Emergency Info. and Help

Emergency phone numbers

100 –Immediate Extreme  Emergency call line.

101 – Ambulances – Magen David Adom; there are also private ambulance services, e.g. Levy – 072-3259830, 050-5402511; Ra’anan – 08-6755473; Eytanim – 072-3227068, etc.

102 – Fire Department.      

103 – Electric Company.

104 – Homefront Command hotline.

105 – National Hotline for the Protection of Children from Online (Internet) Cyber-Attacks (by online bullies and molesting predators).

106 – Be’er-Sheva Municipal Citizen’s Complaints Desk, also for  reporting emergencies, such as: accidents, terrorism & all types of violence or danger.

110 – Police Department desk.

112 – “Imminent Danger” Police Hotline (may be dialed from any cell-phone, even if it’s locked or hasn’t got a SIM card).

119 – CERT – Emergency Line for Reporting Cyber-Attacks.

1201 – “Eran” – personal distress/mental health/suicide prevention support desk.

1202 – “Maslan” – Women’s rape/sexual assault hotline(free help & full confidentiality guaranteed; founded 1988) or 08-6421313.

1203 – “Maslan” – Men’s rape/sexual assault hotline(free help & full confidentiality guaranteed).

1204 – School Violence Hotline.

1220 – “Zaka” – terrorist-action aftermath response team.

Emergency medical services

The Corona virus (COVID-19) emergency phone line is *5400. The  Israel Ministry of Health also has a mobile-phone app that may be downloaded – CoronApp – that provides certified data.

The Soroka Medical Center Emergency Room is always open. Soroka switchboard – 08-6400111. Each private HMO has its own ER, like Maccabi Health Services – 1-700-50-53-53. There are also other private ERs, such as: “Assuta” (lit., health) Hospital, located in Migdal Sheva  – *6474; “Terem” (lit., before) at 1 Max Nordau St. – 1-599-520-520; “Briuta” (lit., health) located in  the “Mivneh” commercial center – *9579 or 08-9585300. Some physicians make private housecalls, for example: “Bikurofe ba-Bayit” (lit., doctor’s housecall) – 1-700-705-101

.Central Blood Bank – 1-800-401-401

Medical switchboard for all Israeli HMOs – #3177 or 03-5206666.

Pharmacies are generally open 9:00-23:00 all week and there’s always an emergency pharmacy open on Saturdays and on Jewish & Israeli national holidays – usually “Superpharm”  on ha-Meshahrerim Way – 08-6476555.

In cases of a death call the “Hevrah Kadisha” (lit., burial society) that takes care of the bodies, transporting the deceased to the city morgue until bringing them to the cemetery when requested – 08-6204006 or 054-4348735.

For the ongoing care and maintenance of burial plots call “Ner la-Hayyim” (lit., a candle for life) – 054-3775669.

“Yad Sarah” (founded 1975) is a volunteer organization that rents/sells medical equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, bedguards, bedpans, etc.) at low cost on demand. It has two branches–one situated in the Jusidman House at 2 Sha’ul ha-Melekh St. and the other in the Soroka Medical Center complex, Medical Services Bldg. – 08-9112000, 08-6450747, and at http://www.yadsarah.org.

Public health & safety issues

To lodge a citizen’s complaint about public health risks (e.g., unhealthy products or conditions), turn to the Israel Ministry of Health, Office for Public Complaints, located in the Government Mall, main entrance, building A, Sun.-Thurs. 8:00-15:00, 08-6263511.

To lodge complaints regarding public or industrial safety (e.g., dangerous products or conditions), turn to the Institute for Safety and Hygiene, located in the Central Train-Station Tower – 08-6276389. Be’er-Sheva needs more trained, professional safety inspectors; accredited courses are given on the Open University Campus at Bet Yatsiv in the Old City – 08-6273828.

To report potential child abuse, neglect or endangerment call either the Regional Center for Treatment and Prevention of Violence in the Family at 08-620566 or write to tsila@br7.org.il,  or to the Larry & Lillian Goldman Center for the Child and the Family at 08-6417301 or write to talic@br7.org.il.

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General emergencies

For locksmiths 24/7 call: “Magen Darom” (lit., southern shield) at 08-6233037, 050-5372466, or 050-5513917; “Avi, the Locksmith” – 050-8569146; or “Vitaly, the Locksmith” – 054-7915055. 

Some nonkosher supermarkets are always open 7:00-24:00 (except on the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur), e.g., “Tiv Ta’am” in “BIG” and “Super Kiyosk Sapir” in the Yud-Aleph neighborhood at the corner of Golda Meir & Rabbi Herzog streets.

In case urgent household repairs are required, “Ace” – home and building supplies is open daily (except on the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur), located in “BIG” – 08-6288144, http://www.ace.co.il.

For free legal aid, there are public defenders (licensed lawyers) available at 33 Shazar Boulevard, 08-6404500 during the week.