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


Prestigious UK medical journal writes against Israel's judicial reform

A leading medical journal in Britain has published two unprecedented articles on Israeli doctors’ anxiety over judicial overhaul.

 Medical staff protest lack of funding which has forced hospitals into "emergency mode," August 29, 2021

Gynecologist sexually assaults patients, gets released after less than a year

The decision to release Shechter early means that he will be released from prison after less than a year.

 Doctor writing notes during a session with a patient.

Health Min. reforms to allow public to receive treatment at hospital of choice

At present, the public do not have control over which hospital they are sent to when in need of treatment.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Keren Shechter appointed chairperson of eHealth Ventures Investment Fund

The fund manages $70 million US dollars and is investing in new healthcare techologies.

Keren Shechter Chair of eHealth Venture Fund

Report: Israelis live long, work hard, but still behind in certain areas

While productivity in Israel – buoyed by the hi-tech sector – has led to a boom in the country, Israel remains behind in healthcare and income inequality.

 HEAVY TRAFFIC moves slowly on the Ayalon Highway. The traffic jams that afflict greater Tel Aviv have become one of Israel’s most acute problems, says the writer.

'Israel must increase investments in health care systems' - Meuhedet CEO

Regev Rosenberg, who is stepping down in December, said that on the one hand, the state of the health system is good, but on the other, it is worrying.

 Sigal Regev Rosenberg, CEO of Meuhedet Health Services, speaks at the Maariv Annual Business Summit

Sheba Medical Center to integrate Elbit thermal imaging technology

Sheba will implement Elbit’s thermal photography, which is best known for its role in the world of defense and aerospace and offers significant potential for healthcare.

‘Complete care in English and in Russian.’ Israel’s Sheba Media Center

Underfunding UNRWA will lead to its collapse, agency head warns

Lazzarini: It's not enough to renew the mandate, UN nations must provide funds for it. Failure to do so would "push the agency towards financial collapse."

 Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA, visits Sheikh Jarrah on June 2.

Israel said to face severe shortage of radiologists

Many doctors currently working in the field are nearing the age of retirement, and there are fewer and fewer people choosing to specialize in the field of radiology.

A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille

Violence against medical professionals must end - editorial

The public deserves to be safe at hospitals - this should be obvious considering that we only recently come out of a pandemic, and it is indicative of a much larger issue.

Healthcare workers, nurses and doctors, unified under the movement called "Take Care of Care" wearing face masks gesture during a protest against the Belgian authorities' management of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, at the MontLegia CHC Hospital in Liege, Belgium, May 15, 2020.