Shaare Zedek Medical Center

WhatsApp co-founder gives Shaare Zedek $200m in record Israeli hospital donation

The donation will fund the construction of a new medical tower at the hospital and will lead to the official renaming of the institution as Koum Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

New Shaare Zedek Hospital medical tower planned for Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem razes Elie Wiesel Plaza for NIS 73m. underground passage to Shaare Zedek

Illustrative image of a baby girl to frame story of 9-month-old who died in Shaare Zedek after choking. February, 2026.

Nine-month-old baby rushed to Shaare Zedek after choking, passes away despite resuscitation efforts

Prof. Ofer Merin, IFCJ President Yael Eckstein, and Prof. Jonathan HaLevy.

Grapevine, February 13, 2026: An anti-aggression alliance


Hamas ambushes IDF troops, killing three, wounding others

The Hamas attacker fired the missile on the structure where the soldiers were basing themselves at the time.

 IDF soldiers carry out ground operations in the Gaza Strip.

Ministries argue over giving Israeli hospitals permission to purchase more imaging devices

Tamar Chin, health liaison in the Treasury’s budget division, replied that her ministry weighs budget versus needs and that per-capita rates were recently updated.

A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille

This week in Jerusalem: No more tickets

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 A Jerusalem municipal inspector writes out a parking ticket.

Jerusalem doctors save IDF combat soldier by leaving shrapnel in heart

Amit Bar-Ze'ev, a combat soldier from the north, was rushed from the battlefield to SZMC about a week after the IDF moved into Gaza.

 Photo of Amit Bar-Ze’ev

Israeli medical center, investment group establish healthcare innovation hub

The Shaare Zedek Arieli Innovation Hub – whose acronym is SHAAR –will focus on transformative startups, advancing innovative technologies, and supporting pioneering research and development.

 From Left to Right: Renana Ofan, deputy director-general of Shaare Zedek Medical; Prof. Ofer Merin, SZMC director-general; Eli Renov, cofounder and CEO of Arieli; Prof. Dan Turner, vice president for Research and Development at SZMC

Shaare Zedek to add 18-story, 900-bed hospital tower to campus

The aim is to provide high-level medical care not only to Jerusalem residents, but also to Beit Shemesh, Givat Ze’ev, Betar Illit, Gush Etzion, the Binyamin region, and Modi’in.

 Shaare Zedek hospital.

For one Jewish family, education about family cancer history pays dividends

Knowledge of her family history also made all the difference for her daughter.

 A 3D rendering of cancer cells (Illustrative).

Shaare Zedek, Jerusalem municipality fly patriotic flags on hospital’s chimney tower

The project was managed by Marom F.G.P. and their rappelling team who scaled the tower to ensure the safe installation of the flags.

Israeli flags are hung on Shaare Zedek's chimney tower as a symbol of solidarity for the victims of the Hamas terror attacks and their friends and family.

What is your brain's iron level? New Israeli non-invasive tech can find out

The “groundbreaking” MRI technology promises to revolutionize scientists’ understanding of iron homeostasis in the human brain. 

 Non-invasive approach for assessment of normal and impaired iron homeostasis in the brain.

Jerusalem doctors carry out revolutionary AR robotic spinal surgery

Doctors at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center used augmented reality and a surgical robot to carry out incredibly complex spinal surgery.

 Dr. Cezar Mizrahi is seen AR surgery at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.