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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
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
May 17, 2026, 8:48 am
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency
UN health agency reports 80 suspected deaths, warns outbreak could spread to neighboring countries; there are no approved virus-specific therapeutics or vaccines for this strain
By Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi
Passengers are being disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
May 10, 2026, 2:46 pm
Passengers on hantavirus-hit cruise ship begin to disembark on Spain’s Canary Islands
Authorities aiming to send all passengers from 20 countries home by Monday; UK army medics parachute onto remote island where resident has suspected case
By IAIN SULLIVAN and SUMAN NAISHADHAM
The Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius arrives to the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, on May 10, 2026. (JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
May 10, 2026, 5:48 am
Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives at Spain’s Canary Islands
WHO director tells public the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius is ‘not another COVID,’ as health officials prepare for lengthy process of screening and disembarking passengers
By Agencies
Medical personnel in hazmat suits wait for patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 6, 2026. (AP/Peter Dejong)
May 8, 2026, 6:39 am
Health officials race to find dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality
No hantavirus in Israel, Health Ministry says; up to 40 people left cruise ship without contact tracing in late April; virus can spread between people
By AP and Diana Bletter
Tents housing displaced Palestinian families are seen in the central Gaza Strip's Bureij refugee camp on May 1, 2026. (Eyad Baba / AFP)
May 7, 2026, 12:26 pm
Israel says it coordinated delivery of rat pesticides to Gaza to counter infestation
Hundreds of cartons of specialized poisons, 20 tons of pesticide reported delivered in conjunction with US-led Coordination Center, as warm weather and tent city sewage attract rodents
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this handout photo released by the World Health Organization, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visit the Specialty Hospital to meet with recent medical evacuees from Gaza in Amman, Jordan, on February 25, 2026. (World Health Organization via AP)
February 26, 2026, 4:51 am
Harry and Meghan meet with hospitalized Gazan children during visit to Jordan
Couple set to tour Amman office of World Central Kitchen, which organizes and sends food and other humanitarian aid to Gaza
By Agencies
In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)
January 30, 2026, 10:40 am
WHO decries attacks on Iranian hospitals, medical staff during protest crackdown
UN agency confirms assaults and arrests in hospitals in Tehran and Ilam; says at least five doctors detained while treating patients, 50 paramedics injured and 200 ambulances damaged
By AFP
Palestinians walk through the destruction in Gaza City, October 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
October 23, 2025, 8:50 pm
Clearing Gaza’s ‘minefield’ surface of ordnance could take 20-30 years — aid group
IDF says drone strike hits terror operative who crossed Yellow Line; humanitarian orgs say food supplies not meeting nutritional needs on the ground, situation ‘catastrophic’
By Reuters, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Egyptian ambulances line up as they wait for possible Palestinian arrivals at the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing with Gaza, following an agreement between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire, October 22, 2025. (AP/Mohamed Arafat)
October 23, 2025, 6:35 am
WHO says it led evacuation of 41 critical patients out of Gaza for medical care
Head of UN health organization calls ‘for all routes to be opened to expedite the medical evacuation,’ as Israel keeps Rafah crossing shuttered until Hamas ‘fulfills’ ceasefire
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Truck drivers, who carry humanitarian aid, drink tea as they wait to enter Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, August 6, 2025. (Khaled Elfiqi/AP)
August 14, 2025, 12:05 pm
Heavy scrutiny and regulations block tons of aid from entering Gaza, groups claim
Aid organizations say onerous Israeli approval and clearance procedures leave shipments languishing near border; Israel: Hundreds of trucks inside Strip are still awaiting collection
By Agencies and ToI Staff
(L-R) Meirav Gilboa-Dalal, mother of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal); Sylvia Cunio, mother of hostage David and Ariel Cunio; Viki Cohen, mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen; and Galia and Yeela David, respectively the mother and sister of hostage Evyatar David, pose holding photographs of their loved one after attending a meeting with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 12, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
August 13, 2025, 4:44 am
Hostages’ mothers meet Red Cross chief in Geneva: ‘We feel we touched her heart’
Mothers of David and Ariel Cunio, Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Nimrod Cohen hand letters to Mirjana Spoljaric in hope the organization will be able to get them to their sons
By ToI Staff and AFP
Sgt. Maj. (res) Vladimir Loza, 36, killed in Gaza on July 21, 2025 (IDF)
July 22, 2025, 2:22 pm
IDF reservist soldier killed in Gaza fighting; 18 Palestinians said killed in strikes
IDF says troops briefly detained WHO staff members in Deir al-Balah after coming under fire from near their location; Hamas says 20 people died of starvation in 48 hours
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Palestinians pick up boxes of humanitarian aid at a distribution site managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on May 26, 2025. (GHF)
May 27, 2025, 6:42 am
New Gaza aid body starts operating, pans Hamas threats toward those cooperating with it
GHF doesn’t reveal how much aid so far delivered, but says quantity will increase each day; group names new CEO after previous one resigns due to concerns over Israeli restrictions
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 7:02 pm
Hamas executes four Gazans it accuses of looting aid as it tries to assert control
Terror group says it is still pursuing seven others it accuses of hijacking aid trucks; death toll in strike on Gaza school that IDF says held key terrorists rises to 36
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
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