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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Sheba Medical Center

Dr. Tomer Itkin of Tel Aviv University (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
March 30, 2025, 4:23 pm
In breakthrough, Israeli-led team activates dormant bone marrow cells for transplants
Using mRNA model made famous by COVID vaccine, researchers from Israel, US and Canada find protein to ‘awaken’ adult stem cells in mice; could significantly improve bone marrow transplant success rates
By Diana Bletter
Released hostage Ofer Calderon, top left, reunites with his children Rotem, Gaya, Erez and Sahar on February 1, 2025. Erez and Sahar were also abducted on October 7, 2023 and were freed in November 2023. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
February 15, 2025, 9:21 am
Two weeks after his release, former hostage Ofer Calderon hospitalized with pneumonia
Calderon returns to Sheba a week after discharge, following flu complications, family says, adding he’s in good condition and had Shabbat dinner with brother and sister-in-law
By ToI Staff
Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, onstage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 9, 2025, 4:36 pm
Reports: Newly freed hostages were abused, now suffer malnutrition, heart disorders
Outlets cite families of Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami as saying they were held in Gaza tunnels; health officials: Conditions worse than previous returned captives
By Elana Kirsh, Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Released hostages (L-R) Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari and Romi Gonen reunite with their mothers shortly after returning to Israel after 471 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, January 19, 2025. (IDF)
January 26, 2025, 4:42 pm
Freed hostages Emily, Romi, and Doron leave hospital a week after return from Gaza
Three women released on first day of hostage-ceasefire deal discharged from Sheba Medical Center after initial tests, one day after four more hostages freed from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Avishag Gadot, center, with her friends, waiting at Sheba Medical Center as three hostages released from Gaza are set to arrive for treatment, January 19, 2025. The poster says: 'The people of Israel love you.' (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
January 20, 2025, 2:25 am
A mix of joy, hope, sorrow and song awaited released hostages outside the hospital
Friends, well-wishers, patients watch excitedly as Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher arrive at Sheba Medical Center: ‘The people of Israel love you’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Family members visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, six months after the October 7 Hamas terror assault, in Re'im forest, near the Gaza border, April 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 19, 2024, 11:27 am
Study: Nova survivors who drank alcohol before Hamas attack more likely to suffer PTSD
Sheba Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University researchers surprised to find alcohol caused more psychological problems than psychedelics on survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 rave massacre
By Diana Bletter
Yosi Sochr, 34, an Israeli reservist and father of four who was severely wounded fighting in Gaza, embraces his wife as he recovers at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, September 23, 2024. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
October 7, 2024, 12:42 pm
A year on, wounded Israeli reserves soldiers face long road to recovery
For hundreds of thousands of reservists, who bear the brunt of war while meeting family obligations, enduring challenges will impact their lives and Israeli society for years ahead
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Miri Berger, left, and Aryeh Katz, right, co-founders of 6Degrees, donate their MyMove, virtual reality game, to Tamir, a soldier recently wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip at Sheba Medical Center on August 28, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
September 26, 2024, 8:29 am
Israeli virtual reality game helps dozens of new war amputees reduce phantom pain
Start-up 6Degrees says their immersive approach cuts phantom pain faster than current treatments; amputees do physical therapy on their own in an over-stressed healthcare system
By Diana Bletter
An Israeli wounded by rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel arrives at Ziv hospital in Safed, October 17, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
August 5, 2024, 7:53 pm
Israeli hospitals declare themselves prepared for mass casualty events
Since the start of war, hospitals have conducted drills, stockpiled supplies, and moved wards underground, readying themselves for worst-case scenarios, with MDA cooperation
By Diana Bletter
Hostages Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov are seen being rescued by forces of the Yamam unit, in central Gaza's Nuseirat, June 8, 2024. (Israel Police)
June 12, 2024, 1:32 pm
Hostages Ziv, Kozlov and Meir Jan’s ordeal ‘beyond anything you can imagine’
In fresh testimony, doctors and relatives detail how they were held in the dark, locked in bathrooms and repeatedly threatened with death
By ToI Staff
Itai Pessach, director of the children’s hospital at Sheba Medical Center, during a television interview (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
June 10, 2024, 11:16 pm
Rescued hostages were beaten ‘almost every day,’ says doctor who treated them
Dr. Itai Pessach says captivity ‘left a significant mark on their health,’ with muscles wasted away and other bodily systems damaged
By ToI Staff
Israeli hostages pictured after their rescue from Hamas captivity in Gaza on June 8, 2024. From left: Shlomi Ziv (IDF); Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); and Noa Argamani (Courtesy).
June 10, 2024, 4:08 pm
Rescued hostages said suffering from malnutrition; leaning on each other for support
Doctors at Sheba hospital say Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrey Kolzov are constantly seeking each other out
By ToI Staff
Israeli hostages pictured reuniting with family after their rescue from Hamas captivity in Gaza on June 8, 2024. Top L-R: Almog Meir Jan with his family, Noa Argamani with her father. (Israel Defense Forces) Bottom L-R: Shlomo Ziv reunites with his sister and cousin (Hostages and Missing Families Forum), Andrey Kozlov meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Maayan Toaf / GPO)
June 9, 2024, 12:38 am
With laughter and tears, rescued hostages reunite with their loved ones in Israel
Families of Noa Argamani, Shlomo Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov thank IDF for their return, call for Israel to do everything it can to bring back remaining 120 captives
By ToI Staff
Medical students at Baruch Padeh (Poriya) Medical Center in Tiberias try OtheReality VR sets. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 8:09 am
Virtual reality app lets medical staff get a patient’s-eye view
Israeli start-up OtheReality allows doctors to revisit difficult scenarios and recharge their empathy tanks to reduce patient discomfort and dissatisfaction
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Soldiers wounded in the Gaza Strip are brought to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, May 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 1:04 pm
As more troops survive injuries, some credit battlefield transfusions of whole blood
IDF only military in the world currently performing procedure pioneered by US army; while no proof yet to declare it a panacea, fight against Hezbollah may prove its worth
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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