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Medical personnel in hazmat suits wait for patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 6, 2026. (AP/Peter Dejong)
May 8, 2026, 6:39 am
Health officials race to find dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality
No hantavirus in Israel, Health Ministry says; up to 40 people left cruise ship without contact tracing in late April; virus can spread between people
By AP and Diana Bletter
Basilios Grayeb (Courtesy/Miami-Dade Corrections)
February 18, 2026, 4:30 pm
Israeli arrested aboard cruise ship in Florida over child sex abuse material
Basilios Grayeb, 29, from Haifa held on $2,500 bond after police find video on his phone; ICE issues immigration hold
By ToI Staff
People lounge in the AquaDome area of Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, during a media day preview as it prepares for its inaugural public voyage, January 11, 2024, in Miami. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
March 9, 2025, 8:12 am
As war brings spikes in airfare and antisemitism, cruise ships see a new wave of Israelis
With traditional vacation plans more expensive and unpredictable than ever, people desperate for a break take to the high seas in what may be an enduring trend
By Sharon Wrobel
Soldiers from the Israeli Air Force's elite Unit 669 take part in an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 13, 2022, 3:49 pm
Elite Israeli Air Force unit rescues American who had heart attack on cruise ship
Evacuation made following requests by American officials; woman brought to Haifa hospital
By Emanuel Fabian
Abby Chava Stein, an American transgender activist, relaxes on the Resort Deck of Celebrity Apex. (Photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Celebrity Cruises' All Inclusive Photo Project/via JTA)
April 5, 2022, 9:41 pm
Ex-Hasidic trans activist gets dream photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz
Jewish author/rabbi Abby Stein tapped by Celebrity Cruises for campaign illustrating diversity of people who love to travel
By Jackie Hajdenberg
In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Empress of the Seas heads out of Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
March 2, 2021, 6:08 am
Royal Caribbean to launch cruise from Israel for ‘fully vaccinated’ only
‘Green Island’ cruise latest effort to open up opportunities for the vaccinated and recovered; starting in May, cruises will take travelers to Cyprus and Greece
By ToI Staff
A person on a stretcher is removed from Carnival's Holland America cruise ship Zaandam at Port Everglades during the coronavirus pandemic, April 2, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
April 4, 2020, 6:30 am
Florida finally takes in cruise ship passengers, some on stretchers
Travelers disembark after weeks at sea, with 14 critically ill patients sent directly to hospitals; crew members left on ship are getting sicker
By KELLI KENNEDY and WILFREDO LEE
View of Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam as it entered the Panama City bay to be assisted by the Rotterdam cruise ship with supplies, personnel and COVID-19 testing devices, eight miles off the coast of Panama City, on March 27, 2020. (Photo by Ivan PISARENKO / AFP)
April 2, 2020, 11:03 am
After initial refusal, Trump says Florida will evacuate stranded cruise ships
Governor DeSantis says he at first didn’t allow Zaandam and Rotterdam ships — where 4 people have died of COVID-19 — into port because he thought there were no US citizens aboard
By Leila Macor and Sebastian Smith
In this image from video, provided by the California National Guard, a helicopter carrying airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California, March 5, 2020. (California National Guard via AP)
March 8, 2020, 9:48 am
US cruise ship allowed to dock; first COVID-19 case reported in Washington, DC
Grand Princess, which was refused at San Franciso port due to 20 coronavirus cases among 3,500 people, to be accepted at Oakland
By AP
Illustrative: The Grand Princess cruise ship in St Petersburg port, 24 May 2004. (INTERPRESS/AFP)
March 5, 2020, 10:58 am
California virus crisis as cruise ship held, state of emergency declared
US lawmakers agree to provide more than $8 billion to fight the rapidly spreading disease as death toll hits 11; thousands traveling aboard the Grand Princess held offshore
By Jocelyne ZABLIT
Members of Japan Self Defense Forces walk into the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess in the Yokohama Port, Feb. 9, 2020, in Yokohama, Japan (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
February 16, 2020, 9:55 am
In first, 2 Israelis test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship
Health Ministry says Israeli travelers on Diamond Princess are among new cases; Foreign Ministry says they have been taken off ship for care; Litzman: Israel sending doctor to help
By ToI Staff
A passenger is seen on a balcony of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 14, 2020. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
February 16, 2020, 5:28 am
Coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship rise to 355, minister says
As US prepares to evacuate its citizens from the Diamond Princess, relatives of Israelis on board hope they’ll soon be allowed to leave
By AFP and ToI Staff
A subway passenger wearing a protective facemask sleeps on a train in Shanghai on February 14, 2020 (NOEL CELIS / AFP)
February 15, 2020, 8:52 am
China virus deaths pass 1,500; US plans to evacuate citizens from cruise ship
Embassy says some 400 Americans will be extracted from quarantined Diamond Princess in Japan; Tokyo this week rejected similar request from Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Passengers stand on the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship anchored at Yokohama Port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, February 12, 2020. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP)
February 13, 2020, 8:53 am
Japan refuses to release Israelis on coronavirus ship
Israel’s foreign minister appears to defend decision; Japanese authorities say another 44 on board have been infected with deadly virus
By ToI Staff and Agencies
People wearing face masks at the arrival hall of the Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, January 28, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 7, 2020, 4:11 pm
Israel expands testing for sick travelers from multiple East Asian countries
Israelis who have fever, respiratory problems and visited China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, South Korea or Macau in previous 14 days must seek medical help
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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