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An illustrative photo of a baby. (Ignacio Campo on Unsplash)
June 17, 2026, 5:06 pm
Jerusalem police probe baby food laced with sedatives after 4 infants hospitalized
Health Ministry closes two branches of Zol veGadol stores in the city; public urged to check that all purchased products are sealed and intact
By Diana Bletter
Security and rescue forces are at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck a house in Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, March 3, 2026.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
March 28, 2026, 5:42 am
Northern residents concerned IDF won’t be allowed to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah
With sirens and no time to reach shelters, those evacuated say they refuse to leave again, and those who stayed put during the last war struggle to keep their businesses afloat
By Diana Bletter
Clockwise from top left: Sara Elimelech, Ronit Elimelech, Gavriel Baruch Ravach, Bruria Cohen, Yosef Cohen, Oren Katz, and siblings Sara, Yaakov, and Avigail Biton, who were killed in an Iranian missile attack in Beit Shemesh on March 1, 2026. (Courtesy/United Hatzalah/Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 2, 2026, 1:01 am
9 victims of Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh named, including 3 teen siblings
Fatalities are teens Yaakov, Avigail, and Sara Biton; Ronit Elimelech and her mother, Sara; mother and son Bruria and Yosef Cohen; Gavriel Baruch Ravach and Oren Katz
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Miriam Miedzinski-Ballin, founder of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Unit of United Hatzalah. (Courtesy)
October 19, 2025, 6:34 pm
Miriam Miedzinski-Ballin, trailblazer who made mental health part of first aid, dies at 38
The Houston-born mother of five founded United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, is remembered for her ‘immense merit’ and concern for others during emergencies
By Diana Bletter
Filmmaker Eli Katzoff walks with Shir from the Lev Ehad organization at a site where an Iranian ballistic missile fell in June 2025. (courtesy)
September 10, 2025, 9:51 pm
The women who run toward the bombs: Israel’s first responders
In the new web series ‘Through the Land,’ we meet Shir and Naomi, who, every time there is disaster in Israel, are among those who run into the fire to save lives
Responders work in a damaged building following a strike by an Iranian missile in the city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, early on June 15, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)
June 15, 2025, 9:05 am
9 dead, including 3 children, in Iranian missile strike on Bat Yam apartment building
Nearly 200 hurt, one still missing, with mayor saying 61 buildings damaged in attack; at least 42 injured in Rehovot, including mother and toddler
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israel Police and Magen David Adom at the scene where a policewoman was seriously injured after being shot by a man in Jerusalem, November 28, 2024. (Israel Police)
November 28, 2024, 10:03 pm
Policewoman shot, seriously injured by mentally ill man barricaded in his home
Emergency services broke down door at shooter’s home after receiving reports that he was suicidal
By ToI Staff
Aharon Ben Haroush, right, talks to IDF soldiers during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (United Hatzalah)
October 7, 2024, 8:40 am
United Hatzalah first responder reveals harrowing experience on Oct. 7 ‘road of death’
‘It was like a terrifying train,’ says an EMT who treated casualties on Route 232, yet he tries to remember the good he and other volunteers did that day
By Diana Bletter
Police at the scene of a car bomb where a man was injured in Kiryat Malachi, September 23, 2024. (Israel Police)
September 23, 2024, 3:53 pm
Man seriously hurt in car blast in south; police nab 3 suspects
Police say attack motivated by criminal dispute; semiconscious victim taken to hospital in Ashdod
By Michael Horovitz
Magen David Adom medic Elhanan Mamo climbs up a burning building to save an elderly couple, Bnei Brak, August 25, 2024. (X screenshot)
August 30, 2024, 10:26 pm
Medic scales burning Bnei Brak building to save elderly couple
Elhanan Mamo says he chose to make the climb after realizing that a crane wouldn’t be able to reach the pair; later discovers he had recently resuscitated same woman
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israel Police car in Tel Aviv on April 12, 2020. (joseh51camera/iStock by Getty Images)
March 3, 2024, 1:13 pm
Two women found killed within hours in north
Man turns himself in to police in I’billin and confesses to murdering his wife; hours later, 2nd woman found dead in Nahariya
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: a United Hatzalah volunteer paramedic motorcycle parked on the street in Tel Aviv, January 4, 2023 (Apustus/Shutterstock.com)
January 30, 2024, 11:57 am
United Hatzalah employee arrested for major embezzlement of organization’s funds
Woman allegedly filed false paperwork of car accident damage to steal hundreds of thousands of shekels for nonexistent repair payments; suspect’s sister also detained
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police in the town of Tel Mond, July 10, 2018. (Flash90/File)
November 12, 2023, 6:00 pm
23-year-old man killed after apparent unintentional discharge of weapon
Medics in Kiryat Ata take critically injured victim to Rambam Medical Center, where he is declared dead
By Michael Horovitz
The scene of an ATV accident in Ramat Beit Shemesh, April 10, 2023. (United Hatzalah)
April 11, 2023, 3:21 pm
Man killed in ATV crash; sister in critical condition
Vehicle overturns and crashes into a fence near driver’s home in central city of Beit Shemesh
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Red Crescent ambulances transferring three children who were critically injured in a traffic accident in East Jerusalem to Magen David Adom ambulances at a checkpoint, March 2, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 2, 2023, 10:25 am
Three young siblings killed by passing car in East Jerusalem refugee camp
Girl, 8, and boys, 3 and 4, rushed to hospitals but doctors unable to save them; were reportedly walking to school in Shuafat refugee camp
By ToI Staff
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