Israeli health care

Hind Rajab Foundation asks ICC to investigate Israeli doctors over alleged Sde Teiman torture

The Hind Rajab Foundation has asked the ICC to investigate Israeli medical officials over alleged torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees at Sde Teiman.

Israeli soldiers are seen outside the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, southern Israel, July 30, 2026.
Touro University Nevada medical students and physician assistants.

From forceps to biceps: How to birth a stronger, healthier nation – opinion

An illustrative image of menstrual care products

The case for Israel to subsidize menstrual products - opinion

Minister of Health Haim Katz arrives to a press conference announcing the health basket.

Health minister’s intervention highlights Israel’s protekzia problem, healthcare gaps - editorial


Medical coexistence: Arab Israeli doctors show the cost of Israel’s medical school shortage

As Israel faces a growing doctor shortage, Arab Israelis now make up 25% of physicians and play an essential role in a health system that also offers a model of coexistence.

TODAY, 25% of the country’s working physicians are Arab-Israeli.

Israel built a binational healthcare system but never learned how to manage it - opinion

The war exposed growing tensions in Israel’s healthcare system and the need for a new approach to managing shared workplaces.

A medical operations room provides services in a Jerusalem hotel for those evacuated from their homes in Beit Shemesh following an Iranian missile strike.

'Ecology of healing': Israel's October 7 trauma victims say the system is failing them

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Experts say Israel’s war-trauma system must evolve from disability ratings to rehabilitation. Will the next Knesset prioritize reform?

Bereaved families, friends, and soldiers stand still as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im forest, near the Israel-Gaza border, April 21.

‘Direct danger to Israel’s health’: Medical schools deans fight bill pushing for gender segregation

The proposed bill “is a direct danger to the health of the citizens of Israel,” the deans wrote in a public letter shared on Monday.

Doctors at BGU’s Medical School, Assuta Ashdod (Illustrative).

Israel rules out Ebola cases after suspected patients test negative

As the ministry emphasizes, a fever following travel from affected areas requires immediate assessment, but Ebola remains rare among returning travelers.

Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Israeli treatment that spared burn surgeries now aims to save limbs

An Israeli biotech company that transformed burn care is now testing whether the same pineapple-based technology can help millions of patients suffering from chronic wounds that refuse to heal.

MediWound’s EscharEx treatment, which is being tested in a global study for chronic wounds that fail to heal.

One woman's fight for genetic testing led to an Israeli national policy shift - opinion

The Israeli Basket of Health Services now includes preimplantation genetic testing and in vitro fertilization (PGT-IVF) for individuals carrying three specific genetic markers.

Illustrative image of Invitro therapy.

Israel's Sheba Hospital ranks seventh in list of world's best hospitals for Newsweek and Statista

The Ramat Gan-based medical center said the latest result reflected its clinical performance and its expanding role in medical innovation.

 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

President Herzog inaugurates Meuhedet’s Ra’am Medical Center in Rehovot

Calling it “a significant development for the future of public medicine in Israel,” Herzog says, as Meuhedet unveils its largest and most advanced facility.

Cutting the ribbon at the new Ra'am Center.

Not a status, but series of moments: What it truly means to become Israeli - opinion

A British immigrant reflects on becoming Israeli, through war, work, family, and small daily moments that shape a true sense of belonging in Israel.

A woman picking out produce at a market.