Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Nine-month-old baby rushed to Shaare Zedek after choking, passes away despite resuscitation efforts

Despite successfully removing the foreign object from the baby’s throat, doctors were unable to stabilize her condition.

Illustrative image of a baby girl to frame story of 9-month-old who died in Shaare Zedek after choking. February, 2026.
Prof. Ofer Merin, IFCJ President Yael Eckstein, and Prof. Jonathan HaLevy.

Grapevine, February 13, 2026: An anti-aggression alliance

Silber family members with Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center opens new center for reservists, first responders

Magen David Adom ambulance outside The Green-Wagner ER

Israel faces early, severe flu season as Health Ministry urges mass vaccination


Girl undergoes non-invasive procedure after swallowing hairpin

A 15-year-old girl was put in a potentially life-threatening position after it did not pass out of her stomach naturally.

 An image of a hairpin that was removed from the stomach of a 15-year-old girl.

71-year-old with severe heart condition saved at Israeli hospital

Diamond chip coating on a tiny crown opens up calcified coronary arteries for the first time in Israel.

 Dr. Danny Dvir during surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Surgeons remove rubber ball from teen's intestines

Shaare Zedek's surgeons performed a laparoscopy, and removed a ping-pong-sized object that swelled and endangered the 14-year-old boy's life.

 The rubber ball obstructing a teenager's intestines.

Israeli couple struggling with pregnancy have healthy baby - here's how

Jerusalem couple helped to have healthy baby after two newborn sons died of mysterious respiratory disease two weeks after their separate births.

 From left – Dr. Revital Arbel holding the baby, Prof. Gheona Altarescu and the parents, Yafit and Haim Yifrah.

Eight Israeli start-ups to form international collaborations

Following BetterPlayBio’s program, C2i Genomic, Nucle.ai, Medial Earlysign, iBex, Octopus, Imagene, Itamar Medical and iCardio are ready to hit the global market.

 From R to L: Mark Power, Deputy head of Mission, British Embassy, Ohad Goldberg, Country President, AstraZeneca Israel, Gali Halpern Wienerman, Life Sciences Ecosystem & Digital Health Partnerships Lead in Accenture Europe, Efrat Morag, Head of Margalit Startup City Haifa, Erik Ullenhag, Swedish Am

Woman arrested for intentionally disconnecting two-month-old baby's feeding tube

The baby was not harmed, but the woman was sent to house arrest while the incident is investigated.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Surgeons implant printed earlobe in a work-accident victim

Plastic surgeons at a Jerusalem hospital used advanced tech to sculpt and implant a new earlobe for a 55-year-old man.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

World’s thinnest 3D printed cornea implanted in Jerusalem

This is the breakthrough that Ophthalmologists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center have achieved using the thinnest 3D cornea.

 Thinnest artificial cornea in the world

President Herzog gives Purim gifts to kids in hospital

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal dressed up as doctors and prescribed "medicine" to children in Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

 President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal visit children in Shaare Zedek Medical Center an give them gifts for Purim.

Tahini deadly? A Jerusalem tourist's terrifying encounter with the condiment

An Austrian tourist discovered he is allergic to tahini after encountering it in Israel for the first time.

Hummus dish with tahini