Soroka Medical Center

Ex-Soroka doctor jailed for ISIS membership after collecting explosives, poison manuals

An Israeli court sentenced former Soroka doctor Muhammad Azzam to 27 months in prison, finding that his ISIS allegiance and collection of operational guides went beyond ideological interest.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Soroka Medical center doctor, Muhammad Azzam, 34, was arrested for pledging allegiance to ISIS, August 22, 2024.
An explosion at an Intel superconductor chip factory in Kiryat Gat, October 14, 2026.

Second factory worker injured in suspected gas cylinder explosion at Intel plant pronounced dead

The explosion occurred as two trucks were unloading nitrogen into tanks at the facility. One truck had completed its delivery when the blast hit during the transfer from the second truck.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Doctors in the Emergency Room in Soroka on October 7.PremiumPremium

State of emergency: Unseen footage takes viewers inside Clalit-Soroka on October 7

Unseen Clalit-Soroka footage of October 7 premieres at President’s Residency

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Nania Melda.

Beersheba man arrested after calling police to report himself for fatally stabbing ex-wife

N12 News reported that the couple's five-year-old son may have been in the apartment at the time of the incident.

|ByYANIR YAGNA, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

One child's tragic death saved four other children's lives through organ donation

A four-year-old boy received the heart; a six-year-old girl got the liver, and the kidneys were given to a four-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. 

AUGUST 17, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Shoham David Turgeman z”l.

Bedouin-Israeli child stuck inside washing machine, seriously injured

The boy was reportedly trapped in the washing machine for several minutes.

APRIL 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing seen outside Magen David Adom headquarters in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2022.

Doctor brings hametz into hospital freely amid 'Hametz Law' controversy

This came nearly a week after a pregnant woman arrived at Laniado Medical Center in Netanya on Sunday and was required to leave her snacks in a box at the hospital entrance.

APRIL 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ARNOLD NATAEV/MAARIV
Doctor writing notes during a session with a patient.

Israeli researchers develop medication to treat statin myopathy - study

Statin myopathy, a disease that develops as a side effect of statins, causes paralysis and eventually leads to death.

MARCH 22, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Illustrative image of statins.

Businessman with alleged criminal connections shot dead in Rahat

Rushdi Albachiri is the 28th man to be murdered in Arab society in Israel this year.

MARCH 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police investigating a shooting in Rahat and searching for suspects.

Israeli killed by elephant in Nepal

The Israeli volunteer at a local hospital was found dead in a forest near the Chitwan national park.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByYOAV ETIEL/WALLA
An African elephant.

6 killed, including 2 toddlers, in car crashes across Israel

Another three people were injured, two of them seriously, and were evacuated to hospitals for treatment.

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The aftermath of the accident at Urim Junction on Highway 234.

Israeli doctor attacked by parents who don't want to stand in line

The doctor was slightly injured and the parents were both arrested. The incident took place at Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

Beersheba hospital fire that killed patient likely started by cigarette

One patient was found dead and about 25 others were rescued by the fire crews.

DECEMBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel's Fire and Rescue Services southern command hold assessment after a fire at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba left one patient dead, December 28, 2022.

Gun dealer kills Arab customer after refusing sale based on race

Investigators discovered that the seller had refused to sell the air rifle to the young man because he was Arab.

DECEMBER 22, 2022ByKARIN SAGI/WALLA
Medics wheel into the emergency room wounded Israeli men from the shooting attack in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, at the Hadassa Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2022.