Galilee Medical Center

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with Arab women who have lost loved ones to violent crime, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)

June 26, 2023, 3:17 am

‘A terrible war’: Herzog meets with Arab women who lost loved ones to violent crime

A mother whose daughter was gunned down before her eyes, a woman who has had seven relatives slain are among participants at emotional meeting

By ToI Staff

The Arab town of Nahf in northern Israel, between the Lower and Upper Galilee, on January 11, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

June 25, 2023, 1:41 pm

Two men shot dead in Arab town Nahf amid feud between criminals

Fatalities, 71 and 61, arrive at local clinic in critical condition after being shot while sitting in a car

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen on the coast of central Israel. (Magen David Adom)

June 20, 2023, 6:42 pm

Baby girl dies after being forgotten inside hot car in Acre

Hospital says 14-month-old arrives in critical condition, with doctors unable to resuscitate her

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Blood units are unpacked after they arrive by drone at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, March 28, 2023. (Roni Albert/Galilee Medical Center)

April 9, 2023, 5:41 am

Israel tests drone delivery for blood and other critical medical supplies

In times of war and natural disaster, drones could be the fastest and most efficient way to get blood products and medicines to hospitals in the periphery and to IDF in the field

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The scene of a criminal shooting in the northern Arab town of Rameh, March 18, 2023. (Courtesy)

March 26, 2023, 8:26 pm

Man shot dead in northern town, pushing 2023 toll in Arab towns to 39

Two others injured, one of them victim’s brother; incident comes less than a day after man killed in gunfight with police

By Michael Horovitz

Police and Fire and Rescue services on the scene of a car explosion in the northern city of Acre, September 24, 2022. (Israel Police)

September 24, 2022, 4:39 pm

30-year-old seriously injured by Acre car explosion in apparent mob hit

Victim taken to trauma center at local hospital as police launch investigation, say suspected motive not yet clear

By Michael Horovitz

A child receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, December 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

September 21, 2022, 10:01 pm

Half of Israeli parents who planned to vaccinate kids for COVID didn’t bother: study

New research explains why only a fifth of 5-to-11-year-olds got vaccines, concluding that the moment parents glimpsed normality, ‘incentives disappeared’

By Nathan Jeffay

Screen capture from video of MDA medic Monay Jamal with a newborn baby found abandoned on a street in Acre, August 8, 2022. (Channel 12)

August 9, 2022, 8:28 am

Baby found in box on street in Acre was smuggled from Nablus in West Bank — report

Medic who attended to infant visits him at neonatal ward, tells TV he is stable, incident is very unusual and she hopes he will find his way to a ‘normative family’

By ToI Staff

Medics try and resuscitate a man who drowned off the coast of Rosh Hanikra in northern Israel on July 11, 2022 (MDA)

July 11, 2022, 9:55 pm

Man dies while saving daughter from drowning at northern beach

Prisons service officer was celebrating holiday near Rosh Hanikra when tragedy occurred; girl in good condition

By ToI Staff

View of the main road in the Arab-Israeli village of Majd al-Krum, near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel, on November 8, 2017 (Courtesy Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

July 5, 2022, 8:54 am

1 killed as police open fire on suspects in underworld bombing in north

Officers say they shot at motorbike ridden by two suspects fleeing scene of attack in Majd al-Krum; second suspect injured

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Nurses strike at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in protest of violence against medical personnel, July 4, 2018. (Courtesy: Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital)

May 28, 2022, 11:22 am

With rising attacks on medics, ministry okays budget to station cops at hospitals

Annual NIS 20 million to include funding for officers to be stationed at 28 medical centers; move comes after strike in response to increased attacks on medical staff

By ToI Staff

Family members and security guards clash at the Galilee Medical Center on May 18, 2022 (Screencapture/Channel 12)

May 19, 2022, 4:51 am

Hospital staff attacked in northern Israel ahead of strike over mounting violence

Doctors on partial strike Thursday at hospitals, clinics to protest violence against medics; union calls for attacks on medical staff to be treated as severely as attacks on police

By ToI Staff

March 29, 2022, 6:58 pm

14-year-old girl dies during school trip in Galilee

Suha Mondar Zabhana found unconscious inside a non-moving go-kart car; she apparently had a heart condition, but no immediate word on official cause of death

By ToI Staff

A mother gives her child vitamin D drops. (iStock via Getty Images)

February 3, 2022, 9:03 pm

Israeli study offers strongest proof yet of vitamin D’s power to fight COVID

Bolstering previous research, scientists publish ‘remarkable’ data showing strong link between vitamin deficiency, prevalent in Israel, and death or serious illness among patients

By Nathan Jeffay

President Isaac Herzog visits the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, on November 17, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

November 17, 2021, 1:20 pm

President Herzog condemns hospital violence as incidents rack up

Head of security at Rambam Medical Center says riot police were called in to prevent a crowd of 100 people from bursting in, raising the number of similar incidents to 3 this week

By Amy Spiro