Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Two children hospitalized in Jerusalem after severe poisoning from THC-infused cannabis candies

Upon their arrival, Sarah Hefter, a nurse in the department, ensured that the children were monitored and received immediate medical treatment.

Ambulances are seen at the entrance to the emergency room at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 23, 2026.
Dr. Ariel Orbach (L), Co-Founder and CEO of GentaGel, Prof. Avi Domb (M), Inventor of GentaGel-LR Technology, and Eli Lerner (R), Co-founder and COO of GentaGel.

Targeted antibiotic gel helps 80% of pilot patients avoid foot amputation, Jerusalem trial finds

IDF responds to terror stabbing attack near a Palestinian town in the Jordan Valley, August 23, 2026.

Duvdevan captures 16-year-old terrorist who stabbed an off-duty soldier in Jericho

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.

Anti-Arab racism in Israel’s health system ignores a critical doctor shortage - opinion


Grapevine: New leadership

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Isaac Herzog, a man with much political experience.

Meet the doctor bringing hope to the world of medicine

Growing up, Prof. Ben Corn dreamt of finding a cure for the prostate cancer that killed his father.

 PROF. BEN CORN: ‘We must incorporate the vision of a more holistic approach to cancer care.’

Couple who lost child in Ofra Junction attack give birth to baby boy

The Ish-Rans, who lost their child in a terrorist attack, returned to Shaare Zedek this week to welcome a new baby.

Medical staff from the maternity and trauma teams at Shaare Zedek Medical Center congratulate the Ish-Rans upon the birth of their new son.

COVID antibodies start to decline in kids after only 4 months – study

According to researchers, these findings may indicate that children have a weaker long-term immune response to COVID-19.

This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus parti

20 years later, Sbarro attack victims dedicate Shaare Zedek delivery room

Meir Schijveschuurder who experienced the attack as a 17 year old, expressed that the choice to dedicate a delivery room reflected “circle of life."

Siblings Chaya and Meir Schijveschuurder meet with medical personnel who treated them in the wake of Sbarro terror attack 20 years ago.

Cardiology breakthrough at Shaare Zedek: Heart defect repaired with stitch

In a first for Israeli medicine, doctors repaired a heart defect with a stitch and no implant.

A medical team that repaired a heart defect in a 38-year-old woman at Shaare Zedek Medical Center without implanting a foreign object in her body.

Shaare Zedek performs life saving surgery on 4-year-old boy

The boy, Omran, was hit by a car driving over 130 kilometers an hour and as a result, developed a rare and complex spinal fracture.

Omran laying in the hospital

Israeli scientists aim to ‘see’ cancer in our blood

A new collaboration between an Israeli biotech company, Sight Diagnostics, and Shaare Zedek aims to provide early detection of blood cancers by analyzing images of blood cells.

The team at Sight Diagnostics working

Crack near Shaare Zedek sinkhole threatens additional collapse - WATCH

Video footage revealed a massive crack on a road near the hospital Tuesday afternoon.

JERUSALEM’S Shaare Zedek Medical Center

WATCH: Parking lot collapses into sinkhole at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek

Security footage shows three cars falling straight into the sinkhole. It is still unknown if there were people inside.

Shaare Zedek Hospital