Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Israeli envoy to US's son fighting for life in hospital after car-ramming attack, Leiter says

Leiter said son Neria’s condition had stabilized, but stressed that his life was “still in danger” after Shaare Zedek Medical Center said he remained in serious condition following several surgeries.

Yechiel Leiter, Israeli Ambassador to the US, outside the Shaare Zedek Medical Center after his son was wounded in a terror attack, September 24, 2026.
Neria Leiter.

IDF reservist, son of Israeli envoy to US, seriously wounded in car-ramming terror attack

Kidney Disease.

New robot helps Israeli surgeons crush kidney stones without the splash

Ambulances are seen at the entrance to the emergency room at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 23, 2026.

Two children hospitalized in Jerusalem after severe poisoning from THC-infused cannabis candies


Medical caretaker arrested for sexually abusing patients

The suspect had his employment terminated immediately after receipt of the complaint.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Israeli plastic surgeons perform innovative skin cancer treatment

An innovative treatment for cancerous skin tumors with fewer side effects was used at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

 Shaare Zedek Medical Center doctors performing a skin cancer treatment procedure

Can Israeli AI smartphone app diagnose strokes from afar?

The company says the technology will provide the triage clinician with a tool for immediate diagnosis, with a high degree of accuracy of whether the patient has had a stroke and how severe it is.

 The CVAid platform.

Israeli hospital to take part in unique breast cancer prevention pilot

Has a drug been found that reduces the risk of breast cancer and makes mastectomy unnecessary? Israel is one of 8 countries taking part in this unique first-of-its-kind pilot

Breast cancer illustrative photo.

Israel’s first-ever brain cooling at Jerusalem hospital saves life of Filipina nursing assistant

Until now, these patients have been treated with drugs or operated on.

 From left, Dr. Mausbach, Alma (Norila’s caretaker), Norila, Dr. David Hazon

Palestinian child suffers stroke, is saved at Jerusalem hospital

A child suffering a stroke is a rare case, with an incidence of one in half-a-million children.

 Dr. Yaakov Amsalem and Ayla.

Israeli hospitals regularly overcrowded, not enough investment from gov't

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center asked Magen David Adom not to bring urgent patients to its emergency department until further notice because it is at 300% capacity.

 Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021.

First in Israel: Doctors treat acid reflux without invasive surgery or pills

The safe and innovative treatment has been researched and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Specialists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center have performed for the first time in Israel an innovative endoscopic procedure that successfully treats patients suffering from heartburn acid reflux and can come instead of surgery.

Grapevine: Post-post office

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Israel Postal Company mailbox

Jerusalem doctors successfully pull ring out after toddler swallows it

An X-ray examination in an east Jerusalem hospital revealed the cause, but since the staff were unable to remove it, he was rushed to SZMC.

 A gold ring is seen inside a child's throat at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.