In a region where crisis can strike without warning, the need for secure, advanced medical infrastructure is no longer a strategic luxury—it is an urgent necessity. At the heart of the Sharon region, Laniado Hospital has served over 500,000 residents faithfully for decades. But in 2024, the growing threat from hostile regional actors, particularly Iran and its proxies, has changed the calculus.

A Nation Under Threat

Iran's aggressive posture toward Israel has become increasingly tangible, not just through rhetoric, but via missile attacks and coordinated threats against civilian infrastructure. Hospitals—once seen as untouchable—have become targets in modern asymmetric warfare. This threat was underscored most recently when hospitals in southern and central Israel were forced to relocate patients into fortified shelters, compromising critical care for the most vulnerable.

Laniado is the primary trauma and emergency care provider for the Sharon area. Yet its current Emergency Department is woefully undersized, outdated, and exposed. It handles over 88,000 ER visits a year, and still operates within a structure that was never designed to accommodate such volume—let alone direct strikes or missile sirens.

A Vision Built from Compassion—and Urgency

The New Emergency Hospital at the Laniado Medical Campus is not just a structural upgrade. It is a 4,000-square metre, three-level underground facility—designed to be rocket- and bomb-proof, fully self-sustaining, and able to continue operations uninterrupted even under missile attack. This facility will include:

• 58 patient beds, including trauma and internal medicine wards
• 15 ambulance treatment bays, triage stations, and a walk-in clinic
• Advanced imaging suites, casting and orthopaedics rooms
• Secure counselling and social services spaces for civilian psychological trauma

This hospital will quadruple the current capacity and, critically, ensure continuity of care during wartime or national emergencies.

A Legacy Born from Survival

Laniado was born from the ashes of the Holocaust—founded by Rabbi Yekutiel Halberstam z’tl, who lost his wife and 11 children during the war. His promise—to build a hospital in Israel grounded in Jewish compassion and open to all humanity—was fulfilled. The hospital today is not just a medical institution, but a living tribute to resilience, dignity, and peace.

Now, the hospital that was created to bring healing to a wounded nation needs urgent support to continue that mission in a new era of risk.

An Opportunity to Be Part of History

The total cost of the new Emergency Hospital is £24 million, half of which has already been secured through the Israeli government and a lead donor. Laniado is now seeking 100 global visionaries to become founding members of the Founders 100 Club—individuals who will stand for the sanctity of life and the protection of Israel's civilian population.

Each founder commits £15,000 per year for four years—a total of £60,000. In recognition, each member will be honoured permanently in the main entrance of the hospital—a statement of moral courage and global Jewish solidarity.