in Ramle, taking year’s crime toll in Arab community to 217
Anti-violence watchdog identifies victim as Sammy Alsmali, 20; police say killing apparently part of feud between rival crime families
By ToI Staff
The scene of a suspected car bombing in Lod on July 26, 2023. (Israel Police)
July 26, 2023, 2:54 pm
Man killed in car bombing in Lod, taking Arab community death toll this year to 133
Incident in central city suspected to be part of feud between criminal groups, as violent crime continues to soar unchecked across the country
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 11, 2023, 2:02 pm
Student, 16, moderately injured in Lod schoolyard stabbing
Two other teens at high school lightly injured during brawl; suspect arrested
By ToI Staff
An anti-Netanyahu protester after he was assaulted in Hod Hasharon on September 17, 2022. (Courtesy)
September 18, 2022, 2:10 am
Anti-Netanyahu protesters assaulted at two roadside demonstrations
Police open probe after victims say they were struck with motorcycle helmets near Hod Hasharon; in 2nd incident, protester says she was spit on by suspect who set her sign on fire
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a protesters falling to the ground as two people throw rocks at a demonstration against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Rishon Lezion, September 4, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 4, 2022, 9:19 am
Father and teen son arrested for hurling rocks at anti-Netanyahu protesters
Police say pair are residents of Rishon Lezion, where Saturday’s attack took place
By ToI Staff
Khalil Awawdeh, a Palestinian who has been on a hunger strike for several months protesting being jailed without charge or trial under what Israel refers to as administrative detention, lies in bed at Asaf Harofeh Hospital in Be'er Ya'akov on August 24, 2022. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
August 31, 2022, 9:51 pm
Palestinian hunger striker says he’ll end fast, claims Israel agreed to set him free
Jerusalem yet to confirm agreement with administrative detainee Khalil Awawdeh that would end his nearly six-month-long hunger strike
By Agencies
Illustrative: Construction in Rishon Lezion on August 8, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 3:24 pm
Construction worker killed by falling object in Rishon Lezion
Incident comes after three laborers were killed on Sunday, two of them crushed by a falling shipping container
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom staff test Israelis for COVID-19 at a Drive-In rapid antigen test complex in Glilot, on August 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 14, 2021, 11:43 pm
Bennett says ‘tough days’ ahead as Tel Aviv hospitals send patients to Jerusalem
PM pushes back on calls for ‘destructive’ lockdown to stem surging morbidity as serious COVID cases near 500
By ToI Staff
A car set on fire by Arab Israeli residents during riots in the central Israeli town of Lod, on May 11, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
May 12, 2021, 1:56 am
‘Kristallnacht in Lod’: State of emergency as Arab mobs set synagogues on fire
Eruptions of Arab violence across Israel; Lod mayor describes ‘civil war’ in Jewish-Arab city, army sent in as police chief calls situation unprecedented
By ToI Staff
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