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Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 2:26 pm
Three years after October 7, Israel’s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart
The tragic story of Ambassador Leiter’s family reflects a society united in crisis, yet fundamentally betrayed by politicians who actively evade responsibility for their failures
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 24, 2026, 2:06 pm
Ambassador Leiter says he’s ‘full of hope’ for son seriously wounded in West Bank ramming attack
Envoy to US says son’s life ‘still in danger’; says Palestinian violence seeks to ‘uproot the Jews from this land,’ calls Israeli attacks on Palestinians ‘exceptions’
By ToI Staff
Dr. Anat Cohen-Dayag (front fourth from the right) and Sam Moed (front fourth from the left) launch Israel National Biotech Innovation Center (INBI) with representatives of the 15 top universities, medical centers and health organizations in Israel, Sept. 6, 2026. (Courtesy of Yossi Zwecker)
September 8, 2026, 5:47 am
As investors dry up, national biotech hub aims to transfuse early-stage drug funding
Top academic and healthcare institutions partner to build $500 million non-profit venture to turn promising biotech research into startups that can bring lifesaving cures to market
By Sharon Wrobel
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
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