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Screen capture of Israeli businessman Yakir Levi from the Channel 13 reality show 'The Americans.' (Channel 13)
July 22, 2026, 12:43 pm
Israeli tycoon reality star plunges to death from 28th floor of Miami luxury building
Police open investigation into death of Yakir Levi, who made a fortune in Los Angeles and featured in TV show about Israelis living abroad; sister says still unclear what happened
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
December 7, 2025, 1:57 pm
Sleeping baby dies, strangled by cord attached to pacifier
Family became concerned when nine-month-old did not wake in Beit Shemesh home; medics unable to save him
By ToI Staff
Ambulances wait to carry passengers from a London-Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
May 21, 2024, 9:28 pm
In rare case, man dies amid severe turbulence on London-Singapore flight
Singapore Airlines does not immediately confirm identities of two dozen injured passengers; says one Israeli was on board
By CHALIDA EKVITTAYAVECHNUKUL
View of the Makhtesh Ramon, a crater in southern Israel, February 26, 2023. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
May 9, 2024, 1:46 pm
Woman found dead after apparent fall in Ramon crater in south
Rescuers say 29-year-old found with extensive injuries and no signs of life in area reported to contain 200-meter drop at popular hiking, rappelling spot in Negev Desert
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a man approaching an underground garbage bin where he was later found dead, July 9, 2023. (Channel 12. used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 11, 2023, 1:56 pm
Elderly man found dead in underground garbage bin two days after falling in
Incident spotted on CCTV footage, after police were alerted to disappearance of man, 73, who was visiting his mother, 96, in Afula
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 4, 2023, 10:12 am
Woman and baby found dead in their Haifa home
Husband tells police he returned from night shift and discovered bodies; initial probe finds no indications of physical violence to 1-year-old boy
By ToI Staff
Undated photo of Prof. Aryeh Levine. (Hebrew University)
March 12, 2023, 2:43 pm
Prof. Aryeh Levin, linguist and father of justice minister, dies at 85
Renowned researcher and teacher of Arabic language won Israel Prize in 2010 for work that included writing Education Ministry school syllabi
By ToI Staff
An elevator that crushed a worker to death at Jeruslaem's Vert Hotel, May 11, 2022. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services.)
May 12, 2022, 7:51 am
Maintenance worker crushed to death by service elevator at Jerusalem hotel
Worker was trying to repair machinery when he was trapped against shaft at Vert Hotel, safety lobby group says
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)
January 28, 2022, 2:08 pm
Amid winter storm Elpis, 9 kids suffer CO poisoning from coal burnt to heat homes
Three of the children arrive at Soroka Hospital unconscious, but doctors manage to stabilize them; 3 people have died in apparent similar circumstances this winter
By Emanuel Fabian
Medics are seen at the scene of a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning incident in the northern town of Jadeidi-Makr, January 22, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
January 22, 2022, 6:10 pm
Couple in north dies of apparent CO poisoning from grill used to heat home
Reports say young children noticed parents didn’t get out of bed by the afternoon, alerted relatives; temperatures in Jadeidi-Makr area fell to 9°C overnight
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative image: Medical staff in the COVID-19 isolation ward at Barzilai Medical Center in the southern city of Ashkelon (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
December 14, 2021, 10:59 pm
Officials believe child who died after COVID recovery succumbed to flu complications
Sudden death of young child a month after coronavirus recovery had puzzled doctors; they now think he was stricken with myocarditis
By ToI Staff
Justus Rosenberg before receiving the award of the French Legion of Honor medal from French ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud at the French Consulate on March 30, 2017, in New York. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
November 22, 2021, 11:41 pm
Last surviving WWII hero who smuggled Jewish academics to safety from Nazis dies
Justus Rosenberg, a professor whose long career teaching literature was preceded by a remarkable tenure in the French resistance during the Holocaust, died aged 100 last month
By Shira Hanau
Relatives of Luis Enrique Rodriguez, who died of COVID-19, visit where he was buried on a hill at the El Pajonal de Cogua Natural Reserve, in Cogua, north of Bogota, Colombia, October 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
November 1, 2021, 4:12 pm
COVID-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
Coronavirus now 3rd-leading cause of death worldwide, after heart disease and stroke; US, EU, Britain and Brazil account for nearly half of all reported virus deaths
By Carla K. Johnson
Alan Kalter, on the Late Show with David Letterman. (Wikipedia/Fair Use)
October 5, 2021, 9:09 pm
Alan Kalter, long-time announcer for David Letterman, dies at 78
He provided opening introductions for CBS’ ‘The Late Show’ from 1995 until last episode in 2015; community rabbi describes him as ‘a true mensch’
By AP
Rabbi Moshe Tendler, who died September 28, was a strong proponent of the view that brain death, rather simply the cessation of a heartbeat, should be considered death according to Jewish law, thus allowing organ donation. (Ben Harris)
September 30, 2021, 6:44 pm
Rabbi Moshe Tendler, who shaped Orthodox views on organ donation, dies at 95
Dean of the rabbinical school and biology professor at Yeshiva University was considered an expert in issues of Jewish law and medical ethics
By Shira Hanau
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