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Elazar Yair Wilensky, killed in an explosion near the Lebanon border on October 12, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 10:01 am
Student killed in blast near Lebanon border ID’d as 9th grader Elazar Yair Wilensky
More than a dozen hospitalized, five kids in serious condition, as Education Ministry says the route it approved didn’t cross into restricted area, group may have gone off-trail
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
People injured in a Hezbollah missile strike on Kiryat Shmona arrive at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, northern Israel, March 23, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 18, 2026, 6:53 pm
Three Hezbollah terrorists treated at northern Israel hospital, sources say
Operatives kept bound and blindfolded under IDF guard at Ziv Medical Center, ToI told; IDF and hospital don’t deny details, say all patients given care as required by law
By Nava Freiberg
Illustrative: Patients and medical staff are seen in an underground parking area converted into a treatment ward at Shaarei Tzedk hospital in Jerusalem after many patients were relocated amid the Iran war, March 4, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 7, 2026, 7:24 am
From fortified ORs to popup clinics, Israel’s medical centers streamline wartime operations
Using knowledge gleaned the hard way during the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion and June war with Iran, hospitals go underground amid incoming missile fire – and staff know the drill
By Diana Bletter
Ziv hospital in Safed on October 18, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
January 24, 2025, 11:27 am
13-year-old with no underlying conditions dies of flu in Safed, as cases rise
Flu morbidity this year is worst since 2012, data shows, as health experts urge vaccinations; more than 2,000 patients have been hospitalized for flu so far this year
By ToI Staff
Debbie Cohen, head nurse of Nursery Department A, and Amira Morad, staff nurse, check on newborn babies at Galilee Medical Center on December 22, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
December 27, 2024, 5:49 am
Northern hospitals move out of underground bunkers after months of war
While hospital staff and patients welcome the return to routine and regular wards after crowded, dark conditions, management is still prepared ‘to go underground again’ if needed
By Diana Bletter
Paramedics help the medical staff at Haifa's Rambam hospital to transport patients from the upper floors to underground parking area of the establishment on September 22, 2024, after Lebanon's Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets on northern Israel. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
September 22, 2024, 12:29 pm
Hospitals in north ordered to move patients to fortified areas amid rocket fire
Haifa’s Rambam will shift activities to underground parking lot, while other medical facilities move treatments to protected areas, scrap elective procedures
By ToI Staff
An Israeli wounded by rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel arrives at Ziv hospital in Safed, October 17, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
August 5, 2024, 7:53 pm
Israeli hospitals declare themselves prepared for mass casualty events
Since the start of war, hospitals have conducted drills, stockpiled supplies, and moved wards underground, readying themselves for worst-case scenarios, with MDA cooperation
By Diana Bletter
Medical teams waiting for the arrival of injured people from the scene of a drone attack on Druze village of Hurfeish, at Ziv Medical center in Safed, northern Israel, June 5, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 28, 2024, 12:27 pm
Northern hospitals model coexistence as they prepare for a third Lebanon War
Directors at Ziv Hospital in Safed and Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya stockpile for worst-case scenarios while coordinating responses with Magen David Adom
By Diana Bletter
A 3D illustration of the brain-eating infectious amoeba Naegleria fowleri.(iStock)
July 25, 2024, 5:19 pm
Boy diagnosed with rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’ is in critical condition
Patient presented with symptoms after swimming at a Tiberias water park, where a man who died of the infection a few weeks ago was exposed to the rare organism
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative - A bombed-out car in Kiryat Shmona, July 11, 2024 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2024, 3:25 pm
2 female soldiers hurt in Hezbollah rocket attack leave hospital; 2 others recovering
Two women still hospitalized are stable after surgeries; they were wounded by falling shrapnel as Iron Dome downed rockets from Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Fires burn next to the northern city of Kiryat Shmona on June 3, 2024, following rocket and drone attacks from nearby Lebanon. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
June 4, 2024, 4:07 am
Fires rage overnight across north after Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks
Most of the blazes that started Monday were brought under control, firefighting service says Tuesday morning; 11 treated for smoke inhalation, at least one home damaged by flames
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli soldiers near the scene where a missile launched from Lebanon hit a group of Israeli soldier and civilians in Moshav Beit Hillel, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, December 3, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 3, 2023, 6:35 pm
Anti-tank missile attack injures 12 in north, sparking strikes on Hezbollah
Border area continues to heat up after hiatus for truce, with rockets fired from Lebanon and Syria drawing Israeli shelling
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Two Magen David Adom ambulances at the scene of a car crash along Route 90, near Agamon Hula lake in northern Israel, December 24, 2022. (Magen David Adom spokesperson)
December 24, 2022, 5:43 pm
Woman killed in collision on Route 90 in northern Israel
Driver in her 20s found unconscious by medics, declared dead at the scene; 59-year-old driver of 2nd car hospitalized in light condition with chest injury
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A Palestine viper in Israel. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Guy Haimovitch, Wikimedia Commons)
October 1, 2022, 6:50 pm
13-year-old boy seriously injured by snake bite in northern Israel
Medics take young teen to hospital in Safed after he was bitten on the leg Friday night
By ToI Staff
An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 11, 2022, 10:10 pm
Girl, 7, drowns in hot tub in northern Israel guesthouse
Family tries to save child under phone instructions in Yarka, before she is declared dead in the hospital
By ToI Staff
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