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An El Al aircraft takes off from Seoul, South Korea, to deliver tens of thousands of coronavirus test kits and protective personal gear for medical staff, on April 8, 2020. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense.

An inside look at the historic efforts by Israel’s defense ministry to combat the...

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As the coronavirus pandemic put the State of Israel into an unprecedented lockdown last month, the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Production and Procurement (DOPP), which usually deals with the acquisition and maintenance of military...
Israeli soldiers in the Home Front Command Unit give out food packages to elderly people in Jerusalem obliged to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, April 7, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli coronavirus cases near 12,000; death toll reaches 118

As of Tuesday morning, 11,868 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus, which has so far killed 118 people in the country. According to the country’s Health Ministry, 181 patients are currently listed in serious...
Bnei Brak, Israel, on April 3, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

‘Bnei Brak is facing a serious crisis, we need to work quicker’

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“We are currently undertaking delaying actions. We have to increase significantly the number of tests we’re carrying out in Bnei Brak. If this does not happen immediately, we will face a far more severe...
A health-care worker handes coronavirus test samples at Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem on March 26, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

As death toll rises, Israel braces for ‘5,000 patients on ventilators’

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel continues to rise, Israeli health workers are saying that the worst may have yet to come. As of Monday, there were 4,347 confirmed cases of...
Magen David Adom medical team members in protective gear at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 22, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli COVID-19 cases exceed 1,200; Defense Ministry asks to be put in charge

Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed on Monday that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the country had climbed to 1,238, with 24 people being in serious condition. The majority of cases are...
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi during a meeting with the soldiers of the Home Front Command assisting in the national effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

IDF steps up readiness to battle spread of virus, obtain medical equipment and care...

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The Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that its Directorate of Production and Procurement will be taking over the mission of purchasing all of the needed medical equipment needed to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
An Israeli worker stands outside the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem that was converted to receive coronavirus patients, March 19, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

IDF Home Front Command opens hotels for patients recovering from COVID-19

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Following a directive by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command opened its first coronavirus recovery center for mild patients at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Bennett...