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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Ichilov Hospital

Weizmann Institute's Prof. Zelig Eshhar holds a board that illustrates how the cancer treatment works with mice, Aug. 29, 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
July 4, 2025, 1:15 pm
Zelig Eshhar, leading cancer researcher and immunologist, dies at 84
Research by Weizmann Institute scientist and Israel Prize winner saved ‘countless lives,’ was basis for technology sold for $12 billion in 2017
By ToI Staff
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, right, and freed hostage Edan Alexander, second right, speak by phone to US President Donald Trump, alongside Alexander's family from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on May 13, 2025. (Office of the Special Envoy to the Middle East/X)
May 13, 2025, 2:26 pm
Released hostage Alexander speaks to Trump, tells Netanyahu he is weak but recovering
Witkoff visits freed captive at hospital a day after his return from Gaza, facilitates call to Trump; Alexander not well enough to travel to Qatar to meet US president, family says
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, second from left, with his sons and daughter after being discharged from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 6, 2025, 8:16 pm
Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, leaves hospital: ‘Thrilled and astounded’
A week after release from Hamas captivity, farmer looks forward to working the fields, vows to help rebuild Nir Oz, says ‘national rehabilitation’ hinges on return of all captives
By ToI Staff
Staff at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital bid farewell to Nova survivor Nati Ganon (second left), who was hospitalized after being seriously wounded during Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre and discharged on November 4, 2024. (Jenny Yerushalmi/Ichilov spokesperson)
November 5, 2024, 4:44 pm
Nova survivor who lost wife on Oct. 7 goes home after almost 400 days in hospital
Nati Ganon, 40, who was shot by Hamas terrorists during brutal rampage at music festival over a year ago, says his ‘greatest victory’ is returning home to raise his 3 kids
By ToI Staff
Rescued hostage Noa Argamani (left) with her mother Liora, in an undated photo prior to Noa's abduction by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
July 2, 2024, 8:53 am
Mother of hostage Noa Argamani dies of cancer three weeks after daughter’s rescue
Hospital says Liora Argamani spent her final days with her daughter, who was freed from captivity in Gaza last month in an IDF raid
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Centers for Disease Control laboratory, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
June 18, 2024, 11:29 am
7 hospitalized in Tel Aviv area with West Nile fever; 2 in serious condition
Virus can be dangerous for older people; Health Ministry says no indication morbidity has spiked, Environmental Protection Ministry says it has not located carrier mosquitos
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A brown rat (Heiko Kiera/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2024, 7:15 am
Rail construction in Tel Aviv may be behind a surge in rat-related disease cases
Patients diagnosed with flea-borne typhus and leptospirosis at area hospitals have reported seeing the rodents in their neighborhoods, and even in their homes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This image grab from a handout video released by the Israeli army on February 29, 2024, shows Gazans surrounding aid trucks in Gaza City. (IDF via AFP)
March 1, 2024, 2:10 pm
Daily Briefing Mar 1: Day 147 – Chain of events of deadly stampede in Gaza unraveled
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on disaster surrounding aid convey, terrorist shooting in Eli killing two; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on women in war, man-made testicles
By ToI Staff
One of the 10 operating rooms in a new 'mini-hospital' for ambulatory surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, February 2024. (Jenny Yerushalmi)
February 28, 2024, 2:36 pm
Surgery without a stay: Ichilov hospital unveils new operating rooms to cut wait times
System supporting 10 new operating rooms uses digital health to offer optimal care without adding beds to hospital’s wards
By Renee Ghert-Zand
IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo released on December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 28, 2023, 3:48 pm
Ichilov hospital confirms soldier badly injured in Gaza died of severe fungal infection
IDF, by contrast, says cause of death still under investigation; infectious disease experts say there is no public health worry
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
Protesters gather with signs showing portraits of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas massacres, during a demonstration calling for their release outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square", in Tel Aviv on December 9, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 12, 2023, 6:44 am
‘One girl was given ketamine’: Israeli doctor says hostages abused, drugged in Gaza
Psychiatrist cites ‘physical, sexual, mental, psychological’ torment, says one freed Hamas captive was held in total darkness for days, others still experience dissociative states
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israelis take cover from incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, October 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 29, 2023, 7:11 pm
Something changes in our brains as we react to the traumas on and since Oct. 7
Neuroscientist Talma Hendler explains how brain structures and systems go out of whack due to extreme stress, and the importance of rebalancing ourselves
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken from an army base overrun by Hamas terrorists near the Gaza Strip fence, in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. (Abed Abu Reash/AP)
October 12, 2023, 1:44 pm
Amid outcry, wounded terrorists not being treated in Israeli civilian hospitals
After some terrorists were initially brought to emergency rooms, sparking uproar, Health Minister Moshe Arbel instructs they be redirected to prison services’ medical facilities
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: An ambulance at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on June 20, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 18, 2023, 11:41 pm
75-year-old man dies after being hit by bus in Bat Yam
Medics take victim to hospital where he succumbs to wounds; police open probe into incident
By Michael Horovitz
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