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Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, seen as they evacuating a man with suspicion for coronavirus at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on March 30, 2020 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 1, 2020, 5:39 pm
Five more die of coronavirus, bringing Israel’s death toll to 26
Four of the victims said to suffer from underlying health conditions; 81 people on ventilators
By TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray outside a closed yeshiva, in the town of Bnei Brak, on March 26, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 29, 2020, 11:29 pm
Around half of Israelis hospitalized with coronavirus are ultra-Orthodox – TV
Some members of community that makes up just 10% of national population accused of driving infections through failure to adhere to social distancing restrictions
By TOI staff
The new coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Jerusalem on March 29, 2020. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
March 29, 2020, 10:38 pm
Number of Israeli coronavirus cases surges past 4,000
Health Ministry reports 4,247 COVID-19 cases, 74 in serious condition; 15 Israelis have died from the disease — 3 in 24 hours
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Funeral workers wearing protective clothes carry the body of a patient who died from the coronavirus (COVID-19), at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem on March 29, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 29, 2020, 6:04 pm
Woman dies of coronavirus, 15th Israeli fatality overall and 3rd in a day
Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center says Rosa Sherman Arbel, 84, died after six days of serious illness
By TOI staff
View of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, March 24, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 29, 2020, 12:43 pm
92-year-old man in Jerusalem dies of COVID-19, Israel’s 13th death from virus
Shaare Zedek Medical Center says patient, Mordechai Ben Michael from Jerusalem, was hospitalized for the past week in very serious condition, had preexisting illnesses
By TOI staff
Rachel Gemara, a nurse at Shaare Zedek's isolated ward for coronavirus patients in full protective gear (Courtesy)
March 24, 2020, 6:58 pm
Nurse in virus isolation ward describes patients’ touching farewell to dying man
Rachel Gemara details final moments of Israel’s 1st virus fatality Aryeh Even, a Holocaust survivor, who, separated from his family, was comforted to the end in Jerusalem hospital
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative: Babies born prematurely at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital on January 5, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 22, 2020, 4:23 pm
Premature baby in serious condition after coronavirus infection
Jerusalem hospital says newborn infected by worker who contracted virus elsewhere, another patient with background illness diagnosed; woman, 91, in critical condition in Holon
By TOI staff
The funeral of Aryeh Even, Israel's first coronavirus victim, March 21, 2020 (Ynet screenshot)
March 22, 2020, 2:06 am
Volunteers in protective gear bury Israel’s first virus victim; 20 at funeral
88-year-old Jerusalem resident Aryeh Even, a Holocaust survivor, is laid to rest at ceremony constrained by pandemic
By TOI staff
Aryeh Even, Israel's first fatality in the coronavirus pandemic (Courtesy)
March 21, 2020, 2:03 pm
Israel’s first virus fatality named as 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even
Family say he was strong until the end, regret that they couldn’t be by his side; born in Hungary, he had 4 children, 18 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild
By TOI staff
Jerusalem's Nofim Tower sheltered living facility. (Courtesy)
March 21, 2020, 11:52 am
Jerusalem nursing home residents mourn Israel’s first coronavirus victim
Head of residents’ association says virus, old age and underlying health problems create perfect storm, after 88-year-old Aryeh Even becomes country’s first fatality in pandemic
By TOI staff
Medical staff seen after the arrival of a patient to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, over suspicions she may be infected with the Coronavirus on January 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2020, 10:21 pm
Man, 88, dies in Jerusalem hospital, Israel’s first coronavirus death
Shaare Zedek says patient was admitted in very serious condition with multiple preexisting conditions; said to be one of several residents of city’s Nofim senior home infected
By TOI staff
Shas MK Moshe Abutbul at the Knesset on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2020, 6:31 pm
5th MK enters quarantine after exposure to virus carrier
Moshe Abutbul of Shas says Health Ministry told him that he and his son must isolate themselves after being near MRI technician with coronavirus
By TOI staff
Workers preparing new wards following the spread of the coronavirus, at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on March 17, 2020. (Flash90)
March 18, 2020, 8:51 pm
Seriously ill virus patients had prior health issues; condition of 2 worsens
Report says all six of those in serious condition in Israel are elderly people with preexisting medical conditions; 96.3% of those diagnosed have light symptoms or have recovered
By TOI staff
Medics at the scene of a suspected car-ramming attack in Jerusalem on February 6, 2020. (MDA)
February 27, 2020, 6:42 pm
After weeks in hospital, soldier injured in Jerusalem car-ramming released
Golani Brigade infantryman, who suffered multiple injuries including serious head trauma in attack, to continue rehabilitation
By TOI staff
Israeli troops clash with Palestinians during a manhunt in the West Bank town of Beit Jala on February 6, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 6, 2020, 10:31 pm
Three attacks in 12 hours: A day of violence, casualties in Jerusalem, West Bank
14 Israeli soldiers and cops wounded in attacks by Palestinian assailants, two Palestinian policemen killed by IDF, several clashes erupt amid tensions tied to Trump peace plan
By Judah Ari Gross
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