Browsing: Israel News

The Health Ministry and the National Cyber Security Authority announced suspicions on Thursday that the Doctor’s Visit clinic network had been targeted in a cyber attack. A joint statement said that the network’s information security teams are investigating the event, including examining whether information was leaked and its nature. At this stage, it is too early to determine, but Israeli authorities are prepared for any scenario. The Doctor’s Visit clinics are operating as usual and are continuing to provide medical treatment. “The company identified at the beginning of the week an indication of a cyber event carried out by Iranian…

The Israeli Air Force held a joint exercise with the US Air Force on Tuesday, in what was likely a message to Iran amid speculation about a potential joint strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities. During the exercise, pilots “practiced operational coordination between the two militaries to enhance their ability to address various regional threats,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Thursday. The drill included Israeli F-15I and F-35I fighter jets flying alongside a US B-52 bomber. “The exercise aimed to strengthen and maintain the longstanding cooperation between the forces while expanding connectivity and building integrated capabilities…

Shortly after the completion of the handover of the bodies of the four remaining hostages from the first phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal on Thursday morning, the Hamas terror organization released a statement confirming its readiness to enter negotiations for the second phase. “We renew our full commitment to the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, with all its aspects and provisions, and we also confirm our readiness to enter into negotiations related to the second phase of the agreement,” Hamas said in the statement. Hamas also stated that the only way for Israel to guarantee the return of the…

Sheba Medical Center has risen from ninth to eighth place in Newsweek’s 2025 ranking of the world’s best hospitals. The achievement comes during a challenging year for Israel’s health care system, which has been tasked with treating the wounded, rehabilitating patients and caring for freed hostages. This marks the seventh consecutive year Sheba has been included in the prestigious ranking. Other Israeli hospitals also improved their standings: Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center climbed from 64th to 60th place, while Rabin Medical Center jumped from 158th to 122nd. Hadassah Medical Center ranked 242nd. At the top of the list, Mayo Clinic…

A car driven by a Palestinian who entered Israel illegally struck and injured at least 14 pedestrians at Karkur Junction near the northern town of Pardes-Hanna-Karkur, in what police said on Thursday was a terror attack. Medics first reported that 10 people were injured in the attack, among them a 17-year-old young woman in critical condition, two in serious condition, one in moderate condition and the rest lightly injured. One of the injured is a police officer who took part in the suspect’s arrest. Police said it caught the driver about four kilometers from the scene of the attack in…

Israel received coffins early Thursday from the Red Cross, after the alleged remains of four Israeli hostages murdered in captivity had been transferred to the international organization in the Gaza Strip. The four were positively identified as Itzik Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, Shlomo Mansour, and Tsachi Idan, who were kidnapped from their homes on October 7, 2023, before being murdered while held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released to secure the return of the bodies. “The coffins were, with Egyptian mediation, handed over to an IDF force at the Kerem Shalom Crossing,” the Prime Minister’s Office…

The families of Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, Omer Sham Tov, Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham al-Sayed have been informed that they will be released alive from Hamas captivity this Saturday. Here are their stories as they prepare to leave the horrors of captivity behind. Ziv Abud, the girlfriend of hostage Eliya Cohen, celebrated the news of his return Tuesday, writing on Instagram, “Eliya is coming home!” Cohen had attended the Nova music festival with Abud, his nephew Amit ben Avida, and Amit’s girlfriend, Karin Shwarcman. When the Hamas terror attack began, the four took cover in a rocket shelter…

The National Center for Forensic Medicine officially confirmed Thursday evening that it has identified the body of former hostage Oded Lifshitz, 85, who was murdered in captivity more than a year ago. His family and the Prime Minister’s Office had announced the development earlier in the day, with officials saying that he was killed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the forensic institute, said that forensic teams were working to provide definitive identification of the three other bodies transferred from Hamas custody, which the terrorist group has claimed to be those of Shiri Bibas and her two…

An Israeli American hostage recently freed from Hamas released a powerful message thanking Donald Trump for being the “reason I am home alive” and urged him to bring those remaining in captivity home. Keith Siegel, 65, issued a statement on Friday, February 14, commending the president for his “strength” and “leadership” during the conflict in Gaza while revealing the horrors he faced as a prisoner of Hamas. “Since February 1, I am a newly released Hamas hostage. I’m a survivor. I was held for 484 days in unimaginable conditions. Every single day felt like it could be my last,” Seigel…

The Prime Minister’s office announced on Wednesday that Israel has received the list of hostages who died in captivity whose bodies are due to be released on Thursday, pursuant to the framework of the agreement with Hamas. The four murdered hostages who will be returned are Shiri Bibas, her young sons, Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz. The Prime Minister’s Office stated that the Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing, Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch has updated the families of the hostages via the representatives of the IDF. “At this difficult hour, our hearts are with the grieving families. Additional…