At least 1,360 doctors leave Israel since 2023 in healthcare brain drain

At least 1,360 doctors leave Israel since 2023 in healthcare brain drain Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Tue, 09/08/2026 - 11:12 Researchers recorded 416 departures in 2023, 530 in 2024, and an initial estimate of 419 in 2025 Doctors wheel a patient to safety at Soroka Hospital following an Iranian missile attack in Beersheba, southern Israel, on 19 June (AFP/John Wessels) Off At least 1,360 doctors have left Israel since 2023, according to new research. The number, equivalent to an entire hospital, refers to those doctors who left the country for a period of at least 12 months between 2023 and 2025. The researchers recorded 416 departures in 2023, 530 in 2024, and what they said was an initial estimate of 419 in 2025.