Tag: Fatalities
Casualties in the 2021 Gaza conflict: How many and who were they?
During the 11 days of Hamas’s rocket assault against Israel, twelve civilians in Israel and an IDF soldier, Omer Tabib, were killed by Hamas terrorists. An additional 312 civilians and three soldiers were wounded in Israel.
In Gaza, the Hamas-run...
National Insurance Institute proposes compensation for families of Meron victims
Israel’s National Insurance Institute (NII) is proposing compensation in the amount of 100,000 shekels ($30,800) for each of the families who lost loved ones in the Lag B’Omer stampede at Mount Meron. A total of 45...
Israel’s COVID reproduction rate drops to 0.59
Israel’s coronavirus reproduction rate continues to drop, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday, and now stands at 0.59.
Of the 41,443 COVID-19 tests that the ministry conducted on Tuesday, 679 came back positive,...
A pregnant pause to consider vaccine denial
A tragedy that befell a Jerusalem family this week and resonated throughout the country should serve as a cautionary tale. A pregnant mother of four was admitted last Tuesday to the COVID-19 intensive-care unit...
Netanyahu: Despite ‘major success’ of lockdown, exit must be gradual
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened Thursday’s coronavirus Cabinet meeting by lauding what he called the “major success” of the nationwide lockdown, according to a statement released by his office.
“We are seeing a decline...
Decline in Israel’s COVID-19 morbidity cause for ‘cautious optimism’
The percentage of Israelis testing positive for COVID-19 has decreased for the third day in a row, according to Israeli Health Ministry figures released on Sunday.
In an interview with Channel 12 on Sunday morning, Weizmann Institute...
Israeli Health Ministry instructs hospitals to prepare 1,500 new beds for COVID patients
Some 4,953 Israelis tested positive for the coronavirus since Tuesday, bringing the country’s overall tally since the start of the pandemic to 239,806 cases, the Health Ministry stated, adding that on average, 15 percent...
In a first, Israel surpasses US in daily COVID mortality relative to population
Israel’s daily tally of coronavirus deaths per million people surpassed that of the United States on Tuesday for the first time since the onset of the global pandemic.
According to a report by a task...
Spike in COVID-19 cases could bring Israel’s hospitals to their knees, warns official
The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that...
Report: Israeli Health Ministry head tells hospitals to cease elective procedures, open new COVID-19...
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levi on Monday called on the country’s hospitals to cease performing elective procedures and to take urgent steps to handle the country’s steadily rising coronavirus morbidity rate.
In a...