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Tag: Medical Treatment

0 Israel Politics

Israeli hospital has been quietly harboring 24 patients from Gaza and their families since October

Susan Greene in Forward · 10 Jul

The Sheba Medical Center in Israel has been quietly providing treatment and shelter for 24 seriously ill patients from Gaza and their families since before October.

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Israeli kids with life-threatening illnesses find respite from war at Catskills camp

Luke Tress in JTA · 10 Jul

Amidst the ongoing conflict in Israel, 28 Israeli children with serious illnesses, including cancer, found a temporary escape at Camp Simcha in the Catskills, New York.

0 Israel Ethics

“I Saved Sinwar’s Life-then he killed my nephew” // A conversation with Dr. Yuval Bitton

Rabbi Yitzchok Frankfurter in Ami · 26 Jun

Dr. Yuval Bitton, a former dentist in Israel's Nafcha Prison, saved the life of Yahya Sinwar, who later became the leader of Hamas in Gaza.

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10/21/23 – Shiur 439 – Israel at War – Halachos of warfare, “collateral damage,” prisoner swaps, refusing medical treatment to terrorists, and much more

Halacha Headlines · 20 Oct 2023

This Shiur (lesson) discusses various halachic (Jewish legal) issues related to warfare, including the concept of collateral damage when bombing Gaza, whether a Jewish doctor can refuse to treat an injured terrorist, the permissibility of the death sentence for terrorists according to halacha, and the ethics of prisoner swaps.