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Netanyahu declared cancer-free after hiding diagnosis during Iran war

Netanyahu said the report was delayed for two months to avoid giving Iran an opportunity to exploit his medical condition for propaganda during the war.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026.
Carol Ann Schwartz, national president of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, at the inauguration.

Netivot shows how Israel’s periphery can become its center - opinion

 View of a new Intensive care unit built in the underground parking lot of the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023.

As Iran war broke out, United Hatzalah volunteers transferred patients to underground wards

‘David the Servant King’ takes the stage.

A manicure, a memorial and the music of David - opinion


Hadassah opens new Netivot medical center to expand advanced care in Israel’s south

Hadassah–Helmsley Netivot is expected to serve more than 150,000 residents across Netivot, the western Negev and Gaza envelope communities, according to Hadassah.

Coalition Chair MK Ofir Katz; Hadassah Director Prof. Yoram Weiss; Hadassa US pres. Carol Ann Schwartz, ; Chair of the Hadassah BoD Dalia Itzik; Health Minister Haim Katz; Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana; Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman; and Netivot Mayor Yehiel Zohar.

Many medical institutions automatically refuse to admit, correct errors, researcher finds

According to Prof. Mayer Brezis, “the greatest barriers to patient safety are not technological or scientific – but cultural," such as the fear of legal consequences and institutional defensiveness.

PROF. MAYER BREZIS: The greatest barriers to patients’ safety are cultural.

Two men murdered in Shuafat refugee camp shooting near Jerusalem

"We noticed that they were unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing,” MDA paramedics recalled of the scene. “We began performing advanced CPR and administering medication.

MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025

High Court of Justice blocks autopsies of dead infants from Jerusalem daycare disaster

Authorities called for the autopsies, given that the cause of death has not yet been definitively determined, while the families of the deceased petitioned the court against them.

First responders at the scene where dozens of toddlers were suspected to have been badly poisoned at a daycare in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Children who were killed, injured at Jerusalem daycare likely experienced respiratory distress

The director of Hadassah-University Medical Center told Maariv that the deaths were "probably from some kind of poisoning, with or without a combination of crowding, fever, or dehydration."

Magen David Adom paramedics and vehicles are seen at the scene of an incident involving hazardous material, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Suspect arrested for indecent acts on patients at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting patients at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. Authorities are investigating possible additional victims.

 The Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem. January 15, 2017.

Beyond the Headlines: A medical milestone, a shared vision - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

A Medical Milestone and a Shared Vision

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

The study shows that melanoma cells release tiny bubble-like structures called extracellular vesicles, or EVs, which can paralyze the immune cells that normally attack tumors.

A 3D immunofluorescent image of melanoma cells (magenta) infected with bacteria (turquoise); cell nuclei are blue

Three Palestinians, three settlers wounded in West Bank clash near Route 437

MDA evacuated five of the wounded individuals, including two of the Palestinians, to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hadassah-University Medical Center for further medical treatment.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) Screenshot of the clash between settlers and Palestinians on December 22, 2025 near route 437 in the West Bank.

Third age: To tell or not to tell, that is the question - opinion

Was ageism, with its negative stereotypes and pressure to remain youthful, so embedded in her mindset that not mentioning her age had become a habit of avoiding judgment?

'We need to be pro-aging.'