Soroka Medical Center

Beersheba doctor pledged ISIS loyalty, researched poisons, courts say

Beginning in 2014, Dr. Azaam began intensively consuming media related to ISIS, and after October 7, 2023, he decided to swear allegiance to the terror organization.

 Illustration of ISIS terrorists.
Magen David Adom responding to site of Hezbollah rocket shrapnel fall in the Upper Galilee, April 16, 2026.

Beersheba woman killed, eight-year-old severely injured in domestic stabbing attack

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Arad, March 22, 2026.

Israeli defenses 'not hermetic' military source says following Iran missile impact in Dimona, Arad

The aftermath of an Iranian missile hit on an Arad apartment building, March 21, 2026.

'The whole house shook’: Residents describe experiences after Iranian missile exploded in Arad


Israeli doctor attacked by parents who don't want to stand in line

The doctor was slightly injured and the parents were both arrested. The incident took place at Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel.

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

Beersheba hospital fire that killed patient likely started by cigarette

One patient was found dead and about 25 others were rescued by the fire crews.

 Israel's Fire and Rescue Services southern command hold assessment after a fire at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba left one patient dead, December 28, 2022.

Gun dealer kills Arab customer after refusing sale based on race

Investigators discovered that the seller had refused to sell the air rifle to the young man because he was Arab.

Medics wheel into the emergency room wounded Israeli men from the shooting attack in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, at the Hadassa Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2022.

Meet the trailblazer Bedouin doctor fighting to change Israeli society

Among Negev residents, life expectancy among Bedouin residents is three or four years lower than for Jewish residents. 

 BEDOUIN WOMEN seek employment via Rahat’s Rayan center, focusing on the integration of previously unemployed women from Bedouin society in the Negev into the workforce (Illustrative).

Who are Israel's best doctors in each field?

The list contains a total of 378 doctors and, for the first time, includes gynecologists and fertility specialists.

 Female doctor looking at x ray film of patient head injury while working with another doctor at the hospital. Medical healthcare staff and doctor service.

Heat waves are most dangerous in cold countries -Soroka Med

Much of Europe has been sweltering under temperatures near 40 degrees centigrade, sending residents of England, France, Italy and elsewhere to historical fountains in cities to jump in and cool off.

A man dives into River Thames, during a heatwave in Oxford, Britain, July 19, 2022.

What causes ADHD? New Israeli study may have found out

ADHD is one of the most common mental disorders that usually first show up during childhood. This disorder in particular is characterized by hyperactivity and difficulty focusing.

 Brain of a child with ADHD with overall reduced volume and a proportional reduction in the left-sided prefrontal cortex.

3 in serious condition after violent funeral brawl in Rahat

The individuals involved in the brawl are thought to be of the Talalka and Alexasi families, who engaged in a mass brawl at Soroka with guns and knives earlier this month.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

19 arrested in large brawl at Soroka hospital in Beersheba

19 people have been arrested over a massive brawl which broke out at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Sunday.

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

Conjoined twins, separated in Israel last month, leave hospital

The operation the children underwent is extremely rare – having been performed only about 20 times – and now, for the first time in Israel.

 Dr. Mickey Gideon Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Soroka University Medical Center and one of the lead surgeons of the operation, with the twins.