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An underground ward at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus, which serves as a parking lot in peacetime, used during Operation Roaring Lion in March 2026. (Courtesy/Spokesperson's office)
March 26, 2026, 8:39 pm
As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals scramble to raise funds for underground shelters
With the Health Ministry’s budget recently slashed, medical centers around the country are using storage spaces and parking lots while seeking donations for more protected buildings
By Diana Bletter
Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Lise Mumporeze, a Rwanda genocide survivor, stands in the backyard of the Save a Child's Heart Legacy Heritage Children's Home in Holon on the last day of her training program in Israel before she returns to Rwanda to become the first pediatric intensive care specialist in the country on November 3, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2025, 10:50 am
Come war, peace or pandemic, African doctors train in Israel to save lives back home
Some 165 medical professionals have received fellowships through Save a Child’s Heart; the nonprofit has helped over 8,000 kids from around the world since 1995
By Diana Bletter
Paramedics provide first aid to a person injured by a boat propeller off the coast of Jaffa on August 16, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
August 17, 2025, 9:19 am
Man drowns, 2nd killed by police boat propeller amid rescue attempt off Jaffa beach
Officials say four from same East Jerusalem family try to save person drowning, who died; one carried out to sea and hit by police vessel, two others hurt, fourth found alive
By Charlie Summers
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
Screen capture from video a burning minibus following an explosion in the vehicle at the Wolfson Interchange, May 27, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 27, 2024, 8:06 am
Man seriously hurt in minibus explosion that police say is tied to organized crime
Driver of vehicle, 60, suffers 2nd and 3rd degree burns to half his body when bomb goes off inside vehicle he was driving near the central city of Holon
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A brown rat (Heiko Kiera/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2024, 7:15 am
Rail construction in Tel Aviv may be behind a surge in rat-related disease cases
Patients diagnosed with flea-borne typhus and leptospirosis at area hospitals have reported seeing the rodents in their neighborhoods, and even in their homes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Brenmiller's thermal energy storage unit at the Fortlev company in Brazil. (Courtesy: Fortlev)
February 1, 2024, 5:56 pm
Israeli green thermal storage company signs 7-year deal with Wolfson Hospital
Brenmiller Energy tech will replace diesel boilers, is expected to help cut fuel oil use to ‘nearly zero,’ reduce pollution, and save up to $1.3 million annually
By Sue Surkes
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
Doron Katz Asher and her two young daughters Raz, 4, and Aviv, 2, are reunited with husband and father Yoni, on November 25, 2023. (Schneider Children's Hospital)
November 25, 2023, 3:29 pm
In photos and videos, first freed hostages hold emotional reunions with families
Tears of joy as 4 children, 3 mothers, 6 elderly women released by Hamas meet with loved ones after 49 days in captivity
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers wait for the arrival of Israeli hostages at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, November 24, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 25, 2023, 2:26 pm
Israel awaits 2nd group of hostages following long Hamas delay on release
13 more people expected to return, following 1st group of 13 on Friday, but process stalls for hours; US, Qatar, Egypt intervene; Qatari delegation arrives in Israel
By ToI Staff
Israeli hostages released on November 24, 2023: Top from L-R: Adina Moshe, Margalit Moses, Danielle Aloni and her daughter Emilia; middle: Doron Asher and her daughters Raz and Aviv, Hannah Katzir; bottom row: Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ruti Munder, Yaffa Adar and Channah Peri. (Photos: Courtesy; combination image: Times of Israel)
November 24, 2023, 7:48 pm
13 Israelis, including 4 kids, back in Israel after held hostage in Gaza for 49 days
4 children, 3 mothers, 6 elderly women handed over by Hamas in deal for lull in war and release of 39 Palestinian security prisoners; 10 Thais, 1 Filipino freed in separate deal
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid
18-year-old Shahad from Gaza is the first child to be implanted with a new kind of heart pacemaker in Israel. It was also the first time the implantation was done through a catheter in the neck rather than the groin. The procedure was done at Wolfson Medical Center, September 2023. (Courtesy of Save a Child's Heart)
September 26, 2023, 5:51 am
In Israeli first, Gazan girl receives new kind of pacemaker in innovative procedure
Teams of doctors from Save A Child’s Heart at Wolfson Medical Center implant cardiac device, identical to the one given to Netanyahu, through 18-year-old patient’s neck
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Police at the scene where a man was stabbed to death during a road rage incident in Holon, November 23, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 28, 2023, 10:12 am
Man stabbed to death in Holon, the third city resident to be killed this week
National Security Minister Ben Gvir has called to hold suspects without charge to combat violent crime
By Michael Horovitz
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