'Politics remain outside the walls of the hospital and we will work to provide the best medical care we can to every person,' said Prof. Adi Leiba, head of the clinic.

'Israel's numbers speak for themselves,' said one of Israel's top emergency department doctors. 'We expected a much greater crisis with much greater morbidity.'

The corona ward in this hospital treated some of the worst coronavirus cases in the country, but is now shuttered because all its patients have gone home.

Doctors in Tel Aviv's Assuta Hospital saved Irada Al-Masry's life after she suffered a severe hemorrhage in Gaza.

Though Palestinian leaders publicly call for Israel’s destruction and work against it, they are privately deeply appreciative of its existence and the expert medical treatment it is providing for their relatives.