Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Health reporter Diana Bletter joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.

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In improved pop-up clinics, underground parking lots converted to wards and fortified operating rooms, hospitals and health clinics around the country are once again providing services under fire since the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28. Bletter tells us about the first instance that a Lebanon threat brought a Galilee hospital underground and talks about emergency preparedness.

In the second half of the program, we drill down into life in the north of Israel right now. Bletter talks about what it is like for her personally, and reports on the stalwart northerners who are maintaining Israel’s pioneering spirit and staying rooted on the frontline.

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