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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Soroka Medical Center

Screen capture from video of Health Minister Uriel Buso at the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper health conference, September 16, 2024. (Ynet. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 16, 2024, 6:51 pm
Health minister defends medical care for October 7 terrorists as intelligence asset
Uriel Buso says injured attackers treated in Israel have provided valuable information that helped rescue hostages from Gaza
By ToI Staff
A Bedouin child is brought to the emergency room at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, after his family home, a shed in an unrecognized Bedouin village near Dimona, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, on July 19, 2014. (Dudu Greenspan/ Flash90/ File)
September 8, 2024, 9:45 pm
Government signs permits for new Beersheba hospital after 10-year delay
Medical center slated to open in 2028; Health Minister Buso says it will ‘reduce the gap in medical treatment between the center and the periphery’
By Diana Bletter
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 1:45 pm
Doctor at Beersheba Hospital arrested for allegedly swearing allegiance to ISIS
Prosecutors say Soroka Medical Center specialist Muhammad Azzam pledged himself to Islamic State after Oct. 7, wished death on wounded Israeli soldiers treated at facility
By ToI Staff
Dr. Aviva Wolff with a patient at the Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran (Courtesy)
August 10, 2024, 4:49 am
Foreign doctors answer the call to help in Israel’s hospitals and rehab centers
Noting a need, these four medical professionals left their practices behind and took their ‘vacation’ to volunteer in Israel and help where they could
By Diana Bletter
Yoav Bichovsky, intensive care doctor at Soroka Hospital, speaks to Channel 12 from the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center in an interview screened on July 22, 2024, as he recovers from injuries sustained in an RPG attack while he was in reserve service in Gaza. (Channel 12 Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 23, 2024, 1:43 pm
Wounded in Gaza RPG attack, ICU doctor is treated, unrecognized, by his own colleagues
When the ICU team at Soroka Hospital admitted a reservist seriously wounded and unconscious after an attack in Khan Younis, they didn’t realize it was their colleague Yoav Bichovsky
By ToI Staff
Chaplain Baruch Siris visits with patient Clara Stofkooper at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, in this recent undated photo. (Courtesy/ Dina Frenkel)
May 17, 2024, 1:56 pm
Chaplain duo at Soroka hospital treat patients spiritually wounded by October 7
The country’s second-largest hospital has taken in some 3,000 people hurt during the Hamas atrocities and their aftermath, but as the clergy can attest, not all wounds are physical
By Diana Bletter
Wounded IDF paramedic Gaya Zubery (left) speaks with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi as he visits wounded soldiers at Sheba Medical Center. (IDF)
May 12, 2024, 8:51 pm
Healing the nation: Group of medical personnel to jointly light Independence Day torch
Hospital doctors, a nurse, a 20-year-old female IDF paramedic severely wounded in Gaza and a health nonprofit founder will share the honor
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Elma Avraham sits in a wheelchair with Soroka Medical Center staff and her family ahead of her release from the hospital on May 8, 2024. (Soroka Medical Center)
May 9, 2024, 10:33 pm
Planning to ‘dance,’ freed hostage Elma Avraham, 85, leaves hospital after 5 months
Avraham, who was returned to Israel in critical condition in November, says she was moved around Gaza several times before entering tunnels, was made to recite Quran verses
By ToI Staff
Elma Avraham was abducted from her Kibbutz Nahal Oz home by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. She was freed on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy)
May 7, 2024, 3:10 pm
Hostage, 84, released from Hamas captivity in November to finally leave hospital
Elma Avraham, who arrived in Israel in critical condition, was nursed back to health at Soroka Medical Center, where a farewell ceremony is planned with staff who cared for her
By ToI Staff
Muhammad Hassouna points to a hole in the roof of a building caused by a projectile that injured his 7-year-old daughter Amina at their Bedouin village, in the southern Negev desert, on April 14, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
April 20, 2024, 7:26 pm
Girl seriously injured in Iran’s missile attack sees slight improvement to condition
The seven-year-old who was hit by shrapnel from an intercepted ballistic missile is now breathing on her own but remains in intensive care
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)
April 14, 2024, 1:47 pm
Young girl seriously hurt in Iran attack remains in life-threatening condition
7-year-old girl from Bedouin community in south sustained head injury when shrapnel from intercepted ballistic missile fell directly on her home
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Wounded Israelis arrive at the Soroka Medical center in Beersheba, southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
February 16, 2024, 12:12 pm
Preventative medicine: After Oct. 7 mass casualty event, Israeli MDs share tough lessons
While dealing with the ongoing medical challenges of the war, physicians are already in touch with others over what they learned about honing lifesaving preparedness protocols
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Bedouin city of Rahat, July 21, 2022. (Israel Police)
February 3, 2024, 3:00 pm
Police say man shot dead by civil defense squad in south after pulling knife on member
20-year-old and 2 others from nearby Bedouin community caught after jumping kibbutz fence; police think break-in not terror-related; man’s family doubts claim he attacked security
By ToI Staff
Members of the Ziyadne family embrace upon the release of Bilal and Aiysha at the Soroka Medical Center, December 1, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 3:36 pm
Hospitals release emotional photos as families reunite with released hostages
Ziyadne siblings embrace family members; Soroka Medical Center staff cheer as release of nurse colleague announced
By ToI Staff
Elma Avraham was abducted from her Kibbutz Nahal Oz home by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. She was freed on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy)
November 28, 2023, 7:29 pm
Freed hostage Elma Avraham, 84, no longer critical; Yaffa Adar, 85, discharged
Soroka Medical Center says Avraham is breathing on her own but remains in intensive care for treatment; Adar, 85, who became a symbol of resilience, leaves hospital
By ToI Staff
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