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An underground parking area converted into a treatment ward at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, after many patients were relocated following the outbreak of war, June 8, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 6, 2026, 4:49 pm
1,370 doctors left Israel over past 3 years, research finds, the equivalent of a hospital
Tel Aviv University researchers document extensive brain drain in 2023-2025, with a fivefold increase over previous decade in annual departures of physicians who haven’t returned
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Nadia Khir, right, the first female Druze doctor in Israel, consults with a Druze woman in the Clalit health clinic in Julis, Western Galilee, on May 22, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 23, 2026, 7:12 am
First female Druze doctor in Israel awarded prize for breaking barriers
Dr. Nadia Khir honored with prestigious Habama Shelahen prize for blazing trail 35 years ago; ‘wanted to help’ women in her community who couldn’t seek care from male practitioners
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A cargo ship is seen at northern Israel's Haifa port, November 14, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
March 3, 2026, 6:27 pm
Israel using cargo ships to bring back doctors stranded abroad by war, official says
40 essential medical staff returned in two Zim journeys from Cyprus to Haifa so far, according to cargo firm; authorities say they’ll bus Israelis into country from Egyptian border
By Reuters and Sharon Wrobel
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 1, 2025, 7:01 pm
Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war
More doctors, engineers, and high earners moved away during 20-month period, costing state some NIS 1.5 billion in lost taxes, Tel Aviv U. economists find, warning trend may be ongoing
By Sharon Wrobel
Dr. Lise Mumporeze, a Rwanda genocide survivor, stands in the backyard of the Save a Child's Heart Legacy Heritage Children's Home in Holon on the last day of her training program in Israel before she returns to Rwanda to become the first pediatric intensive care specialist in the country on November 3, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2025, 10:50 am
Come war, peace or pandemic, African doctors train in Israel to save lives back home
Some 165 medical professionals have received fellowships through Save a Child’s Heart; the nonprofit has helped over 8,000 kids from around the world since 1995
By Diana Bletter
A portrait of Arab and Jewish doctors is part of 'Hamsa Aleinu,' a new exhibit at Ben Gurion Airport (Courtesy Eldad Refaeli)
February 13, 2025, 12:59 am
With physician shortage ‘urgent,’ 2 new medical schools to open in Israel
University of Haifa’s medical school aims to strengthen healthcare in the north; Weizmann Institute’s school is tuition-free, combining scientific research and medicine
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Doctors carry out heart bypass surgery after heart failure (KentWeakley via iStock by Getty Images)
December 12, 2024, 8:41 pm
North American Jewish doctors consider their futures amid post- Oct. 7 antisemitism
39% of US Jewish healthcare professionals say they experience antisemitism at work after the Hamas massacre and subsequent war in Gaza, with similar numbers reported in Canada
By Zev Stub
Dr. Aviva Wolff with a patient at the Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran (Courtesy)
August 10, 2024, 4:49 am
Foreign doctors answer the call to help in Israel’s hospitals and rehab centers
Noting a need, these four medical professionals left their practices behind and took their ‘vacation’ to volunteer in Israel and help where they could
By Diana Bletter
Doctors Without Borders staff gather at UN headquarters in New York to protest Israel's actions in Gaza, December 6, 2023, in New York. (Sara Kerens/AP Images for Doctors Without Borders)
July 1, 2024, 2:13 am
Ostracized post-Oct. 7, US doctor forms new association for Jewish health professionals
Jewish medical professionals say that since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, they face a hostile atmosphere. The AJMA seeks to provide them resources and support
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Protesters wave Israeli and UK flags as a pro-Palestinian rally marches past, in central London, May 18, 2024. (Benjamin Cremel / AFP)
June 25, 2024, 7:31 pm
UK medical confab goers heckle doctor who identified as a ‘practicing Jew’
Head of Jewish physicians’ group had warned event could become ‘vehicle’ of antisemitism amid numerous anti-Israel resolutions, with attacks on British Jews spiking since Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Police violently arrest a doctor who had been treating an injured anti-government protester during a rally in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2024. (Social media/X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 9, 2024, 6:08 pm
Probe launched into violent police arrest of doctor as he treated Tel Aviv protester
Viral video of 71-year-old volunteer Dr. Udi Baharav being detained and dragged as he tries to tend to an injured woman prompts condemnation from politicians and medical community
By Renee Ghert-Zand and Sam Sokol
File: Dr. Guy Rofe, a gynecologist arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment, arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Haifa, January 4, 2022. (Alon Nadav/Flash90)
June 4, 2024, 2:09 pm
Gynecologist to be indicted following accusations he sexually abused patients
Move to charge Guy Rofe comes after one of many complainants expressed outrage upon hearing doctor planned to open new clinic despite multiple accusations of indecent acts
By ToI Staff
Dr. Ammar Ghanem, an ICU specialist from Detroit volunteering in one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals, stands by a young patient recovering from pneumonia on May 9, 2024, in Khan Younis, Gaza. (Photo via AP)
May 18, 2024, 5:27 am
US evacuates 17 volunteer doctors trapped in Gaza since Israel took Rafah crossing
Physicians leave via Kerem Shalom after working in one of the few hospitals in Strip still functioning amid war; several others choose to stay despite uncertain plan for departure
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Dr. Tamara Kolitz, an endocrinologist from Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center cares for a Holocaust survivor in his home. (Courtesy of LeMa'anam)
May 5, 2024, 6:58 am
How a cadre of 1,500 MDs began paying house calls to Israel’s Holocaust survivors
Post-October 7, non-profit LeMa’anam faces greater challenges in meeting the medical needs of elderly survivors, many who have been re-traumatized by the war
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An Israeli representative engages with a French health worker at Europe's first-ever MedEx immigration expo for medical professionals in Paris, March 31, 2024. (Courtesy of Nefesh B'Nefesh)
April 6, 2024, 9:47 am
European aliyah expo for health workers seeks to remedy Israel’s doctor shortage
Hundreds attend continent’s first-ever MedEx event in Paris on Sunday, receive bureaucratic and practical assistance as they consider leaving France amid unprecedented antisemitism
By Romain Chauvet
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