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Troops at the scene of a stabbing attack in al-Auja in the West Bank on August 23, 2026. (IDF)
August 23, 2026, 1:46 pm
Israeli man injured in West Bank stabbing attack; IDF arrests suspect after manhunt
24-year-old Elhanan Hananya in moderate condition after being stabbed repeatedly during family trip; Palestinian man shot after allegedly trying to snatch soldier’s gun in West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Elisheva Levy at Kumkum Tea House, 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
August 16, 2026, 6:01 am
Elisheva Levy, Jerusalem’s fairy godmother
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a woman who has made a home for everyone in her whimsical British tea house
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
An underground ward at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus, which serves as a parking lot in peacetime, used during Operation Roaring Lion in March 2026. (Courtesy/Spokesperson's office)
March 26, 2026, 8:39 pm
As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals scramble to raise funds for underground shelters
With the Health Ministry’s budget recently slashed, medical centers around the country are using storage spaces and parking lots while seeking donations for more protected buildings
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance in Kiryat Yam on December 24, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
February 23, 2026, 8:38 pm
Nine-month-old girl from Beit Shemesh dies after choking on small object
Baby without vital signs when medics arrive at the scene; doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital pronounce her dead
By ToI Staff
This February 3, 2011, illustrative photo shows hair being straightened at a salon in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP/Felipe Dana)
January 5, 2026, 3:37 pm
Despite ban, dozens still suffering kidney failure from toxic hair treatments
After two hospitalized within weeks, doctor behind pioneering study on glyoxylic acid says straightening products still entering Israel and seeping into scalps
By Diana Bletter
A notice warning of measles is seen on a door in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, July 31, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2025, 3:45 pm
After 2 deaths, infectious disease doctor urges community leaders to back measles vaccines
Measles outbreak kills 2 unvaccinated children, with 526 confirmed cases from the Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh areas; 19 children still hospitalized, all of them under age of 6
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
April 30, 2025, 8:43 am
7-month-old baby dies; family blames police search of their settlement home
Family says officers threw items into playpen where baby was sleeping during their sweep of Givat Ze’ev house; police deny claims, but 4 officers questioned in internal probe
By Michael Horovitz
Adi Zohar, who was injured in a terrorist shooting attack near Ma'ale Adumim on February 22, 2024, speaks to the media at the Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2024, 6:48 pm
‘My life was given back to me’: Pregnant woman wounded in terror attack speaks out
Adi Zohar describes being shot and crawling on the ground begging for help, says doctor told her she and her baby were saved by her maintaining consciousness
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a newborn baby girl holding her mother's finger, Jerusalem, December 30, 2020. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
January 22, 2024, 7:21 am
Israeli population growth slowing as fertility rates continue to fall – report
Group comprising mainly immigrants from ex-Soviet Union whom Israel does not regard as Jews have highest employment rate, contributed nearly 20% to population growth last year
By Sue Surkes
A woman suffering from the flu (monstArrr_ via iStock by Getty Images)
January 4, 2024, 6:19 pm
Winter arrived late this year, so Israel only now seeing surge in COVID and flu
With hospital beds filled with the war wounded, the healthcare system urges people to get vaccinated while there is still time to keep themselves and others healthy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A woman undergoing an MRI scan (Povozniuk via iStock by Getty Images)
September 20, 2023, 6:05 pm
Israeli researchers develop noninvasive method to assess iron levels in brain
Using MRI images and physical calculations, team led by Hebrew University PhD student gains vital data previously available only via autopsy or tissue sample examinations
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The scene of a stabbing attack at Jerusalem's Shivte Israel light rail station on August 30, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
August 30, 2023, 9:52 pm
Israeli moderately hurt in Jerusalem attack; Palestinian teen stabber shot dead
14-year-old assailant stabs man in 20s in back at Shivtei Israel light rail station near Old City, before being apparently disarmed by civilians, shot by Border Police officer
By Emanuel Fabian
Dr. Cezar Mizrahi uses augmented reality robotic technology in complex minimally invasive spine surgery for the first time in the world in August 2023. (Courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
August 30, 2023, 2:31 pm
In global first, Shaare Zedek spine surgeon combines augmented reality with robotics
25-year-old patient with severely broken back after falling from a height was on his feet and walking without assistance less than a day after the procedure
By Renee Ghert-Zand
First responders at the scene in Jerusalem where a woman was hit by a police vehicle on the light rail tracks, August 24, 2023. (MDA)
August 24, 2023, 7:22 pm
Woman seriously injured after police car hits her along Jerusalem light rail track
Pedestrian taken to hospital while unconscious and suffering head wound
By Michael Horovitz
Two of three Palestinian suspects accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in East Jerusalem, following their arrest on July 22, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 11, 2023, 12:59 pm
Palestinian trio indicted for seriously wounding man in Jerusalem terror stabbing
Teens from Bethlehem, one of them a minor, accused of illegally entering Israel before setting out to Gilo neighborhood to find a Jew to murder
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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