The Times of Israel Daily Briefing ToI reporter on life under Hezbollah's rain of missiles
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Mar 15, 2026 
Diana Bletter, a northern Israel reporter covering health and regional affairs, gives on-the-ground updates about hospitals and daily life under Hezbollah missile fire. She describes hospitals moving critical care underground and wartime medical preparedness. She also recounts personal experiences of sirens, local resilience in farming communities, evacuations, and shared hardship across the north.
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Sirens Trigger Daily Waves Of Panic And Anxiety
- Mental health crises spike immediately after sirens, with many patients seeking help for panic and anxiety.
- Hospitals report daily panic attacks triggered by the siren's sudden, penetrating noise that forces people to run to shelters.
Run Drills And Write Protocols For Fast Shelter Moves
- Prepare hospitals with written protocols and regular drills to enable rapid relocation into fortified areas.
- Galilee Medical Center used June protocols to move equipment and patients underground within hours, showing drills yield speed.
Hospitals Can Go Underground In Hours
- Israeli hospitals pre-stage entire units underground to continue care during missile barrages.
- Galilee Medical Center moved NICU, dialysis machines and patients into fortified parking-lot areas within about four hours using prewritten protocols from June drills.