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Some 50 days after mother turtles laid their eggs in Israeli beaches, newborn sea turtles are starting to make their way "home," to the sea.  The Israel Nature and Parks Authority tries to ensure that there are clear paths to the sea for the newly hatched sea turtles.

Israel hosts and protects 33 species of bat - they are important pollinators and prey on insects, especially mosquitoes.  Bat Night has taken place every year since 1997 in more than 30 countries.  Lectures and tours take place across Israel.

Ralph Robbins, executive director of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB) has developed the model “Ecosystem for Success” in order to promote Israeli companies that can bring benefits to the agriculture of the US State of Virginia.

Here’s a video of some Gazans who are being treated in Israel.

(Thanks to Janglo.net) The Jerusalem Development Authority has announced a 20-million shekel project to open up the Old City for tourists with disabilities. Sloping ramps will be built in the Jewish Quarter, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the City of David.

(Thanks to Hazel) Professor Ahmed Eid is Hadassah’s head of surgery, while everyone at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon loves Dr. Rabia Darawasha. Meanwhile, Technion graduate Johny Srouji was appointed as the vice president of hardware technologies at Apple, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.

Around 100 Gazans are transferred for treatment to Israeli hospitals every month. However, some refuse to be (or are prevented by Hamas from being) treated in Israel. So Magen David Adom helped evacuate 18 Gazans by plane to take them for treatment at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

(Thanks to Israel21c) A Syrian woman fleeing from Quneitra gave birth to her first child at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed (Tsfat). This is the seventh birth of a Syrian baby at the northern Israeli medical center.

(Thanks to Hazel and Israel21c) A Yazidi child from Northern Iraq was given life-saving heart surgery in Israel.

Dr Zev Goldik from Haifa's Carmel Hospital is the first Israeli to be elected President of the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA). The ESA has over 18,000 members in 40 EU countries.