Health Ministry

Health Ministry comittee submits recommendations for womens' health system overhaul

Israel's Health Ministry is considering sweeping reforms to women's healthcare as studies reveal years-long diagnostic delays, inadequate treatment, and widespread gaps in care.

A medical worker and a uterus (illustrative).
Yitshak Kreiss, Director of the Sheba Medical Center speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony at the Safra Children Hospital, in Ramat Gan, February 6, 2023.

Sheba hospital director Yitshak Kreiss to temporarily serve as Health Ministry director-general

Khat bundle in Sana'a, Yemen.

Police, Health Ministry uncover operation selling methamphetamine labeled as 'khat drops'

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Three detained amid investigation into unlawful blood sample collections at Kaplan Medical Center


Israel prepares for effects of 'Godzilla' El Niño with Health Ministry drills

El Niño typically peaks around December, but Israelis could see more rain and flooding in early autumn because of the strength of this year's weather event.

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Health Ministry advances regulations requiring iodine enrichment for table salt

According to Health Ministry data, about 60% of children and 85% of pregnant women tested in Israel were found to have an iodine deficiency.

Salt

Nine-year-old boy in serious condition after infection caused by brain-eating amoeba

The boy was hospitalized with swelling in his brain and was subsequently sedated and ventilated in intensive care at Rambam Hospital. A Kinneret swim event was postponed following the case.

Naegleria fowleri

Water sector 'fully stable' following assessment, reservoirs to be filled over weekend

The announcement follows shutdowns at Israel's desalination plants amid high seawater turbidity, with plants in Ashkelon and Ashdod still inoperative as of Friday.

Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.

Health Ministry investigating another suspected Ebola case after traveler returns from DR Congo

The person will be treated in isolation under procedures for handling high-risk infectious diseases and will be transferred to Ichilov Hospital.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) Medical staff and nurses roaming the halls of Ichilov Hospital.

Police arrest suspect in Jerusalem baby food sedative contamination case

Police said they are also still investigating other lines of inquiry in the case, which may lead to additional arrests. 

Police outside of the Zol Bagadol supermarket in Jerusalem on June 17, 2026, as law enforcement investigates multiple incidents of children being hospitalized after eating tainted fruit puree.

Dozens of cardiologists may have skipped internal medicine training, falsified records - report

According to a Channel 13 report, the committee was formed after a resident doctor at the center alleged that residency logs had been falsified so cardiology residents could skip the training.

View of the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. January 26, 2026.

Israel imports record foreign workforce to replace Palestinians, but housing crisis looms

Israel now has 250,000 legal and illegal foreign workers, the highest number ever, according to Israel Population and Immigration Authority figures, with more to come.

Foreign workers seen working in a field near the Ben Gurion Airport, on August 14, 2025.

Health Min. reviews possible sperm donor genetic mismatch at Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv

The ministry is examining a private genetic test conducted abroad after a patient raised questions about whether the sperm donor used to conceive her child was genetically matched.

View of the Assuta medical center in Ramat haHayal, Tel Aviv. June 17, 2025.

Patient held in isolation in Soroka Hospital tests negative for Ebola after returning from DRC

The Health Ministry emphasized that currently there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Israel. 

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.