Monthly Archives: January 2024

Child-friendly bomb shelters

Posted on January 25, 2024

The central Israel city of Holon is often called the children’s city as it hosts a huge children’s museum complex, a children’s library, and kid-friendly story parks. The municipality has now employed artist Rinat Luk Elhaik to paint each of … Continue reading →

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Boosting survival rates for wounded IDF soldiers

Posted on January 25, 2024

The current 6.7% mortality rate for wounded IDF personnel is half of that during the 2006 2nd Lebanon war. This can be attributed to faster evacuations, better protective equipment, and medical tech from Israeli founded companies such as Mazor Robots … Continue reading →

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Finland gives $1 million to MDA

Posted on January 25, 2024

The Finnish government is to donate $1 million to Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service. Finland’s ambassador to Israel Dr. Nina Nordström signed the agreement after she toured the MDA 101 Emergency Call Center in Kiryat Ono. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/finland-to-donate-1-million-to-magen-david-adom/

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DNA sequencing to combat pathogens

Posted on January 25, 2024

Israel’s Sequentify (see here previously) was awarded a grant by the Israel Innovation Authority to help develop a targeted DNA sequencing panel for infectious disease research, focusing on pathogen diagnosis and antibiotic resistance surveillance. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sequentify-awarded-grant-by-israel-innovation-authority-for-infectious-disease-sequencing-panel-302031466.html

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A sensor to guide the endoscope

Posted on January 25, 2024

Israel’s SwiftDuct has developed a smart endoscope for navigating the complex and dangerous route needed to check the condition of the bile duct. 20% of the 2 million annual ERCP procedures cause damage to the nearby pancreatic duct. SwiftDuct’s sensor … Continue reading →

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US approval for ultrasound software

Posted on January 25, 2024

Israel’s Techsomed Medical Technologies (see here previously) has received US FDA approval for its BioTraceIO groundbreaking ultrasound-based liver ablation software. It helps surgeons to see the real-time status of liver tumors while they use thermal ablation therapy to destroy them. … Continue reading →

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In Gaza together, re-united in maternity ward

Posted on January 25, 2024

IDF reservists Eliya Rosen and Daniel Novogrotzky fought together for six weeks in Gaza. They were drafted on Oct 7, to join their unit, Company A of Brigade 55’s Battalion 28. They then discovered that their wives shared a room … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of Judah coin unearthed

Posted on January 25, 2024

An extremely rare silver coin was recently discovered during an excavation in Israel’s Judean Hills. It is around 2,500 years old (6th–5th centuries BCE) and was found whilst excavating a First Temple period building. Archeologists also discovered a shekel measuring … Continue reading →

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A synagogue in Khan Yunis

Posted on January 25, 2024

A surprising sight in Khan Yunis.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9HE6a5ebtc

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Keeping Shabbat for Israeli soldiers

Posted on January 25, 2024

The organization Shabbat 4 Soldiers asks US families that normally don’t observe Shabbat, to keep it on behalf of an IDF soldier on active duty who normally keeps it but currently cannot. In its first month, 85 families have kept … Continue reading →

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