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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
Dr. Idit Weisbach in an interview with Channel 12 news on June 19, 2022. (Screenshot)
June 19, 2022, 11:05 pm
‘I thought I was going to die’: Doctor recalls attack by patient bearing crowbar
Dr. Idit Weisbach says she required 7 stitches to her scalp and a CT scan after being beaten last week: ‘I just started to scream. It hurt so much and I was bleeding a lot’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Nurses strike at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in protest of violence against medical personnel, July 4, 2018. (Courtesy: Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital)
June 19, 2022, 4:33 pm
Ministers advance motion stiffening punishment for attacks on medical staff
Bill would increase maximum jail time from three years to five; proposal comes amid wave of attacks
By ToI Staff
A photo released by the Health Ministry shows Dr. Idit Weisbach following an attack by a patient at a clinic in Beer Yaakov on June 14, 2022 (Health Ministry)
June 15, 2022, 1:48 pm
Health Ministry chief decries latest ‘shocking’ attack on medical worker
Nachman Ash rails at ‘atmosphere that permits blood[shed] of healthcare providers’; nurses union announces it will join work slowdown
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Nurses strike at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in protest of violence against medical personnel, July 4, 2018. (Courtesy: Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital)
June 15, 2022, 12:27 am
Hospitals, clinics to go on two-day strike to protest violence against medics
Labor action called after doctor is wounded in attack by patient with crowbar; ‘We will intensify our actions until someone wakes up,’ union chief says
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Doctors and nurses at the emergency room of Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, August 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 14, 2022, 7:21 pm
Police arrest man suspected of attacking doctor with crowbar at clinic
Suspect in his 30s hits doctor over the head, wounding her moderately, amid complaints from medical staff nationwide of violence from patients and relatives
By ToI Staff
A neighborhood in Be'er Ya'akov in central Israel. (Be'er Ya'akov Municipality)
April 28, 2022, 1:34 pm
From fields to high-rises, Be’er Yaakov turns into a ‘young and vibrant city’
The central town, nestled between Ramla and Rishon Lezion, has seen massive development in recent years that is drawing thousands of new residents
By David Brummer
Border Police officer Barel Shmueli who was critically wounded in a shooting on the Gaza border, on August 21, 2021. He died of his injuries on August 30. (Border Police)
August 22, 2021, 1:45 am
Soldier critically hurt in Gaza border shooting identified as Barel Shmueli, 21
Border Police officer in intensive care in serious condition after surgery, hospital says; he was shot in head during riots on Gaza border
By ToI Staff
Construction of new residential buildings in a new neighborhood of Beer Yaakov, on March 26, 2020. (Flash90)
July 20, 2021, 5:43 am
Green bodies slam decision to extend mandate of fast-track planning committee
Opponents say top-down Committee for Preferred Housing Sites builds on too much open space, fails to construct basic infrastructure needed by new homes
By Sue Surkes
People cover their faces at Ben Gurion International Airport amid coronavirus fears, February 2, 2020. (Avshalom Shoshani/Flash90)
February 20, 2020, 1:26 am
Israel said planning for coronavirus with isolation units, tourist site closures
Health Ministry reportedly could commandeer entire hospitals in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv if virus spreads, impose restrictions on large gatherings of people
By ToI Staff and AP
Security camera footage from Shmuel Harofe Medical Center allegedly shows Oshar Bakhit drawing a knife, with which he stabbed a nurse, Rachel Kovo. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 20, 2018, 12:25 pm
Man indicted for stabbing nurse at Shmuel Harofe hospital
Oshar Bakhit, a Sudanese national in Israel on a temporary visa, charged with attacking 65-year-old Rachel Kovo, seriously injuring her
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance takes a wounded Israeli man to the hospital after he'd been stabbed on Jerusalem's HaNevi'im street on May 16, 2016. (Magen David Adom)
July 3, 2018, 1:07 am
Israeli nurses’ union calls for strike after patient stabs nurse at hospital
Ministry of Health says it strongly condemns the violence and orders security increased at health institutions
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Solomon Gavriyah, Youssef Ottman and Or Arish, three Israelis killed in a terror attack outside the settlement of Har Adar on September 26, 2017 (Courtesy)
September 26, 2017, 1:40 pm
Border cop, 2 security guards named as victims of Har Adar shooting attack
Policeman Solomon Gavriyah of Be’er Yaakov, Youssef Ottman of Abu Ghosh, and local man Or Arish were checking Palestinian laborers when terrorist opened fire
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israel Police patrol car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
October 24, 2016, 1:58 am
2 tourists held for suspected rape attempt in central Israel
Victim, 38-year-old tourist, says she was forced into bushes but managed to flee her attackers
By ToI Staff
The ADIA event hall in Yavneh, moments after a lighting fixture collapsed at the scene, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
June 23, 2015, 10:01 pm
Engineer may face manslaughter charge in wedding hall light crash
Police question owners, engineers day after chandelier collapse in Yavneh kills one, injures 21
By Judah Ari Gross and Adiv Sterman
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