PNN – The Zionist regime has lost 1,370 physicians over a period of roughly two years due to the intensifying emigration of skilled professionals.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network citing Anadolu, a new study by Tel Aviv University reveals that at least 1,370 doctors left the occupied territories between 2023 and 2025—a trend indicating an escalation in the exodus of skilled personnel from the regime’s healthcare sector.
Based on the study, published on Sunday in the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, the figures include physicians who spent more than 270 days outside the occupied territories during the first year following their departure and subsequently did not reside there for more than three consecutive months.
Itay Ater, a professor at Tel Aviv University and one of the researchers, stated that economists had been warning about the rising exodus of skilled professionals since 2023. According to him, this trend began during the regime’s push for judicial reforms and intensified following October 7, 2023, and the outbreak of the Gaza war.
Researchers have expressed particular concern regarding the departure of physicians over the age of 45, as these individuals have typically completed their specialized training and play a crucial role in mentoring the next generation of doctors. Approximately one-fifth of the physicians who left the occupied territories during this period were over the age of 45.
In certain specialties, the rate of departure has been more pronounced. A total of 116 ophthalmologists, dermatologists, and ENT specialists have left—representing 6.2 percent of physicians in these fields. Additionally, 188 surgeons—approximately 6 percent of the total—have left Israel. Tel Aviv has recorded the highest emigration rate, with 5.4 percent of its physicians leaving.
This trend is unfolding against the backdrop of a warning issued last week by the Israeli Ministry of Finance, stating that approximately 24 percent of specialist physicians working in the regime’s hospitals will reach retirement age in the coming years. Another 25 percent have already passed retirement age but remain on the job due to a shortage of medical personnel.
Atar warned that the trajectory of this trend is even more concerning than the current situation, noting the likelihood that the emigration of physicians will increase following Israel’s general election on October 27.
Another study from Tel Aviv University, published in August, revealed that 268,509 Israelis left the occupied territories for at least three months between 2023 and 2025—a figure the Kan network described as a record. Israeli reports attribute this rise in emigration to the war, the high cost of living, and the political crisis. A Kan poll conducted in August also indicated that approximately one-fifth of Israelis had considered emigrating over the past two years.