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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

Beilinson Hospital

A billboard showing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, 'The judicial seamstress to the government! in Tel Aviv on December 6, 2024 (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 27, 2025, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing May 27: Day 599 – Netanyahu, AG and High Court edge closer to crisis
Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon discusses latest in the Shin Bet chief saga; health editor Diana Bletter reviews what hospitals have learned from treating released hostages
By Jessica Steinberg, Jeremy Sharon and Diana Bletter
Dr. Noya Shilo, head of the Return to Life Center at Sheba Medical Center, walks with two hostages released from Gaza captivity in February 2024. (Courtesy/Sheba Medical Center)
May 10, 2025, 11:03 am
Facing a hostage situation without precedent, Israeli hospitals innovate to rehabilitate
With few guidelines to assist them in reacclimating child hostages, the elderly, and abductees held for hundreds of days, doctors have forged their own protocols to help former captives thrive
By Diana Bletter
The five surveillance soldiers freed from Gaza on stage with singer Elai Botner on February 4, 2025, at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 5, 2025, 4:49 pm
Freed IDF soldiers celebrate release from hospital with singer Elai Botner
Naama Levy, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Liri Albag and Agam Berger sing and dance onstage before four of them head home for first time since returning from Hamas captivity
By Jessica Steinberg
(L-R) Captivity survivors Naama Levy, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Liri Albag and Daniella Gilboa watch a concert in their honor at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, February 4, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 4, 2025, 4:59 pm
5 female soldiers released from Hamas captivity are serenaded with concert in hospital
Naama Levy, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Agam Berger, Liri Albag watch performance from balcony; Albag treated to rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ as she turns 20
By ToI Staff
The first baby born in 2025 in Beilinson Hospital mother Efrat Gilboa Menashe, center, Roy Gilboa Menashe, left, and midwife Mayson Issa. (Spokesperson's Office/Beilinson Hospital)
January 1, 2025, 4:14 pm
2025’s first babies born in shadow of the war, with joy accompanied by hopes for hostages
Around the country, the first babies usher in the new year; one father leaves reserve duty to greet his newborn son in Tiberias
By Diana Bletter
Scene of a fatal car explosion in Petah Tikva, November 18, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
November 18, 2024, 12:28 pm
Man killed in Petah Tikva car explosion in suspected organized crime hit
Second person in vehicle moderately injured in blast as wave of violent crime continues; man shot Sunday in Ramat Gan dies of injuries
By ToI Staff
An Israeli wounded by rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel arrives at Ziv hospital in Safed, October 17, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
August 5, 2024, 7:53 pm
Israeli hospitals declare themselves prepared for mass casualty events
Since the start of war, hospitals have conducted drills, stockpiled supplies, and moved wards underground, readying themselves for worst-case scenarios, with MDA cooperation
By Diana Bletter
A 3D illustration of the brain-eating infectious amoeba Naegleria fowleri.(iStock)
July 7, 2024, 7:14 pm
Man dies after contracting ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, in Israel’s 2nd-ever recorded case
25-year-old patient presented with symptoms caused by rare brain infection last week after swimming at a Tiberias beach
By Diana Bletter
West Nile disease is spread by birds and transmitted to animals and humans by mosquito bites. (CC-BY 2.0 hofluk, Flickr)
June 28, 2024, 3:14 pm
Health Ministry says 81 diagnosed with West Nile fever, 7 have died in outbreak
64 hospitalized with virus, six of whom are on ventilators; 20% experiencing symptoms including fever, headaches and body aches; only 1% have neurological issues
By Diana Bletter
A mosquito bites a person. (iStock from Getty Images/fotomarekka)
June 24, 2024, 2:09 pm
Hospital confirms death of two women in their 80s from West Nile virus
Beilinson Hospital says test results show the two women died of the virus; Health Ministry says there are now 32 confirmed cases, a sharp rise from last year
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of a mosquito (nechaev-kon; iStock by Getty Images)
June 22, 2024, 11:52 pm
Two women in their 80s die of suspected West Nile virus in Petah Tikva
Beilinson Hospital says it is waiting for test results from lab to definitively diagnose two women, as well as three other patients who may have virus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a doctor comforting a patient with Alzheimer's Disease. (Chinnapong, iStock by Getty Images)
May 8, 2024, 10:24 pm
Study seeks to explain why Sephardi Jews more likely to get early-onset Alzheimer’s
NIH grants $13 million for genetic research after 2018 research showed Jews with roots in Spain, Middle East and North Africa see far more cases of early cognitive decline
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A soldier arrives at Sheba Medical Center for treatment after being evacuated from the battlefield by an IDF helicopter during the Israel-Hamas war, October 2023. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
February 22, 2024, 1:33 pm
Inside RAM 2, the IDF Medical Corps unit that cares for hospitalized soldiers
Greatly expanded since the war began, RAM 2 units respond to the practical and emotional needs of wounded soldiers and their families while liaising with the army on their behalf
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An EyeControl device being applied to a patient. (Courtesy of EyeControl)
January 1, 2024, 6:07 pm
Israeli med tech company’s innovative headset could reduce delirium in ICU patients
EyeControl shifts focus in hopes of diminishing mental distress experienced by war wounded and other seriously ill individuals who are sedated and intubated
By Renee Ghert-Zand
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog (right) visit with a wounded soldier and staff at the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital in Ra'anana, November 13, 2023 (Courtesy of Loewenstein Hospital)
December 17, 2023, 9:10 am
War caught Israeli rehab hospitals unprepared to handle number of wounded
Crucial aspect of recovery in danger if more beds are not opened and additional staff not hired to heal body and soul: ‘There is no rehabilitation without mental health’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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