'Strategic threat': Israel faces healthcare brain drain as 1,369 doctors leave in three years

'Strategic threat': Israel faces healthcare brain drain as 1,369 doctors leave in three years Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Tue, 10/20/2026 - 15:06 The Israeli Medical Association says security concerns, burnout and career prospects are driving departures, raising fears of longer-term shortages in public hospitals Medical and army personnel monitor patients at an underground ward at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, northern Israel, 11 October 2020 (Jack Guez/AFP) Off At least 50 Israeli physicians left the coun