Dr. Itay Gal

Dr. Itay Gal is the medical correspondent for Maariv, Ynet, and Yedioth Ahronoth and has published thousands of articles and books and edited and presented news bulletins on the radio and television.

His publications led, among other things, to thousands of signatures on an Adi card for organ donation and to the collection of donations for sick children whose lives were saved.

In parallel to his journalistic and news work, Dr. Gal is a specialist in pediatrics, sports, and aviation medicine and a graduate student with a master's degree in health systems management at Bar-Ilan University.

Dr Sigal Frishman, head of nutrition at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, October 2025.

Dr to Maariv: Each hostage receives personalized dietitian, choosing food important psychologically

Deputy Director of the Rabin Medical Center, and Director of the center's Beilinson Campus, Dr. Lena Feldman Koren (R) with released hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, October 13, 2025.

Hostages arriving at hospital combines 'excitement, anxiety, tears of relief,' doctor tells Maariv

Released hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal waves the Israeli flag as he arrives to Beilinson hospital, October 13, 2025.

What hormonal changes, psychological effects mean for freed captives - explainer


Health Ministry instructs hospitals to prepare for treatment of hostages under severe malnutrition

According to estimates by health system officials, most of the abductees now returning to Israel suffered from severe malnutrition and are at risk of developing "refeeding syndrome."

Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, October 05, 2025.

Israel readies DNA and CT scans to identify hostages’ remains

Teams are preparing to identify the fallen hostages, determine the causes of death, and support families, using scientific methods and human compassion

 View of the entrance to the L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir. October 17, 2024.

Israeli forensic team completes preparations to identify bodies of 28 hostages

Dozens of experts are preparing for one of Israel’s most difficult operations: the identification of 28 Israeli hostages whose bodies are being returned from Hamas captivity.

 Israeli security forces stand guard at the L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir, February 20, 2025.

Three children hospitalized after eating cannabis-laced cookies

According to their parents, the family had traveled to visit Ramallah, where at a candy stall the children asked to buy cookies that "looked like Oreos.”

 Cannabis

The tragedy continues: Seventh Jerusalem baby dies from measles

A 1-year-old toddler in Jerusalem died from measles, marking the seventh fatality in the outbreak. The Ministry of Health stresses the disease is preventable through vaccination.

 Doctors treating a baby incubated suffering from a measles infection; illustrative

Just before boarding: The apps you must have for a vacation abroad

Your smartphone can make travel smooth and stress-free. We explore essential apps that simplify trips abroad and help you stay organized, informed, and in control.

Apps That Will Make Your Vacation Convenient.

Special preparations and closed wards: How Israel's hospitals prepare to receive Gaza hostages

Each participating hospital has already prepared spacious, isolated, and fully accessible rooms designed to provide both medical care and full privacy.

An Israeli military helicopter with released Israeli hostages arrive at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, November 29, 2023.

Breakthrough Israeli AI slashes head-CT wait times, flags missed brain bleeds - exclusive

An Israeli-developed system installed on CT scanners at Assuta Medical Centers sharply shortened reporting times for suspected stroke and identified life-threatening intracranial hemorrhages.

Brain scans

‘The ER looked like a world war’: Neurosurgeon and social worker recall the first hours of Oct. 7

“Dozens of bleeding casualties, radio calls, a never-ending flow of stretchers,” were some of the things neurosurgeon Dr. Lior Ungar remembers from that day.

Medics evacuate a wounded Israeli soldier on road 232 near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 7, 2023.

OpenAI presents: A new network entirely based on AI videos – this is what it will look like

ChatGPT’s parent company launched Sora 2, a new AI video model. Users can upload videos, but all content is actually generated by OpenAI’s algorithms, not real cameras.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.