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Rahm Emmanuel tours Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center on July 6, 2026. (Rahm Emanuel/X)
August 31, 2026, 11:59 pm
Rahm Emmanuel gives $550K to program training Palestinian doctors at Israeli hospital
Democratic politician dubs initiative ‘healthcare diplomacy,’ weeks after Tel Aviv speech warning Israel will become a pariah if it maintains Netanyahu’s policies
By Jacob Magid
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
June 23, 2026, 5:03 pm
Ebola suspicion ruled out, as expert says ‘very low’ chance current strain will reach Israel
However, Health Ministry is taking precautions as there are no vaccines yet for Bundibugyo virus; UN health agency reports 896 confirmed cases and 232 suspected deaths globally
By Diana Bletter
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When crisis became a catalyst: Two medical students build a mission for Israel
Inside the student-led initiative reconnecting Israel’s medical community with the world.
By Tamar Marmorstein and Garrick Hoichman
Professor Nurit Yaari in an undated photo (Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
November 9, 2025, 11:53 am
Missing professor, found after days without food or water, dies in hospital
Theater researcher Nurit Yaari, 77, remembered as ‘central pillar in understanding the art of theater in Israel’; was hospitalized after being found under Tel Aviv bridge last week
By ToI Staff
Omri Miran pictured at the beach, with his wife Lishay and two daughters out of shot, on October 17, 2025, soon after his discharge from the hospital, and four days after he was released from more than two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza. (Via X; Eli Teichman and Shir Katz)
October 17, 2025, 3:27 pm
‘Time to return to life’: Three freed hostages released from hospital after 4 days
Hundreds line up to greet Omri Miran, who is discharged along with Matan Zangauker and Matan Angrest; body of slain hostage Bipin Joshi said set for repatriation to Nepal next week
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Released hostages Eitan Horn (L) and Nimrod Cohen seen upon their release from the hospital and return to their homes in Kfar Saba and Rehovot, on October 16, 2025. (Screenshots/Reuters)
October 16, 2025, 11:12 pm
‘Because of the people’: Two ex-hostages return home from hospital to cheering crowds
Well-wishers waving Israeli flags line roads welcoming back Eitan Horn and Nimrod Cohen; hospital says it will continue monitoring recovery of freed captives
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
Dr. Noya Shilo, head of the Return to Life Center at Sheba Medical Center, walks with two hostages released from Gaza captivity in February 2024. (Courtesy/Sheba Medical Center)
October 9, 2025, 1:51 pm
Hospitals gear up to receive returning hostages after over 734 days in Gaza captivity
Health Ministry says it asked Red Cross to try to ensure hostages aren’t suddenly overfed by captors as it can cause medical issues; forensic teams prepping for bodies of slain captives
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Daniel Yamin, left, and Dr. Flavio Jean Schmidig of Tel Aviv University. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
September 28, 2025, 8:03 am
Eyes don’t lie: Groundbreaking study tracks eye movements to measure memory
Tel Aviv University and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s non-verbal memory-testing protocol allows assessment in infants, brain injury victims, severe Alzheimer’s patients
By Diana Bletter
Avera Mengistu (center) is embraced by family members at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv after being released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, February 22, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
July 22, 2025, 10:06 pm
Avera Mengistu discharged from hospital 5 months after release from Hamas captivity
Former hostage, who was held in Gaza for more than a decade, will be moved to sheltered accommodation, his sister says, thanking hospital for its ‘humane and sensitive’ care
By ToI Staff
Weizmann Institute's Prof. Zelig Eshhar holds a board that illustrates how the cancer treatment works with mice, August 29, 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
July 4, 2025, 1:15 pm
Zelig Eshhar, leading cancer researcher and immunologist, dies at 84
Research by Weizmann Institute scientist and Israel Prize winner saved ‘countless lives,’ was basis for technology sold for $12 billion in 2017
By ToI Staff
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, right, and freed hostage Edan Alexander, second right, speak by phone to US President Donald Trump, alongside Alexander's family from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on May 13, 2025. (Office of the Special Envoy to the Middle East/X)
May 13, 2025, 2:26 pm
Released hostage Alexander speaks to Trump, tells Netanyahu he is weak but recovering
Witkoff visits freed captive at hospital a day after his return from Gaza, facilitates call to Trump; Alexander not well enough to travel to Qatar to meet US president, family says
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Newly-released hostage Iair Horn (center) reunites with relatives at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center on February 15, 2025. (Ma'ayon Toaf / GPO)
February 20, 2025, 7:41 pm
With his brother still captive, freed hostage Iair Horn sent home from hospital
Five days after he was released from Gaza, family says ‘the journey to recovery for Iair and our family will be long, and will not end until Eitan and all the hostages return home’
By Diana Bletter and 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
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, second from left, with his sons and daughter after being discharged from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 6, 2025, 8:16 pm
Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, leaves hospital: ‘Thrilled and astounded’
A week after release from Hamas captivity, farmer looks forward to working the fields, vows to help rebuild Nir Oz, says ‘national rehabilitation’ hinges on return of all captives
By ToI Staff
Staff at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital bid farewell to Nova survivor Nati Ganon (second left), who was hospitalized after being seriously wounded during Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre and discharged on November 4, 2024. (Jenny Yerushalmi/Ichilov spokesperson)
November 5, 2024, 4:44 pm
Nova survivor who lost wife on Oct. 7 goes home after almost 400 days in hospital
Nati Ganon, 40, who was shot by Hamas terrorists during brutal rampage at music festival over a year ago, says his ‘greatest victory’ is returning home to raise his 3 kids
By ToI Staff
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